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I was today years old when I learned that when you type “otp: true” in AO3 search results it filters out fics with additional ships, leaving only the fics where your otp is the main ship

djinnhatescold

Gamechanger

downtroddendeity

Here’s a cheatsheet of all the available hidden search functions. “-creators:[whatever]” is another exclusion that can be particularly useful.

huntersoftheapocalypsis

rt, to make my life easier

Do you have anymore chapters of 'In the Service of the Queen'?

Do you mean the translated version or English version? I am not the author of “In the Service of the Queen”, only a humble translator who got their permission back then. Maybe you can contact or follow the author here? rohad93.tumblr.com if you are looking for the original text?

#In the service of the Queen #Elsanna #佐斯翻翻譯

jaubaius

It belongs in a museum,I think

su-whisterfield

This is utterly fabulous!

sandandglass

#lol

its-only-the-rain

Have you ever wondered how someone meets Santa? Well, you need to follow a very specific ritual to summon him.

the-nwah-embassy

Do you have any idea how long I’ve had this queued? Any idea? A year. A fucking year. I don’t even use my queue ever. Ever. This is the only thing I’ve EVER queued. I’ve had this queued for a year so I don’t forget it.

nerevar-shid-and-fard

everything about this video is perfect. the voice acting, the cookies, the milk, the cave, the chickens singing the imperial march for some reason, the way the sound of the fires starting lines up with the haunting song of the chickens, the way santa teleports right in front of the player at the last second. it’s all so surreal

dankmemeuniversity

thundergrace

whitepeopletwitter

#wait they arent?????

i-homeostasis

dude seeing these Mega high quality images of the surface of mars that we now have has me fucked up. Like. Mars is a place. mars is a real actual place where one could hypothetically stand. It is a physical place in the universe. ITS JUST OUT THERE LOOKING LIKE UH IDK A REGULAR OLD DESERT WITH LOTS OF ROCKS BUT ITS A WHOLE OTHER PLANET?

i-homeostasis

LIKE THIS JUST LOOKS LIKE IT COULD BE A PERSON’S BACKYARD. LIKE YEA A LITTLE DUSTY MAYBE THERE WAS A SANDSTORM BUT THAT’S COOL I’M JUST GONNA WALK DOWN TO THE STORE P S Y C H YOU’RE ON MARS BICH!

schro-dingus-deactivated2023030

i hate to be rude and intrude on this post but we have decent pictures of the surface Venus too!

jumpingjacktrash

#venus has a low render distance

thecraftychemist

See also below Saturn’s moon, Titan. Mars has a blue horizon at sunset so it looks even more Earth-like in this image:

Source

Also: Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko

ultraviolet-divergence

So it’s not quite snowing on Churyumov–Gerasimenko, unfortunately; the white specks are artifacts of cosmic rays impinging on the CCDs in the camera, as well as a rotating starfield in the background (since the comet is spinning). A few specks could be dust. But, holy shit, that’s the surface of a comet. That’s a spot you could in theory cling to for dear life sit down on. The Cliffs of Comet 76p are a place.

If that isn’t the neatest shit I don’t know what is.

dorkery

bunjywunjy

I was walking through the toy aisle at Target when I found this thing and had a VIOLENT AND IMMEDIATE FLASHBACK to when JP first came out and they had a bunch of REALLY COOL T Rex toys that I would have sold one of my scrawny small-child limbs for but my mother wouldn’t get me one because they were “too violent and also ate people” :(

bunjywunjy

hnn I WANT IT SO BAD

bunjywunjy

on closer inspection, it makes a lot of really obnoxious noises and is also Too Expensive. BUT FEAR NOT I found this slightly smaller dude wedged in the back!

IT HAS BITE ACTION, AND THAT’S THE ONLY THING THAT MATTERS

bunjywunjy

now we enter the testing phase

yup. looks good.

bunjywunjy

Extreme Chompin T-Rex says IT’S NEVER TOO LATE TO FOLLOW YOUR DREAMS

digitaldiscipline

Can we take a moment to appreciate that we can use this as a rosetta stone to say “EXTREME CHOMPIN’ “ in four languages?

bunjywunjy

OH SHIT YOU’RE RIGHT, let me check the garbage to see if it’s still there! hopefully I didn’t destroy it in my excitement

bunjywunjy

*roar sound effect*

bunjywunjy

IMPORTANT UPDATE:

bunjywunjy

update update: I re-sized her collar and found a bag of toy bones at the craft store. I haven’t put this much effort into a non-school thing since my last job search, help

(secret bonus: the other side of her tag)

crochetninja

There’s more!

nuggsmum

I love.

bunjywunjy

I saw that people are reblogging the thread again, so I thought I’d give you all an update on how Wexter is doing!

(just fine)

bunjywunjy

Wexter And The Case Of Her Continuing Marvelously Naughty Garden Adventures

OP and Wexter can break all my toes and I would still send a thank you card

bunjywunjy

Wexter says SHE WOULD NEVER DO SUCH A THING (but she might chew your ankles a little bit maybe)

bunjywunjy

so it’s come to my attention that at some point this weekend Wexter blew past 100,000 notes, and I for one think that’s very cash money of her.

bunjywunjy

it’s been a few weeks, I suppose we should check up on the AHSGSHGAFB?!

ajdhf.

well that’s just,,,

REXCELLENT

crasybirdlady

If this is not a Humans are weird post then I don’t know what is.

I love this plastic dinosaur and it’s adventures. I desperately want one of my own.

catchymemes

blizzweirdo

Blizzard gets a sternly-worded letter.

IS THAT A SHARK?

ghost-coven-deactivated20240127

if you watch any video today it needs to be this one

sleepy-bookworm

I LOVE THIS NEWSCAST AND IM NOT EVEN FROM AUSTRALIA.

frederick-the-great

#like that little cage is gonna help ya

pipistrellus

Theyre so. Honest

somethinglikeinterests-deactiva

idc what anyone says, that was a megalodon

elodiegk

As a person from australia that dude always has the best reactions to things. like always. I’m pretty sure it’s the only reason he was hired.

k9effect

You non-Aussies are missing out on quality television

necrofuturism

This clip got them a cameo in Sharknado 5 lmao

mitzoco

A favour for a knight.

#ingrid brandl galatea #fe3h #ingrid #fanart

hilarioushumorfromouterspace

askagamedev

Any thoughts on the Hong Kong Blizzard situation?

I have a lot of thoughts on the matter. Those who participate on our [Discord] server have probably seen my comments and thoughts on the Hong Kong Blizzard (and greater China) situation in real time over the past few weeks. It is a very complicated topic to cover (as geopolitics tends to be), but I will attempt to distill it down for you. Fair warning, this is a long post.

Before we begin, for those who don’t understand what’s happening in Hong Kong, here’s a [quick link to a BBC summary of what the Hong Kong protests are about].

Now… a little more background about doing business in China. You have to realize that all Chinese companies operate in China at the whims of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). All companies above a certain size must have a CCP representative on their board, and all companies above that size just happen to be run by people who have deep ties to the CCP. There are no exceptions to this. To compound this, all foreign companies must partner with a Chinese company in order to do business in China. This gives the CCP unprecedented control and leverage over all major businesses in China. Blizzard’s Chinese partner company is NetEase.

The CCP is very sensitive about certain things. They tolerate no dissidents and have built massive internal systems of social and economic engineering to maintain that level of control - things like individual [social credit scores] that determine a citizen’s ability to travel or buy a home, [massive facial recognition software] to pair with the literal [hundreds of millions of cameras everywhere], and the [”Golden Shield”] - China’s special “walled garden” internet with rigidly controlled access to the outside world.

Let’s go back to the Hong Kong and Blizzard thing directly. One of the competitors in the Hearthstone Grandmaster tournament was blitzchung, a Hong Kong native who, during a post-match interview, put on a gas mask like those the protesters are using and said “Liberate Hong Kong, the revolution of our times” - the HK protester slogan. In response to this, [Blizzard banned blitzchung from competing for a year, took back his prize money, and removed him from Grandmasters]. The day after, the official Hearthstone Weibo (essentially China’s version of Facebook) account posted this:

For those who can’t read it, the text roughly translates to this:

We are very angered and disappointed at what happened at the event and do not condone it in any way. We also highly object to the spreading of personal political beliefs in this manner. Effective immediately, we’ve banned the contestant from events and terminated work with the broadcasters. We will always respect and defend the pride of our country.

Now that you’re all caught up, let’s talk about Blizzard and their business situation in China in general. China represents an enormous portion of Blizzard’s market. One of the designers I know at Blizzard said “I was once told that Warcraft is to China what Star Wars is to the US” and I believe it. China has gone so far as to build a Warcraft-inspired (but not licensed) [theme park]. You’d think this might give them some clout, but you’d be wrong. The CCP has no qualms about completely banning any company that steps out of line.

It’s also important to note a few other relevant details you might not be aware of:

[Several of Blizzard’s own employees staged a walkout in protest of the company decision]

[Blizzard is far from alone in this behavior]. The CCP has their foot on the necks of many foreign companies.

The Hong Kong Blizzard issue has also garnered [mainstream] [media] [coverage]

[Both Republican and Democrat lawmakers have criticized Blizzard’s response in this incident]

Here’s the thing - a lot of Blizzard’s critics in this situation are saying that it’s greed motivating their decision… but I don’t think it’s just greed. If Blizzard gets cut off from China, it would be disastrous for their bottom line, as well as Activision-Blizzard’s valuation. That would not only mean they lose a lot of money, but the entire company (and many of their employees’ jobs) is potentially in jeopardy. Given just how much of their business is done in China, I would not be surprised if being banned from China would be an existential crisis for Blizzard as we know it. For anybody within Blizzard, that should be terrifying.

Now that we’ve been through all that, here are my own thoughts on the matter: Blizzard is stuck between two awful choices. This has become a full-blown international incident, which puts it in a different class entirely than the usual kinds of gamer recreational outrage. It’s a public relations shitstorm of the highest degree and one that will likely take years to recover from. However, their only other option is potential ruin with many, many lost jobs and irreparable harm done to the company at the pleasure of an authoritarian government. If I were in their position, I would say that (some of) the players could possibly be won back by making good games and keeping a low profile while a ban by the CCP is not something they can appeal. My view is that Blizzard as a company is essentially a CCP hostage at this point. Maybe it wasn’t when they first launched WoW in China back in 2005, but a lot has changed in the 14 years since then. It certainly doesn’t excuse what they did, but I don’t believe it is as simple as “they want China money so they compromise their ideals”. I believe the CCP has them by the neck and will not hesitate to squeeze.

PS Edit:

I wanted to paraphrase something that Brian Kibler, former Hearthstone caster, said today. Not everyone has the luxury of being able to step back from this. Do not take your anger out on the other casters, or streamers, or employees of Blizzard. This is not the kind of decision that comes from the rank and file. Most likely they’re just as angry as you are.

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