#dark mega has logged in (ic)

[fallen-symphony]

Who do you guys like the most on your team? Who do you hate the most on the enemy team?

"An interesting question... Although I'm not one for relationships since I'm a superior being... I must admit that Obake's intellect and Motivations truly seem to resonate with me. He's like a more intelligent Dr. Regal.

"As for who I hate on the enemy team... Probably my stupid brothers... Especially RiFT. So much power, yet he uses it to serve lower beings. What an insult..."

"Glad to know we can get along, Slur. I have always found you fascinating... But as a brilliant mind who loves potential, Eggman Nega is a man after my own heart."

"The feeling is mutual, Obake. I do have respect for Dr. Starline and the Analog Man."

"Oh, it's such an honor to hear you say that, Mr. Eggman Nega, sir. Know that you are my favorite here as well."

"As for who I hate... Though I haven't met them in person, that Peni Parker and her robot, SP//Dr remind me too much of Hiro and Baymax, which remind me of my past Failure! If I can't get my revenge on Hiro, then Peni will be the next Best thing..."

"I feel the same way about that key wielding Sonic that showed up not too long ago! Dimensional variant or not, he's still a Sonic, and Sonic ruined my plans many times! I want to destroy him personally...!"

"Hey! You lay off him, Egghead! That Sonic is mine, ya hear me!? I'm the one who's gonna destroy him! I hate him and every other Sonic out there! I'll destroy them all until the only one left is me!"

"You tell 'em, Scourgey! Now, tell them how I'm your favorite person here!"

"If by that, you mean my LEAST favorite person here, then yes, that's you, Rosy."

"Awww! You say the meanest things, Scourgey! You're one of my favorite people here, too..."

"But her... This one right here... She's my girl..."

"Aw, thank you, Rosy. I like you, too. Such an adorable little psychopath ready to smash some heads... It's like having a little sister... But of course, my favorite has to be Dark Mega for obvious reasons."

"You're my favorite, too, Dark Empress! A beautiful Darkloid queen like you has stolen my heart..."

"As much as that Empress chick terrifies me almost as much as Rosy does... Gotta agree with her. Dark Megz is my favorite member here. We both got beef with our goodie-goodie two shoes doppelgangers, and we both want to live in a world of chaos."

"Yeah... I'm disliking that Megaman more and more each day. He gets to keep his Lan, while I was rejected by mine when I became the ruler of the Darkloids."

"I feel the same way about Roll. She gets to keep her Mayl, but mine wouldn't accept the new me..."

"Can I help you smash that good Roll that makes you look bad, best friend?! Can I, can I, can I?!"

"Sure... As long as I get the last blow."

"Deal!"

"Obake and Eggman Nega are inspirational. Their genius far exceeds mine, and I have much to learn from them. I don't have any personal beef with anyone on the enemy team... Yet... But that ARiA and her army of Guardiangemon might be a problem."

"CHYA HA HA HA HA HA!!! My favorite person here is obviously the Great Lord Brevon! No one can compare to his greatness...!

"As for who I hate the most, obviously it's that blasted Commander Torque! He and Squid Head have been getting in Lord Brevon's way far too many times! I promise to destroy them!"

"I can always count on you to praise me, General Serpentine. I, too, can't stand Commander Torque. That blasted dragon girl might not be with him now, but he can still be a problem... Especially with that new squad of his."

"My favorite member is Ophelia! Even if it's not official, she's awesome!

"And my favorite member on the other team is my beloved Nana..."

"You're supposed to be talking about the enemy members you hate, lover boy. Anyway, probably no surprise to anyone, but Mr. Tinker is my arch nemesis on the enemy team. I got over the grudge of him 'murdering' Dr. Eggman ever since meeting the superior Eggman Nega. That doesn't mean I don't want to show him up. What about you, Sync?"

"..."

"Gee, nice choices there, chatterbox."

"I think we can all assume he hates everyone equally, teammate and enemy alike. Anyway, it seems we reached our limit, time-wise. We need to get back to our plans of taking over the Multiverse."

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[formerchaoslord]

For Luna, a crown and we can all guess why...

For Nana, a whip to beat Teseo into submission and to cackle as he covers in fear!

(Send my muse an item to see their reaction.)

"I'm flattered, S.S. Fan, but I'm working to better myself. I want to work on being a better friend rather than a control freak...

"...Although, it would be fun to tease a certain edgelord with it."

*Achoo!*

"...You worry me sometimes, S.S. Fan. What makes you think I'd want to do that to Teseo?"

"Probably for his own amusement. Like how he keeps trying to give all the girls those twisted Great White Angel Chips..."

"Hey, 'Hub!' Why isn't Lan with you?"

"Uh... Um, well..."

"You can drop the act, Dark Mega! We know it's you!"

"Heh! Slur warned me that you'd catch on soon enough! Not that it matters, though. We've got plenty of information about your team! We will win this war! It's only a matter of time!"

Dark Mega then flees back to the Dreadnought. (You can see what he's up to over at @fallen-symphony.)

"...Anyway, instead of repaying evil with evil, the best way to defeat an enemy is to make them your friend, right? I think I want to try to see if I can change Teseo's mind about being a villain... He's proven to me that there's some good in him, after all..."

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[mariacallous]

The internet sucks now. Once a playground fueled by experimentation and freedom and connection, it’s a flimsy husk of what it was, all merriment and serendipity leached from our screens by vile capitalist forces. Everything is too commercialized. We commodified the self, then we commodified robots to impersonate the self, and now they’re taking our damn jobs. We live in diminished and degrading times. I miss when memes were funny. I miss Vine. I miss Gawker. I miss old Twitter. Blogs—those were the days!

Stop me if these gripes sound familiar. In 2023, the idea that the internet isn’t fun anymore is conventional wisdom. This year, after Elon Musk renamed Twitter “X” and instituted a series of berserk changes that made it substantially less functional, complaints about the demise of the good internet popped up like mushrooms sprouting in dirt tossed over a fresh grave. Some people even complained on the very platforms they were mourning. Type “internet sucks now” into X’s search bar, you’ll see.

The New Yorker published an essay by writer Kyle Chayka on the subject, calling the decline of X a “bellwether for a new era of the Internet that simply feels less fun than it used to be.” People loved it. (Sample comments from X: “Relatable.” “Exactly right.”) Chayka claims that it’s now harder to find new memes, websites, and browser games than it was a decade ago. He also argues that the rising crop of platforms popular with young people—Twitch, TikTok—are inferior, enjoyment-wise, to the social web of the 2010s.

Both of these arguments are baffling. Memes fresher in the past? Yes, it’s tiresome to see Tim Robinson in a hot dog costume for the 500th time, but c’mon. In the early 2010s—the years Chayka longs for—the internet was all doge and doggos. It was the era of reaction GIF Tumblrs, the Harlem Shake, the Ice Bucket Challenge. Give me literally any still from I Think You Should Leave over “You Had One Job” epic fail image macros. Only glasses of the rosiest tint could recast the 2013 internet as a shitposting paradise lost.

The argument that the 2010s social web was superior amusement to the platforms now popular with Gen Z is even stranger. TikTok has major issues, but being unfun is not one of them. It’s been a springboard for some genuinely talented people, from comic Brian Jordan Alvarez to writer Rayne Fisher-Quann to chef Tabitha Brown. Binging Twitch streams certainly isn’t my thing, but people aren’t being held at gunpoint and forced to watch seven straight hours of Pokimane. They like it! They’re having fun! And how can one say with a straight face that gaming got worse? Roblox alone is a gleeful world unto itself; to pretend it doesn’t exist and isn’t a vibrant digital hangout is goofy and obtuse.

Corrosion of specific platforms on the internet—X, to pluck the most obvious example—is an observable phenomenon. (I, too, mourn old Twitter.) Musk’s changes to how X operates have made it harder to surface and verify information; his antics have driven away both advertisers and power users and allowed the cryptogrifter class to spam inboxes with invitations to NFT drops and meme coins, resulting in a digital space that feels abandoned and crowded at once. Other platforms, though, are flourishing.

Look at Discord, for instance. Its siloed structure is a throwback to the pre-Facebook internet era, when socializing online often meant logging on to specific forums. The disintegration of the Big Tech-dominated 2010s internet is creating a more balkanized social web experience, what Kickstarter cofounder Yancey Strickler calls the “dark forest” theory, where people turn away from big, open mega-platforms in favor of more private or niche digital spaces, from nonpublic Slack channels to invite-only WeChat groups or special-interest podcasts. While some people might find that boring and hard to navigate, it’s not universally boring, or inherently difficult to navigate.

There are serious problems with the internet right now. Platform decay—“enshittification”—is real, and it’s not limited to X. Search is in shambles. Plus, the flood of AI spam has just begun. But there were serious problems with the internet 10 years ago too. Arguing that the decline of certain corners of a previous version of the internet means that the entire internet isn’t entertaining anymore is a preposterous leap.

The impulse to describe the internet as being in a dire existential crisis is an understandable one, especially if you love going online—it’s easier to get people to pay attention to emergencies, isn’t it? All sorts of decidedly not-dead things get declared dead periodically, from literary criticism to monogamy to Berlin. “My favorite platforms are faltering and I don’t like the new ones” isn’t as compelling a pitch as “The basic experience of goofing off online is on the brink of extinction!!!”

But the basic experience of goofing off and being creative online is not on the brink of extinction. Ten years from now, there will be writers—even if they’re AI chumbots churning out shitty prose on SubstaXitch, the demonic merged iteration of Twitch, Substack, and X our poor children will use—earnestly reminiscing about the good old days of 2023, when that affable menswear guy showed up on everybody’s feeds, and TikTok wasn’t banned in the US. I know this. I know it because during the era that Chayka is now nostalgic for, people were also complaining that they missed the old, good internet. (Real headline from 2015: “The Modern Internet Sucks. Bring Back Geocities.”)

This brings me to my theory about the internet. To understand how people feel about being online, look at how they feel about the long-running sketch comedy television show Saturday Night Live.

Bitching about how SNL is so much worse than it used to be is a time-honored tradition. It has been declared “Saturday Night Dead” regularly since it debuted in 1975, nearly 50 years ago. In 1995, for instance, a New York magazine writer bemoaned the “slow, woozy fall of a treasured pop-culture institution.” The cast at the time included Chris Farley, Adam Sandler, Norm Macdonald, and Molly Shannon, all widely considered comedy legends in the present day. In 2017, in fact, New York ranked that cast’s run as the third-best era of SNL, ever, describing it like this: “At its peak, it’s hard to argue the show was ever better.” Quite the reassessment!

In 2014, writer Liz Shannon Miller examined the impulse people have to favor whatever era of Saturday Night Live they grew up with and watched during their formative years. “It’s a generational problem that leads to parents and kids just not being able to agree on the talents of John Belushi versus Will Ferrell,” Miller wrote for IndieWire.

A similar sort of generational problem is playing out right now about what it’s like to spend time online. Millennials grew up logging on in the 2000s and 2010s, maturing alongside Facebook. The internet from this era is the internet of our salad days. Of course watching it get eclipsed by a different iteration hurts. Of course some of us look at TikTok and wish it was Twitter—it’s the same impulse that propels family squabbles about whether the Lonely Island guys were funnier than the Please Don’t Destroy boys. Saturday Night Live has always been wildly uneven. Every era now heralded as golden was once pilloried as corny dreck.

To insist that the fun is over is to adopt an overly nostalgic stance, and one that rests on a pathetic fallacy: Just because you aren’t having fun on the internet doesn’t mean the internet itself is broken. It’s what it always has been, a flawed mirror of the cultural moment. It’s fine not to like it. But don’t pretend there aren’t young people alive right now who are having the most fun they’ll ever have online, just as there are young people alive right now who will be raving to their kids about how hilarious Bowen Yang was on SNL—especially compared to the synthetic clones of Gilda Radner and Jimmy Fallon the AI programmed to imitate Lorne Michaels cast in the 2061 season. We don’t need to make the present sound worse than it is. The future will come, soon enough.

[sagehaleyofficial]

HERE’S WHAT YOU MISSED THIS WEEK (10.16-10.22.19):

NEW MUSIC:

·         YUNGBLUD received his first gold certified single thanks to his collaboration with Halsey and Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker. “11 Minutes” is now certified gold in the United States, which is the same as saying the artist sold 500,000 units of it.

·         Twenty One Pilots took “The Hype” and reworked it as their latest reimagined track from Trench. The band rented a studio in Berlin for one day and recorded the track as the latest edition to their “Location Sessions.”

·         Twin Atlantic debuted their brand new track “Novocaine” and the announcement of their charged-up fourth LP, POWER. The song marks the first track from the forthcoming record, slated to debut January 24th, 2020 via Virgin EMI.

·         Ice Nine Kills’ deluxe version of The Silver Scream titled The Silver Scream (FINAL CUT) releases October 25th, and includes a bonus track titled “Your Number’s Up.” The song is based on the horror classic Scream.

·         Waterparks returned with a new video for their song “Easy to Hate” from their new record Fandom. The new video is directed by frontman Awsten Knight and marks his third video he’s directed for the band.

·         Fall Out Boy singer Patrick Stump continues his descent into the world of movies and TV with psychological thriller Spell. He scored the upcoming film, and a first taste of what’s to come from it arrived with the song “Deep Blue Love.”

·         Jimmy Eat World dropped a new video for the song “555,” off their latest album Surviving. The video is a science-fiction post-apocalyptic nightmare filled with clones and an evil galactic master played by frontman Jim Adkins.

·         Bring Me the Horizon debuted their cinematic new visual for the song “In the Dark,” starring actor Forest Whitaker. Taking to Twitter last Friday, the band shared a clip with the caption “r u ready? Monday 21 October” showing a blurry close-up shot of Whitaker.

·         Over the weekend, pop star Shakira put her own spin on a classic Green Day track by covering the band’s hit, “Basket Case.” Bassist Mike Dirnt commented “Bacano!” on the post, which is Colombian slang for “Cool!” Frontman Billie Joe Armstrong also chimed in adding, “I love this.”

TOUR ANNOUNCEMENTS:

·         The Wonder Years recently kicked off their “Halloween Extravaganza” run, where the band performs two sets for fans every night. This year, the band is taking the stage dressed up as Limp Bizkit while performing some of the band’s hit tracks.

·         Circa Survive announced a 10-year anniversary tour commemorating their 2010 album Blue Sky Noise. The band are set to hit the road in early March, taking to Twitter to reveal the run and also revealing a VIP ticket upgrade option.

OTHER NEWS:

·         Bring Me the Horizon launched a new line of merch that has a color scheme based on your Spotify listening habits. On the band’s new site “amo in colour,” you can log in to your Spotify and pick your favorite six songs from their most recent album amo.

·         Frank Iero spent the long weekend jamming out at a Post Malone show and sipping on customized Posty Bud Light. The rapper performed at Madison Square Garden in New York last Monday night.

·         Fall Out Boy‘s Pete Wentz launched his very own unisex jewelry and apparel line titled Ronin. Wentz announced the jewelry launch on social media, asking fans to tag him on Twitter and the Ronin page on Instagram with their purchases for a chance to get a little something extra.

·         Making its debut in Salem, Massachusetts, “OuijaZilla” was unveiled on October 12th in Salem Common, where Ripley’s dubbed it the world’s largest ouija board. Rick “Ormortis” Schreck, a New Jersey-based tattoo artist, began constructing the massive spirit board in June of last year.

·         Gerard Way spoke at his own panel during Los Angeles Comic Con last weekend and talked about The Umbrella Academy and a bit about My Chemical Romance. Notably, he talked about getting kicked out of his first band at school for being “really bad at guitar.”

·         Panic! at the Disco took TikTok to the next level, this time dragging in Fall Out Boy bassist Pete Wentz. They combined forces to create a hilarious mashup titled “Dear Future Self, Close the Goddamn Door.”

·         MewithoutYou have decided that 2020 will be their last year as an active band, and teased fans about the major plans they have in store prior to that. The band formed in 2000 and has released seven full-length albums, their latest being last year’s [Untitled].

·         Angels & Airwaves frontman, Tom DeLonge, announced To the Stars Academy of Arts and Science has a new partnership with the U.S. Army to collaborate on future research. This comes shortly after the organization ended up releasing three videos potentially showing UFOs.

·         Yellowcard filed a lawsuit against emo rapper Juice WRLD for alleged similarities between their respective tracks. The disbanded group claimed the rapper’s 2018 mega-hit “Lucid Dreams” infringes on their “Holly Wood Died” released in 2006.

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Check in next Tuesday for more “Posi Talk with Sage Haley,” only at @sagehaleyofficial!

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[still-finding-our-way]

R5, R6

(SX 540672) 12/12/ 2020

Serendipity, rhizomes and lines. 

On my studio desk I have a number of rocks, stones and pebbles. None are particularly rare or precious, most have been collected locally yet every one is an object of beauty. One such stone is a sharp piece of flint. Small enough to hold in my palm, it has become my go to de-stress stone. I like to let its razor sharp edges bite, just a bit, into soft skin. My teasing wake up call. It has volume and weight, four planes—a tetra. One side runs smooth, curving to meet a granular knobbly surface, bone-like and skeletal, like the indenture of a clavicle or ankle bone. The underside of the stone is cut sheer, sliced through its core, creating a flat expanse onto which it is able to stand upright, before rising into a terraced plane, each step the size of a thumb print, a patternation that reveals the cryptocrystalline formation of flint (‘crypto’ meaning ‘secret’ or ‘hidden’). I found it on a beach in Cornwall. A dark grey stone with a white thread running through its centre. Its shape and size tickles my imagination, and as I turn the flint over in my hand I play with the idea that it was used as a Neolithic arrowhead, chipped away, stone on stone some 5000 years ago. The structure of flint requires a level of skill and expertise to shape; one wrong strike will send fracture lines through the stone rendering it useless as a tool. Our early ancestors were artisans and makers. Over and over, I have drawn this stone, feeling it’s texture, the sharp edges and definite weight in my palm. It does not take up much space and yet every time I draw it, a different angle or plane opens up. It is never the same. A small rock, inert and fixed, offering infinite possibilities.

You think you know something, someone, some place. A line on the horizon, a spit away from the sea and moor. Clambering over rocks, swimming in icy rivers and streams, climbing trees and making dens. 'Whence cam'st thou, mighty thane', pronounces Duncan in Act 1 of Macbeth. The utterance of such a question now comes with a cautionary red flag, one that implies exclusion and ‘you are not from here’. Too bad, coming from a white working class background, where histories and lives are lost, undocumented and unrecorded, I have no idea where my roots are tangled. I cometh from nowhere, no fixed abode, shallow rooted, spun together by frail relatives that can’t, or don’t want to, remember. To remedy this unknown, I was gifted by my eldest daughter a DNA test for my 50th birthday. The results from my spit reveal a blueprint that aligns with peoples who cluster around the North East of England, with a smattering of Swedish, Norwegian, Icelandic, Scottish and Irish. Farmers and seafarers I suspect, a web of people who somehow managed to survive hunger and disease, violence and brutality, the lustful fumble in the hay and the traumatic birth. The odds were not good—about one in 400 trillion chance of being born according to the boffins. In staking a claim on the improbability of existence we got lucky, very lucky.

Where we come from and who we are. Layers of paint, fresh applications, still wet bleeding into others, making new colours and new pictures. Blending and binding. Some work and some don’t. It seems so arbitrary how we come to be. I should make time to salute the stream of past people, winding all the way back to the bones of dear Lucy, 3.2 million years ago, and her mother and grand-mother, all coming and going, doing their time. But, I won’t, it's enough to breathe in the noise of now. One heart beat, a blink of the eye and we are gone. Serendipity, luck, random, the throw of the dice. The cells didn’t bind in the correct sequence and the possibility of life just slipped down the toilet. Is it any wonder we seek out patterns to create order and structure, finding comfort in numbers and story; assigning value in the unexpected, and agreeableness in what wasn’t sought. Ones and zero’s, lines and dots, giving shape to all things. Artists do this all the time. Seeking opportunity in the accidental and unintended. Any stick, stone, door, book, conversation opening up new creative possibilities. The rhizomes seeking out a good place to settle, a place to nourish. The patterns, whether real or not, helping to make sense of the intensity of the here and now. 

Jennie’s story is fascinating. Her blue eyes, flaxen hair and Bridget Bardot pout might have you thinking she is of Swedish heritage, whilst my dark skin, hair and black eyes has in the past suggested Mediterranean roots. Not so, the paint palette is muddied. I will let Jennie tell her story. One thing to note here though, Jennie is an adventurer, she has travelled all over the world: on her own, through work, with friends and lovers. Occasionally I have joined her but mostly I skirt the edges of Western art history, moseying around European capital cities, museums and galleries. Both of us are wanderers in different ways. Parallel lines. The same but different. I am amused to read that women of ‘a certain age’ partake in what Jennie and I are doing—walking and exploring local history. I also note the term ‘a certain age’ is often used to describe middle-aged women, usually accompanied by a roll of the eyes and a double-fingered quotation sign. It is basically code for women no longer of a fertile age—post 40 and therefore deemed unattractive, and given age tends to gift experience (though not always) they carry a certain confidence i.e., speak their mind and know what they want.  

A simple stone. We are breathing, blinking and unstill. 

We ask ourselves how did we not know about this walk? It is literally a stones throw from Jennie’s parents village, just over the hill yonder, where Jennie spent her teenage years and part of her adulthood, and where I lived for awhile whilst homeless and lovelorn. Of all the places on Dartmoor this is an area that I would confidently say we know well, and yet here we are discovering new trails, hidden valleys, different perspectives and layers and layers of history, a thread of which connects with Jennie’s recent travel’s with her son to the other side of the world. The walk begins in the small Devon village of Meavy on the southwest of Dartmoor, a place I have cycled and walked through many times, enjoying a sup or two at the Royal Oak on the way. The route follows the river Meavy upstream to Burrator dam not far from Down Tor, where Jennie first set this adventure in motion as we glugged champagne and watched the setting of a glorious October sun. From Burrator, the road winds through Sheepstor village and into the woods where earlier in the year, at the height of bluebell season, I waited with my children for the badger's to come out. Hunkered down amongst bramble and fern at dusk, quiet as mice, hearing the birds hush and darkness settle. The children were not scared but reverent and awed by being in the woods at night, a time and place synonymous with the darker side of fairytales: of wolves, witches and being lost, and where the unknown and the unformed lurk. We whispered and signed to each other in the darkening gloom, until we no longer needed words and laid back in a bed of fern, faces turned upwards, watching the patchwork of sky between the canopy high above turn from indigo to midnight blue and then merge dark into the tall trees, the cool air lulling us to sleep. 

The ax strikes and life reclaims as swift as the blade can cut. My hand brushes the damp surface of a lopped off tree stump in the woods down from the reservoir, and I stop to observe a platter of squirming, burrowing, scuttling, squirrelling, decaying life; three empty acorn shells evidence a previous luncheon. I have set the objective to notice more when I am on these walks, to seek out habitat changes and to learn and know the names of things. But always I surrender to just being, breathing in the light and air, the atmosphere. I feel happy on these walks, a sense of euphoria and lightness washing over. It feels good to leave aside the cerebral and to let the physical, the motion of walking awaken a realm of sensing and scanning. She doesn’t say but I know Jennie has arranged this walk pre-Christmas because she is aware I am struggling with sadness—a sadness caused by my natural melancholia and tendency to ruminate, and a much bigger life crisis. Battle hardened to general romantic crisis’ I am not so experienced with career rifts, and so I have withdrawn and pulled down the blinds. But it won’t do and I know, as Jennie does, that the moor will help to alleviate the mental muddle I am in, and even if the effects are only temporary, it will store up the memory bank, to plunder and remember during the times when I get locked in. 

Ten minutes into the walk Jennie spots a Heron standing stock still in the woods by the river Meavy. Camouflaged against the bare trees, charcoal grey and ochre, we watch it rise and drift across the valley. Great grey wings, near 6ft in span, pulse slowly, its head and neck arrow-like thrust forward piercing space. It has a primordial presence. In mythology it is linked to the sacred Ibis, a bird revered by the Egyptians as representing Thoth—their god of wisdom, writing and magic. I take it as a good omen. The wood is dazzling, ice cold water tumbling down from Burrator reservoir. Wood, rock and foliage glisten from the early morning downfall, the ground water-logged from weeks of incessant rain. The element of water is strong here, 4210 mega litres—enough to quench the thirst of a city and the surrounding hinterland—held in check by towering granite slabs that form a 23.5 metre high gorge. Completed in 1898 and extended in 1923, the reservoir pools run-off from the surrounding moor and water from the river Meavy. Standing downstream from the dam in the wooded valley I hope the granite wall holds strong. The sun breaks through and turns up the volume on colour. Saturated greens: acid, moss, lichen, pine and fern. We watch a man on the other side of the steep valley, oblivious to our presence, pissing freely, a spray of urine forming a perfect arc; glinting golden droplets catching the sunlight.

Having learned nothing from our previous walks we decided not to take the obvious path and instead followed the course of the river upstream. This meant having to clamber over rocks and fallen trees, until we reach the imposing dam wall and are forced to scrabble up the steep bank, thick with mud, to get back on the road. Jennie leads the way, an experienced hash runner not deterred by the muddy terrain, she turns into a sure-footed mountain goat, while I, slip-sliding, defy gravity and somehow fall up the slope. Walking over Burrator bridge we pass the man we saw pissing earlier and beam broadly, making sure we hold eye contact for a bit longer than comfortable for him. We then follow the road up to Sheepstor village, and—given we are women of ‘a certain age’—we are keen to nosey round St Leonards, the C15th village church. But sadly, the door is locked so instead we admire the Lych gate, a covered over a double gate with a lychstone to rest the coffin before entering (‘Lych’ or ‘lich’ meaning corpse in Old English). At the time I did not notice the foliate skull carving above the main door, only a little while later when we sat for lunch under a massive oak tree, which we reckoned to be near on 500 years old given the size of its girth, do I undertake a little online searching and read to Jen a short history of the church and its whereabouts.

So intrigued by what I find that I go back a couple days later, this time with my dog and younger children in tow. In particular I wanted to see the foliate skull above the porch. In recent years there has been a growing interest in Pagan symbology such as the ‘Green Man’ and the ‘Three Hares’, several examples of which can be found in churches across Dartmoor. The ‘Green Man’ is usually represented as a carved face with foliage growing from the head, mouth, nose, ears and eyes. It is presumed to be a pre-christian Pagan symbol representing renewal and life—from death comes life—that has been absorbed into Christian ideas of resurrection and life after death. Often found in churches and cathedrals across Europe, its more macabre cousin, the foliate skull, is said to have appeared after the Black Death in the 14th century. The skull at St Leonards church is carved with ears of wheat sprouting from the eye sockets above an hourglass. The suggested date of its making is given as 1640 and it is suspected to have originally been part of a sundial. Now it sits behind glass in a small recess above the porch, and on this particular day was partially obscured by condensation so I could not see the inscription incorporated into the sculpture: ‘UT HORA SIC VITA’ (As the hour so life passes), ’MORS JANUA VITA’ - (Death is the door of life) and ‘ANIMA REVERTET’ (the soul will return).

As a motif representing vegetation, rebirth and resurrection, the ‘Green Man’ archetype is found in many cultures across the world, including the ancient Egyptian God Osiris, the god of fertility, agriculture, death and resurrection, who is often depicted as green skinned, alongside several green figures found in Nepal, India, Iraq and Lebanon, the latter dated to the 2nd century. I wonder how far the Green Man story goes back? As a cross cultural archetype it suggests a commonality of belief about the life cycle that is interconnected with the land. Whilst its incorporation into ecclesiastical architecture alongside other apparent Pagan motifs, points to the fluidity and evolution of belief systems, which subsume and build on pre-existing ideas, even when the incoming authority seems most rigid and contained. Most of the what we know about the ‘Green Man’ is based on speculation and supposition, as we have no historical evidence as to why and for what reason they were made. Instead the ‘Green Man’ motif has been reclaimed and remoulded at various points in history from Romanticism to Neo-Paganism and most recently as a symbol for the environmental movement.

A little village church under the shadow of the looming granite tor on the southern edge of Dartmoor, connected through culture and shared beliefs with a much wider world and history. If the Green Man does not provide enough evidence of these interconnections, then the large sarcophagus, protected by iron railings in the churchyard, and housing the remains of James Brooke, First Rajah of Sarawak (29 April 1803 – 11 June 1868) alongside two other White Rajahs should affirm the connections without doubt. It was whilst peeling the shell off hard-boiled eggs, freshly laid by my chickens that morning, at the foot of the big oak tree that Jennie realised that she had previously encountered the story of James Brooke whilst travelling through Borneo with her son. A sultry jungle, 7,000 miles away on the other side of the world tied by empire and colonialism, violence, power and trade to this peaceable village. I find out a little more about James, the questions concerning his sexuality and love for men stick with me more than the dates, titles, skirmishes and conquests. I go back again to the church on new years day and with fresh snow on the ground, sipping steaming hot chocolate on the bench overlooking Brooke’s slab of a tombstone, I retell the story of what I know to my children. They hang off the iron railings and argue over the remains of the Christmas chocolate, I don’t think they were listening.

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Reading: Lyon, N., (2016) Uprooted: On the trail of the green man (London, Faber & Faber).

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Scooby-Doo Show 16-25

Episode 16: The Spirits of '76

Monster: American Revolution Ghosts. 

Interests: The gang are in D.C. but bummed because it is raining. Shaggy suggests they go to the Splitsonian Institute (I guess they couldn’t use the name Smithsonian? Or it is just a bad set up for Shaggy to say he is splitting on the Splitsonian that never happened) Scooby gets lost and tied up in the museum, causing the gang to get locked in. No trap. Scooby eats an unfinished $50 bill. (Goodbye 1976)

Episode 17: The Curse of the Viking Lake

Monster: Viking Ghosts

Interests: Winter outfits. Velma’s Uncle Jon invited the gang fishing. Scooby licks frozen hot chocolate. Scooby defaces a wanted poster. Shaggy pulls out a link of hot dogs and streams them on a steam vent. Shaggy manages to eat one. No trap. 

Episode  18: Vampire Bats and Scaredy Cats

Monster: Vampire

Interests: Title card! Daphne’s friend, Lisa, invites the gang to her brithday party. Scooby-Dum is here. They are headed to Skull Island. (Didn’t they already go to a Skull Island? It has been a year, and don’t feel like checking) There is an undertaker convention at the hotel... on Skull Island... undertaker con planner has a sense of humor. (Daphne’s eyes are super messed up this episode, like several times they are drawn weird.) Fred calls Scooby-Doo and Scooby-Dum brothers... they really didn’t care if they were cousins or brother.. Skull Island has a golf course. “Scooby-Doo where are you?!” Trap fails. Shaggy and the Scoobies eat a cart full of giant sized hamburgs with chili, relish, mustard, pickles, onions, and cheese. 

Episode 19: Hang in There, Scooby-Doo

Monster: Pterodactyl Ghost

Interests:  Fred is in a prestigious hang glider competition. Scooby  accidentally hang glides and ends up in the monster’s cave... who was kind enough to carve into the cave wall where they put Scooby. Scooby picks up a cute skelly looking lizard. Shaggy and Scooby meet a skeleton, who runs in terror when they tell him the cave is haunted. !977  music piracy. Crook tries to run away.

Episode 20: The Creepy Heap from the Deep

Monster: Sea Monster

Interests: Title card is back again. Shaggy gets in a fight with a fish as big as him, getting into positions for the fetish artists again. (Animation as been super  poor this episode) Daphne bribes Shaggy and Scooby with a whole box of Scooby Snacks to go back down to a sub. She tosses it into the water. Scooby and Shaggy pause mid chase to make sandwiches. “I just got an idea for a trap that will solve this mystery. Listen.” *zooms in on Fred’s head and does a weird spin transition.* Trap works.  

Episode 21: The Chiller Diller Movie Thriller

Monster: The Phantom Milo Booth

Interests: Title card (Going to just assume those are a thing now). Scooby-Dum is back. And we have... Scooby-Dee? She is an actor? Okay then. (I have zero memory of this character so I don’t think she will be around much) She is their cousin. Doo and Dum get uncomfortably smitten when Dee kisses them on their cheek. Dee walks on her hind legs and is also uncomfortable. Scooby-Dee’s name is written on a note as Scooby Dee..so maybe it isn’t hyphened? Scooby-Doo and Dum try to kiss Dee on the cheek, but she ducks and they kiss each other. The monster replaces Dee with another talking dog that looks like her. (TOO MANY TALKING DOGS!) Shaggy wants to bribe Scooby with a Scooby Snack, but he is out, so he offers a kiss from Dee... there is so much wrong with that. The fake Dee slaps water on his lips instead, Dum and Shaggy don’t see this some how, so when Scooby says she doesn’t kiss like Dee, Dum wants to see. This makes the three think she is a fake. Milo Booth wore glasses, but his phantom doesn’t, obviously a fake. Not like he was really a ghost he wouldn’t needed glasses or anything. Dee kisses Doo and Dum on the mouth and they swoon hard... Fake Dee was wearing a mask. The gang wears tuxes and dresses. Cheek kisses from Dee and swooning one more time. 

Episode 22: The Spooky Case of the Grand Prix Race

Monster: Phantom Racer

Interests: Scooby and Shaggy eat ice cream. The gang makes Scooby and Shaggy climb a tree to break into an antique car museum. Fred rigs a parachute ejection seat in a car. The monster is sealing Shaggy in wall. Velm and Scooby soap up the bricks so the monster can no longer make his wall. No trap. 

Episode 23: The Ozark Witch Switch

Monster: Witch McCoy and a zombie

 Interests: No title card (I actually don’t know if last episode had one or not...). A digging sound is heard, Velm says, “Nobody is planting turnips this time of night.” ...no mention  of turnips prior. She just went for turnips. (Velma is a fan of Animal Crossing. New headcanon) Velma, Shaggy, and Scooby are crossing a gorge using a fallen log, the zombie monster pushes the log off one said, attempting to actually kill them. EVERYTHING YOU WANT TO KNOW ABOUT WITCHCRAFT BUT ARE AFRAID TO ASK. I love book titles that yell at me, take up the entire cover, and have ‘but’ it italics. The gang is prepared to turn the back of the Mystery Machine into a dark room and develop photos, also Daphne carries a camera? Shaggy and Scooby get a food reward, but a chicken eats Scooby’s corn, a donkey  eats Shaggy’s sausages, and a goat eats a turkey. 

Episode 24: Creepy Cruise

Monster: Monster from 5007 years into the future (from the  episode, so like 6984)

Interests: Oh dang, a time machine! Scooby and Shaggy won a contest for a three weeks all expenses paid cruise. Shaggy still converts money into hamburgers. Monster looks like a Space Ghost design. Weird costumed dace on the ship? Shaggy and Scooby dress as Bo-Peep and  a sheep, respectively, to hide from the monster. It doesn’t work. Shaggy is a teenager still. Velma has an uncle that is an electronics genius, is this a previous uncle mentioned or a new one? A trap that  is like, actually a trap, pretending to be the monster to get the real crooks to lead them to the money they stole. Shaggy makes a sandwich out of other sandwiches, Scooby scares him with the monster costume and eats the mega sandwich. (Goodbye ‘77)

Episode 25: Watch Out! The Willawaw!

Monster: Willawaw and Owlmen

Interest: The gang is in a small boat going to see Velma’s uncle Dave.  Dave is missing (Velma’s uncles love getting kidnapped...),  his table still has dinner on, which Shaggy and Scooby hone in on, despite who know how long it has been out...  Scooby hope in Shaggy’s shirt to hide from a bat. Velma bribes Scooby and Shaggy with two Scooby Snacks a piece, Scooby eats all four. Scooby picks a lock with his tail. “Scooby, where are you?” Not the exact right line, but since this episode did originally run under the Where Are You banner, I’m counting it. Trap fail, because Shaggy and Scooby dress up as the owlmen. Second trap works. Uncle Dave is with US-Canada boarder patrol, not sure if this was mentioned before and I missed it. 

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Drake, Ariana Grande, Cardi B and the other songs to create the best Summer music playlist

On Spotify last weekend, it seemed as if the streaming service had given itself over entirely to presenting the music of a single artist.

That would be Drake, whose double album Scorpion was released on June 30.

Everywhere you looked, there was his handsome mug, the cover image of every single playlist on the world’s most popular streaming service.

That went for even the ones his songs weren’t featured on, such as “Best of British,” or \”Happy Pop Hits.” The promotion was a silly goof that online rageaholics are comparing to U2’s Songs of Innocence being inserted into all the world’s iTunes music folders in 2014 because, well, because people love to complain.

But the all-Drake all-the-time stunt underscores a truism: Scorpion is the unavoidable event release of the summer. The Toronto rapper’s album is uneven but still packed with hits. Scorpion has smashed streaming records left and right, garnering more that 435 million plays on Spotify, Apple Music, and other streaming services in its first three days of release. That is more than the previous record holder, Post-Malone’s Beerbongs & Bentleys, accumulated in a week.

Drake is included on the 24-song summer playlist assembled here, which you can play on Spotify by scrolling down to the bottom of the page.

But there’s more than Drizzy happening this summer: The tunes assembled include big pop hits in contention in that winner-take-all Song of the Summer competition that media outlets obsess over, but also breezy and brooding songs with a multiplicity of moods, because while hot and sticky seasonal pop songs are often joyful, they’re not always enough to chase away the summertime blues.

“I Like It,” Cardi B feat. Bad Bunny and J Balvin. If a single song of the summer had to be named, I’d go with this one, the second Billboard chart topper for the Bronx born rapper who dominated 2017 with “Bodak Yellow.” This collaboration with two reggaeton emcees effortlessly blends trap music beats with salsa. It’s further evidence of the indomitable spirit of the rapper born Belcalis Almanzar.

“Make Me Feel,” Janelle Monáe. The current single from the Atlanta R&B-pop-funk synthesist’s terrific new Dirty Computer is “I Like That.” “Make Me Feel,” however, is the superior summertime jam, a celebration of sexuality that takes pointers from Prince’s “Kiss.” She will play the Made in America festival on the Ben Franklin Parkway on Labor Day Weekend.

>> READ MORE: ‘I’m not America’s nightmare, I’m the American dream’: Janelle Monáe’s new kind of protest song

“Apes-,” The Carters. Beyoncé says the bad word on multiple occasions in this hard-banging celebration of high-powered entertainment couple bliss on Everything Is Love, which features art history lessons aplenty in its video filmed at Paris’ Louvre museum. Jay and Bey will be at Lincoln Financial Field on July 30.

>> READ MORE: Beyoncé and Jay-Z are a happy couple on ‘Everything Is Love.’ Is that good for their music?

“Short Court Style,” Natalie Prass. A delectable slice of bubble gum flavored throwback 1970s pop-funk  is Richmond, Va., indie singer Prass’ impressive second album, The Future and the Past. Prass plays the Xponential festival in Camden on July 28.

“Boo’d Up,” Ella Mai. Summertime is the love song time. British singer Ella Mai first put out this celebration of going steady early last year, but it’s a success story that gathered stream and pop radio exposure into 2018.

“Slow Burn,” Kacey Musgraves. While still IDing herself as country singer, Kacey Musgraves has redirected her music in a ‘70s soft-rock direction, a smart strategy since country radio is too conservative to play her anyway. This superbly crafted tune stays on permanent simmer.

“Babe,” Sugarland feat. Taylor Swift. Wyomissing, Pa.’s own megastar Swift now rules a pure pop universe. She plays back-to-back nights at Lincoln Financial Field starting Friday. but she’s smartly kept her finger in the country pie by continuing to write hit songs for country pop acts such as reunited duo Sugarland.

“Let’s Take a Vacation,” Joshua Hedley. The Nashville crooner  puts a warm-weather spin on Merle Haggard’s “If We Make It Though December,” on this cut from Mr. Jukebox, as he tries to convince his significant other that a summer time getaway will put some zip back in their failing relationship.

“Pretty Horses,” Dwight Yoakam. This is the best of two new lonesome and blue songs that the uncommonly dependable veteran songwriter recently debuted on his excellent new Sirius XM channel Dwight Yoakam & the Bakersfield Beat.

“Pet Cemetery,” Tierra Whack. A love song to her lost dog, this is one of the standout cuts on the North Philly rapper’s wondrous 15-songs-in-15-minutes album Whack World.

>> READ MORE: Welcome to Tierra Whack’s ‘Whack World’: The North Philly rapper only needs 15 minutes of your time

“Summer Games,” Drake. “Summer just started and we’re already done,” the Canadian rhymer, in sad and sensitive mode, raps on the 1980s synth driven summer bummer, sounding disappointed. It’s one of many Scorpion cuts, along with “After Dark” and “Nice For What” that would have made worthy addition to this list.

“No Tears Left to Cry,” Ariana Grande. The octave leaping singer has a new album called Sweetener due next month, and a frisky new single called “Bed” with Nicki Minaj. This, though, is the sad song with a sweet melody whose mournful tone feels like a response to the terror attack that killed 22 at a Grande show in England last year.

“Lucid Dreams,” Juice Wrld. Drake isn’t the only rapper who’s pouring his feelings out this summer. Juice  Wrld is the suburban Chicago teen born Jared Higgins who specializes in feeling sorry for himself in song, thankfully with a modicum of self-awareness. “I take prescriptions to make me feel a-OK,” he rap-sings. “I know it’s all in my head.”

“Heat Wave,” Snail Mail. Baltimore teenager Lindsey Jordan explores her feelings with scalpel-sharp acuity and songwriting smarts on her debut, Lush, and this will mentally cool you down if you watch its ice hockey video. Jordan plays Union Transfer on Saturday.

“Nameless, Faceless,” Courtney Barnett. The Australian rock songwriter who is so good at precisely — and drolly — detailing thoughts of alienation and detachment on her new Tell Me How You Really Feel. Put down of the summer: “I could eat a bowl of alphabet soup and spit out better words than you.”

“If You Know You Know,” Pusha-T. There’s no self-pity on this hard-hitting highlight from Daytona, the Kanye West-produced return to form by the rapper who made his name with the street-wise Virginia hip-hop duo Clipse.

“Stay Woke,” Meek Mill feat Miguel. The appropriately serious-in-tone first song by the Philadelphia rapper since his release from prison in April. He spits with authority, and takes Grandmaster Flash’s classic “The Message” as a starting point. Look for Miguel to join him when they both play Made in America on Labor Day weekend.

“This Is America,” Childish Gambino. The song of the summer that speaks the most intensely to a bitterly divided nation in 2018 from Renaissance man Donald Glover.

“The Middle,” Zedd, Maren Morris, Grey. A collaboration between Russian-German deejay-producer, a Nashville country pop singer, and an L.A. EDM act is just the sort of Frankensteinian creation that contemporary pop mega-hits are made of. And this one is hard to resist.

“One Kiss,” Calvin Harris feat. Dua Lipa. This summer’s soaring firework celebration-ready dance track from Scottish deejay and Taylor Swift-ex Harris. This time with English songwriter and vocalist handling the vocal duties in a testimony about how a single peck on the lips can spell transcendence.

“A Song for Those You Miss All the Time,” Thin Lips. Speaking of Lips, this song by the Philly band fronted by Chrissy Tashjianis is by no means a happy one, but its gnarly guitar riff and catchy hook does deliver plenty of catharsis. Chosen Family is out July 27.

“Hey! Little Child,” Low Cut Connie. A ribald stomp from the raucous throwback Philly rocker’s Dirty Pictures (part 2), covering Big Star star Alex Chilton, who included it on his 1979 solo album Like Flies On Sherbert.

“I’m Your Man,” Spritualized. One man band Jason Pierce — a.k.a. J. Spaceman — is returning with And Nothing Hurt, his first album of new music since 2012 on Sept. 7. This and a second song, “A Perfect Miracle,” are marked by swelling orchestration and divine summertime sadness sentiment.

“Summer’s End,” John Prine. Before you know it, it’ll be gone. This highlight from the 71-year-old Prine’s superb better-than-it-has-any-right-to-be The Tree of Forgiveness is as beautiful and bittersweet as a late August sunset.

July 5, 2018 — 6:54 PM EDT

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ISF 9 Chronicles, part 3

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13.06.419 AFE

Was working in the Bioscience Sector, Underground Complex, Cryogenic Specimen and Sample Storage (quite a name, BTW). Heard by the edge of my ear, that today, they’ve got several cryo-preserved eggs of Lati dragons, which, if I’ve heard correctly, were frozen right after laying. Considering, how elusive and protective of their offspring Lati are, I don’t even want to think of the exact methods of getting a hold of those eggs.

EDIT: Apparently, that involved tranq dart carbine, shotgun, loaded with Yadper Berry extract, Nega-Dark Stones and some other things. Considering, just what kind of an infernal substance Yadper Berry extract is (to compare this stuff to standard tear spray is like comparing a kiloton-grade nuclear device to a papirosa lighter), and how Nega-Dark Stone is capable of completely suppressing any psychic abilities in a small radius, this may not involve death of a parent Latis. Well, that’s a relief. Still, the Yadper extract is something, that may sometimes make you wish for death, especially if it gets into eyes, nose or mouth. Heck, this things burns even on the skin, and if it gets into open wound - say hello to many years of PAIN! I wonder, if Houndoom’s fire works through the same means...

EDIT2: Yes, it does. Thank the Director for making this internal info access network! Also, finally got an answer, why they don’t always suffer from it - apparently, their “chemtox injection” (basically, adding the pain chemicals into fuel for their fire attacks) is optional, since the Houndoom’s chemtox substance takes longer to synthesize, than fuel. Also, it allows them to fight for dominance in pack without crippling opponents for a long time and, basically, rendering them useless for the future hunts. Pretty interesting.

15.06.419 AFE

Was in Physics Sector. Found them designing something, called “ion driver cannon”. They say those guns are for hunting. Huge, liquid nitrogen-cooled particle accelerator guns, which require pretty much small nuclear reactor to just be powered. Yeah, totally for hunting. A hunter with a gun, followed by a truck with a reactor and cooling system. Do they plan to hunt adult Lugias or something with it? If so, Bioscience from all Facilities will rip their throats out.

20.06.419 AFE

Worked in Surface Complex, helping installing automatic cargo monorail control systems and debugging it for past 4 days. Tried to overcome my fear and get close to Flygons. Actually, they are rather adorable... as soon, as you get used to it. Thankfully, they are more Dragons, than Bugs, and their temper is good. Also, apparently, they can adapt to almost any kind of weather conditions (their secondary typing changes from Bug to Fire/Water/Ice/Ground, depending on what they need at the current moment), and Bioscience speaks of enhanching it, allowing them to adapt to pretty much anything (poisonous surroundings, high levels of radiation, biological contaminations and so on). Looks like they’ve heard, that our colonists in Alola call those dragons “Spirit of Change”, and decided “We can make it even better”! Are they trying to create world’s most adaptable Pokemon? I’m not sure, will they succeed in this or not, and what to expect from it...

24.06.419 AFE

It gets weirder and weirder. While, usually, most Mega Stone (the anomalous material, which can induce drastic temporary metamorphosis in specific Pokemon) creation attempts end in failures, the attempt to create Flygonite ended up in disaster. The damn boulder EXPLODED INTO DUST after getting irradiated with enough arcane energy to raise army of undead, heavily damaging the expensive-as-flak focusing lenses in process (thankfully, emitters had survived). Why do I know this? I was a part of team, who investigated the control automatics of this irradiation chamber - just in case, if they were the reason for it. They weren’t. I wonder, if the adaptational abilities of the Flygons have something to do with it...

27.06.419 AFE

Yesterday, I’ve tried the moonshine from the “United Divisions’ Apparatus”. Interestingly enough, today, there’s no hangover. Looks like I shall thank arcanists, chemicists and bioscientists for it. Especially the last ones - whatever drug they’ve given me, it worked like charm. The only bad thing is that I can barely remember, what was happening at this party. Looks like those experimental mixes were too much.

EDIT: Apparently, I was hanging out with Director and tear-jerkingly telling him, how hard our work is. Instead of firing us, he raised our salaries by 5%. Well, better not to upset him!

30.06.419 AFE

I never thought I’d see something like this. Basically, in Surface Complex, Bioscience Division, one Machamp has escaped and started wrecking shit. When he got to the Crematory, he was met by MTU-2 multipurpose quadruped robotic unit. I kid you not, this robot (square-like quadrupedal platform with turret, on which two manipulators and counterweight to them are installed. They are also resilient and durable as flak, capable of operating in the middle of corrosive agent spill or inside the working nuclear reactor) slowly approached this four-armed shit, then, somehow, managed to clench the lower arms with manipulators, quickly twisting and breaking them, while non-chalantly ignoring Pokemon’s Dynamic Punches (what the flak the robot’s covering is made of?), then it just... started to squeeze Pokemon’s body with enough force to nearly cut it apart, then it, when the Machamp tried to grip and break the manipulators, shifted the counterweight and started to spin the turret and walk, eventually driving Machamp into wall at high speed. When the Pokemon finally fainted, MTU-2 just carried the unconcious (and horribly damaged) body into the open high-temperature cremation chamber, then closed and activated it. I’m not sure, whether this Machamp was normal, or this robot was modified, but I’m sure this picture will give me many nightmares from now on...

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Through the last Ice Age, Finland was lined by a thick layer of ice. When that ice sheet retreated (or melted) about 10,000 years ago, it gouged the surface of the land and left in its wake innumerable islands, rivers and streams, as well as countless lakes. Subsequently, the uncovered lands turned green and fertile, wildlife returned, and Stone Age hunter-gatherers from northern Russia arrived. Early settlements soon developed, and early man lived and farmed throughout Finland on by means of the Bronze and Iron Ages. At the top of the Viking era, throughout a collection of exploratory crusades into Finland, the Swedes introduced Christianity, and in brief-order, principally undefended Finnish lands had been integrated into the Kingdom of Sweden, and 650 years of Swedish influence started. As a province of Sweden, the now subjugated Finns were pressured to adopt the tradition and traditions of Sweden, together with its language and dominate religion. The imposed Protestant religion motivated many within the Orthodox religion to maneuver east into Russia. They are extraordinary plush toys and anyone lucky enough to have one is really privileged certainly. Writer: Angeline Hope Whereas all of us can't be Mary and own lambs (or take them to highschool), we can have lamb stuffed animals as companions as an alternative. Who can resist these adorable baby animals? A lamb stuffed animal is tender and cuddly, very like the actual factor appears prefer it would be. Publisher: Angeline Hope It is arduous to imagine that a baby would favor wolf stuffed animals over a cherished teddy bear, but like all wild animals, they do have their place within the plush world. For anybody that may be a collector of plush toys, specifically, wild animals, wolf stuffed animals make a beautiful addition to an already established collection. Even though wolf stuffed animals can look just like the canine pet next door, they need to by no means be mistaken for domesticated dogs. Publisher: Angeline Hope Wolf stuffed animals are not to be confused with canine stuffed animals, as a result of merely put, wolves and canine should not the identical thing. Whereas it's true canines are decedents of the wolf, as we know, one is domestic and one is wild which is not the same at all.

When Truffle ultimately dried out her dark fawn fleece had the tiniest tightest crimp I have ever seen, you may remember I wrote a blog about it. Properly that bought me excited but then no sooner was it there but - whoosh, her fleece had changed and was straight and fluffy and crimpless. I used to be dissapointed to say the least. But the story continues. We have now just weaned Truffle at four months old as her mother Dee is just too skinny and her situation needs to enhance earlier than winter. As a result we gave Truffle an excellent inspection, so we will regulate her condition as she switches from mothers milk and a bit of nibbling to full time grazing. We looked at her fleece (having paid it no attention for 6 weeks or so) and have been blown away by the transformation. The colour has changed as if it has been dyed, it is now a medium brown and the crimp has returned in bucket hundreds, tight, brilliant and gorgeous. I know you are most likely saying "Well let's see some pictures then!". If it is dry when Sue returns we'll give it a go.

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[fallen-symphony]

(Continued from here at @formerchaoslord )

The members of Slur's army came together once again for a meeting.

"Alright, everyone. You all know we have some new members on our team, so I thought we all should be acquainted to them. Go ahead and introduce yourselves."

"Ooh, ooh! Me, first! Me, first! I'm Rosy the Rascal, and I'm Scourgey's future wife!"

"No, you're not!" Scourge yells, "You're an insane brat who needs a straight jacket!"

"Aww... You say the meanest things, Scourgey!" Rosy said endearingly, in a twisted kind of way, "I definitely need to hug you and crush you later."

"Next, please..." Slur said in a tired tone.

"Very well. I shall go next. Greetings, everyone. I am Dr. Starline. I am the new ruler of the Eggman Empire, though I guess it's the Starline Empire now. I am far superior to that has been, Dr. Ivo Robotnik, AKA, Dr. Eggman. In my dimension, he gave up that name and now goes by 'Mr. Tinker.' Now he helps the heroes! What a waste of evil genius potential. This is why Eggman Nega is the superior Eggman. He knows what it means to be an evil genius."

"Why, thank you, Starline," Nega said, "You'll go a long way. I can see it."

"I appreciate the kind words," said Starline, "Now, this is my second in command, Metal Knuckles. I reprogrammed him to be absolutely loyal to me."

"..."

"Impressive," said Obake, "And I assume that machine used to be one of Dr. Eggman's?"

"You'd be correct, Obake." Dr. Starline answered, "Due to his foolishness, he overlooked Metal Knuckles when Metal Sonic rebelled against him that one time. That made it all the more easy to make Metal Knuckles my new henchman."

"You're a platypus after my own heart, Starline," Obake said, "I, too, reprogram robots to make them my loyal henchmen. That's how I got Ultron Sigma here. Why don't you say hello, my friend?"

"Greetings. I am Ultron Sigma, ruler of the Ultron Mavericks, and loyal servant to Master Obake."

"Man, it's still hard to get use to hearing him call you 'Master,' Obake." Teseo said.

"Next," said Slur.

"Alright, I will go next. I am Dark Empress, Queen of the Darkloids. I was once known as 'Roll,' until I repeatedly used the Dark Chip ShadeMan dropped. Now I'm the most feared Net Navi in all of the Net. I control all the viruses, and every Darkloid is at my command."

"Ah... A story much like my own... I think we were made to rule together, my Dark Queen..."

"Heh heh... Perhaps we were, my Dark King...'

"Sheesh! Get a room, you two..."

"Awwww, I think they're an adorable couple... Just like us, Scourgey!"

"In your dreams, ya pink psycho!"

"Alright, let's wrap this up."

"I am Asimov, the original Azure Striker of 'Project Gunvolt.' My goal is to create a universe of Adepts and Super Humans. Anyone willing to convert into an Adept, come to me, and I will give you incredible powers."

"Alright, that should be everyone... Other than Ophelia and ArcaneMan, as well as Black Dog and the Master of the Heel, but they have matters to take care of at the moment. Anyway, now that we have introductions out of the way, it's about time we act. I will need you to all to go after RiFT's team. I will focus on finding new members and increase our army, while you try to decrease RiFT's army by destroying as many members as possible. RiFT and his band of misfits are what stands between us and ruling the Multiverse..."

To be continued...

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[formerchaoslord]

Sonia, Luna. Please use this white angel battle card.

"Really, Super Sentai Fan? Do you think we're stupid, or do you just find our reaction to this funny?"

"Seriously, who's side are you on?! Are you trying to increase Slur's forces?"

"Maybe Super Sentai Fan is actually a spy for Slur. That's why he's always trying to get someone to use that chip."

"Wait, are you serious?!"

"Nah! I'm just kidding. It's probably just a joke on Super Sentai Fan's end as well. I'm sure we don't have a single spy here."

"Good. I was almost paranoid for a second."

"Yeah. That would be scary, wouldn't it? But anyway, why don't we get something to eat over at Welch's shop?"

"Sure! I'd like that."

"Have fun, you two!"

Once Geo and Sonia left, and the coast was clear, Megaman(?) spoke to someone on a communicator.

"So far, I haven't been detected, Lady Slur. I got all the intel on RiFT's team that you asked for."

"Good work, Dark Mega," said Slur on the other end, "Now, return to base before their Megaman gets back. We can't have you getting caught."

Dark Mega left the scene immediately. What will happen next...?

#super sentai fan #geo has pulsed in (ic) #sonia has pulsed in (ic) #megaman has logged in (ic) #dark mega has logged in (ic) #good and evil clash (blog jump cameo) #megaman star force #megaman battle network

[jessilixx]

The Good Advantages Of Digital Videos

If you happen to love this text, you will also love one other article written by this text's author on projector bracket and LCD video projector. Log in or Create Account to put up a comment. Writer: Article Skilled As you consider the various benefits of digital listening to aids, you'll little doubt realize that it one thing value exploring. Take your time to seek out the best one which works well to your listening to wants. Writer: Eser B To best perceive how it works, we are going to evaluate it to digital zoom which crops a picture and enlarges the this section to the scale of the original. On this process, the resolution and therefore the image quality is diluted because the digital camera or software interpolates (re: makes a greatest guess) the right way to fill in the gaps between the mega pixels. Publisher: Peter Disuja Consumers must have merchandise that operate utilizing the hottest technology standards to function effectively and achieve the very best outcomes whereas being suitable with the most recent equipment available on the market. In keeping with Graviett, alpacas are generally docile, especially the males. The females get a bit more protective of their young, so they are often more standoffish. It also is widespread for alpacas to be mistaken for llamas. Some variations are that alpacas are smaller, and their ears stick straight up as an alternative of flopping over. They also don't spit like llamas do, and are sometimes not as ornery. Alpacas are usually low upkeep and may be raised on a small acreage, in keeping with Graviett. She makes certain they've fresh water and hay each day, and cleans up their manure. She has not had a veterinarian bill for illness in over three years. Graviett additionally benefits from them in ways except for breeding. Once a 12 months, her pack will get sheared for his or her fiber. Alpaca fiber is lightweight, water resistant, and warmer and stronger than the fiber of other animals, including sheep wool, based on wildhairalpacas.com.

Skirting your alpaca fleece for show takes time and follow. Set reasonable expectations and permit yourself to make some errors along the way. No matter you do, do not hand over. It'll all repay ultimately. Making ready your show fleece begins months earlier than shearing by maintaining good nutrition, low stress, and a clear atmosphere. On shearing day, let the shearer know which ones are your present alpacas. Be prepared to collect the prime blanket on sheets (mattress sheets work tremendous) because it comes off the alpaca and keep it separate from the seconds and thirds. Ideally, you possibly can skirt it on shearing day- but that won't be doable for many of us. Set up an area for your skirting table. You'll be able to simply make your skirting table by attaching a 3ft x 5ft wire mesh with half inch squares to a wooden body. You possibly can steadiness this on 2 workhorses or any two stable objects at the best height for you. Put your prime blanket on your skirting desk.

Through the last Ice Age, Finland was covered by a thick layer of ice. When that ice sheet retreated (or melted) about 10,000 years in the past, it gouged the floor of the land and left in its wake innumerable islands, rivers and streams, in addition to countless lakes. Subsequently, the uncovered lands turned inexperienced and fertile, wildlife returned, and Stone Age hunter-gatherers from northern Russia arrived. Early settlements soon developed, and early man lived and farmed throughout Finland on via the Bronze and Iron Ages. At the top of the Viking period, during a series of exploratory crusades into Finland, the Swedes introduced Christianity, and in short-order, principally undefended Finnish lands have been included into the Kingdom of Sweden, and 650 years of Swedish influence began. As a province of Sweden, the now subjugated Finns were pressured to undertake the tradition and traditions of Sweden, together with its language and dominate religion. The imposed Protestant faith motivated many in the Orthodox religion to maneuver east into Russia. They're extraordinary plush toys and anybody lucky enough to have one is actually privileged indeed. Writer: Angeline Hope While we all cannot be Mary and own lambs (or take them to high school), we are able to have lamb stuffed animals as companions as a substitute. Who can resist these adorable baby animals? A lamb stuffed animal is comfortable and cuddly, much like the real factor seems to be like it can be. Publisher: Angeline Hope It's laborious to imagine that a child would prefer wolf stuffed animals over a cherished teddy bear, but like all wild animals, they do have their place in the plush world. For anyone that could be a collector of plush toys, specifically, wild animals, wolf stuffed animals make a beautiful addition to an already established assortment. Even though wolf stuffed animals can look just like the canine pet subsequent door, they need to by no means be mistaken for domesticated dogs. Publisher: Angeline Hope Wolf stuffed animals are to not be confused with canine stuffed animals, because simply put, wolves and canine should not the same factor. While it's true canine are decedents of the wolf, as we know, one is home and one is wild which isn't the same at all.

When Truffle eventually dried out her dark fawn fleece had the tiniest tightest crimp I have ever seen, it's possible you'll remember I wrote a blog about it. Properly that bought me excited however then no sooner was it there however - whoosh, her fleece had modified and was straight and fluffy and crimpless. I used to be dissapointed to say the least. But the story continues. We now have simply weaned Truffle at 4 months old as her mom Dee is just too skinny and her situation needs to improve earlier than winter. Consequently we gave Truffle an excellent inspection, so we are able to regulate her condition as she switches from mothers milk and a bit of nibbling to full time grazing. We checked out her fleece (having paid it no consideration for six weeks or so) and have been blown away by the transformation. The color has changed as if it has been dyed, it's now a medium brown and the crimp has returned in bucket hundreds, tight, vivid and gorgeous. I do know you're probably saying "Well let's see some photos then!". Whether it is dry when Sue returns we'll give it a go.

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[greatplanettahoe]

Japan Log Day 8

Day Eight of Japan - The Mud Day

It rained today. Lilia took a shower this morning and straightened her hair for approximately 45 minutes before we left. Not that it mattered. Her hair is back to it's glorious curly and floofy self because of the rain. At least it wasn't terrible.

Today's mission was to see Koi. We were heading the Hasedera Temple. However, there are two? One in Yokohama ( South of where we're staying ) and one in Nara ( super East of us and way too long of a ride ). Since I wasn't quite sure which one had the Koi pond, I quickly found a public garden that had Koi. Sankeien Garden. It was in south Yokohama, and much closer than the previous temple. Also, not a temple, so no awkward "we're just here for the Koi" conversation.

We managed to figure out the bus system, which that was confusing for a little bit, and got halfway to our destination. Hungry, we looked around for a bite to eat and saw a Dennys. Having had mixed reviews about whether or not we should eat there, we decided to try! We both got a hamburger steak curry. It was awesome. The restaurant also boasted strawberry deserts. Lilia got a shortbread that had shortbread, strawberry cream, shortbread, pistachio cream, shortbread, whip cream, strawberries. I got a parfait, with about the same ingredients except with vanilla ice cream and raspberry sorbet at the top <3 Definitely not your normal Denny's that you end up at at 3AM ordering cheesy fries.

Full and happy, we walked through a neighborhood where we saw a kitty! Pretty kitty ran away from us, even with our coaxing. We made it to the garden, where we realized that the pathways were ... packed dirt. Dirt + Rain = .... mud. Welp. Neither of us were wearing great shoes, not exactly aware that we were going here, but we tried to make the best of it.

The garden was absolutely beautiful. The sakura trees were in full bloom, petals already starting to cover the surface of the pond where mallard ducks were gathered. It was fun watching the ducks race across the pond where they saw humans throw pieces of bread in the water for the Koi. We snapped a couple pictures of the scenery and colorful fish, threw up our hoods and carefully picked our way around the mud puddles in the garden. As we walked over a bridge there was a small river that was covered completely with sakura petals.

We moved on to climb a hill to a three-story pagoda. It was beautiful, even in the rain. There were spotlights on either side of the pagoda to light it up when it got dark. Past the pagoda was an observatory where we could see the nearby highway and factory area. The factory proudly uses hydraulics instead of coal, so the smoke you see coming off the factory is steam, and therefor isn't harmful to the environment. We watched for a little while and left, since the clouds made it hard to see far in the distance. Still no Mt. Fuji sighting. We tried walking down a back pathway, but it was too muddy and we kept slipping.

Afterwards, we wandered down and gazed at the other buildings in the main garden. All beautiful with the sakura trees blooming over them, small shrines tucked in corners, and the nice contrast of dark wood trim, and lighter wood walls. Soaked and muddy, we made our way to the inner garden, which looks like a small village on the map. As we passed through a gate, a kitty was sitting off to the side. We offered our hands to the cat to sniff, but they pulled away. We didn't pet the kitty.

We walked up to the muddy main road that split and both of us thought of Fatal Frame. Where's our twin, ghostly apparitions that we have to take photos of to defeat, and abandoned town? Well, we have the abandoned town, at least. Again, the buildings were gorgeous. Most of them had been moved from the original locations to the garden for safe-keeping and history. Some were built by Tokugawa ( a Shogun (ruler) during the Edo period ), or at least was built for him. There was one building built at the edge of a river, and absolutely beautiful. Lilia and I took a lot of photos. When I get home, I'll try to remember to photo-dump. Still need to do that for Yellowstone. Oops.

Did I mention it was muddy? Lilia cursed the pathway approximately 20 times while we were in the garden.

We left the garden and since we'd both gotten requests from friends to pick something up from our third Pokemon Center, we decided to go to the one in Yokohama. It wasn't too terribly far away, and one 30 minute bus ride later, we got to the shopping mall after it finished raining ... thanks weather. The mall had a curved escalator. My life is pretty boring to get excited over a curved escalator. (It was pretty cool)

We made our way to the Yokohama Pokemon center and ... it had a better layout, wider range of product, and felt nicer than the mega store, which was a little sad. Definitely preferred the Yokohama and Skytree Pokemon store over the one in Ikebukuro. Especially since we found a plush of one of Lilia's absolute favorite Pokemon.

As we left, we found a bubble tea shop and picked up a small drink on the way. Normally, we use the Keikyu line for in and out of Kawasaki. This time, we took the JR Line. Which dropped us off at a completely different station. Confused and not sure where to go, we floundered our way around the station until Lilia saw the name of a shop that was near our normal station. We headed in that direction, and I realized that there was a Daiso nearby. Fun! As we went to leave the station we saw it. Krispy Kreme. Guess what we had for dinner.

Laden with doughnuts and pokemon product, we exited the station and got our bearings. We walked past a karaoke shingding where a lady was singing, and a bunch of people were in a half circle in front of her, dancing their lives away. It was pretty fun. We walked into what we call "Crazy Street". It's more of a tunnel that has neon lights blaring and noises everywhere. It's also bigger than a street. We made our way through the streets, spotting a KFC, and managed to end up stepping out onto the pathway towards our hotel after a handful of blocks.

Tomorrow's plan is Akihabara! It's about darn time we go to the electric city!

P.S. The doughnuts were delicious and adorable

#Japan Log #Day 8 #Japan Trip

[fallen-symphony]

(An army of Heel Navis marched along with who appeared to be their leader, until they stopped at their leader's command.)

"And stop! Excellent..."

"Hello ladies and gentlemen from other dimensions, I am Black Dog, NetNavi of the true leader, who unfortunately cannot attend, due to a commitment, but I come in his name, to suggest an alliance, between us, the leaders of the Heel and you..."

"If anything is necessary for such an alliance, let it be said now."

(Can Black Dog and her operator join the team? If not, that's okay 👍)

"Ah, a volunteer. Normally, I have to go out and search for new members... You even brought you're own army. Yes, I see potential. I believe you and your master will be beneficial to our team."

"Yay! Another girl's on the team! And she looks so cool!"

"Nice to see more Net Navis joining our ranks. get on my good side, and I may reward you with some Dark Chips."

"I'm expecting good results from you and your army, Black Dog."

#leleamo #slur will rule (ic) #rosy crushes her scourgey poo (ic) #dark mega has logged in (ic) #megaman battle network #sonic archie comics

[fallen-symphony]

Slur.... if you were thinking of recruiting Omega... don't

*https://youtu.be/lTG9X9q8HNE?si=RefO2PS_KOqWi2OE

He was defeated

"Ah ha ha ha ha ha!! Did he really get his butt kicked by a couple of Mets?!"

"That's just embarrassing..."

"Hmph! Fools. Anyone could this is fake. Those Mettaurs would have been obliterated by the real Omega! This video was made to be a joke."

"Does that mean you will recruit Omega?"

"It's a possibility, but I'm not one hundred percent sure yet. He is a bit of a wildcard, and it was difficult enough getting Ultron Sigma to join us... I'll have to think it over."

#thepersonaking56 #humor program (funny) #teseo hacks the world (ic) #all hail king scourge baby! (ic) #slur will rule (ic) #dark mega has logged in (ic) #azure striker gunvolt #sonic archie comics #megaman battle network

[fallen-symphony]

"I will never surrender to the likes of you even if you experiment on me to try to turn me into this Adapt things."

"So... We're turning him into an Adept now? I thought the plan was to lure Solo here so he can join our side..."

"There's been a change of plans, Sync. After infiltrating RiFT's base, I discovered Solo wouldn't join us. So Slur decided we should try to convert the one we kidnapped with the help of our new recruit..."

Suddenly, there was a loud explosion.

"General Serpentine! What was that?!"

"Intruders, Lord Brevon! Solo and Gunvolt have Broken into the Dreadnought!"

Breaking through the door was Solo and Gunvolt.

"Hands off my apprentice!"

"Oh... I'm afraid you're too late. The procedure is already done.You're apprentice is already an Adept..."

Gunvolt's eyes widened when he saw who it was who did the procedure.

"You...! It can't be...!!"

"Well, if it isn't my old pal, Gunvolt..."

To be continued...

(New Muse Coming Soon!)

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