#Off-grid Applications

[grankia]

How Solar Off-Grid Inverter Can Ensure Uninterrupted Power Supply

Solar energy has rapidly become a prominent source of renewable energy, thanks to its environmental benefits and the decreasing cost of solar panels. Among the various components of a solar power system, the solar inverter plays a crucial role, especially in off-grid applications. A solar off-grid inverter converts the direct current (DC) into alternating current (AC), it will use to power…

[prostarchina]

How Hybrid Inverter Charger 48v Light Up Remote Areas

In recent years, there has been a significant shift in the energy landscape towards sustainable and off-grid solutions. This shift has driven an increased demand for advanced technologies in the field of power electronics. The demand is a direct result of the growing emphasis on sustainable and off-grid energy solutions. The hybrid inverter charger 48v is an innovative device that integrates the…

[electronalytics]

Battery-operated Remote Terminal Units Market Research, Size, Share, Analysis, Overview and Regional Outlook Study 2017 – 2032

The market for Remote Terminal Units (RTUs) that are battery-operated allows them to function in isolated or off-grid regions where access to a reliable power supply is restricted. RTUs are electronic devices used to monitor and manage remote equipment and processes in many different industries, such as oil and gas, water and wastewater management, power distribution, and telecommunications. Here is a summary of the market for battery-operated RTUs, including information on demand:

Market Overview: Due to a number of circumstances, the market for battery-operated RTUs has been expanding. The need for battery-operated RTUs has been fueled by the necessity for remote monitoring and control capabilities in various industries, particularly in places with weak power infrastructure. These devices enable efficient monitoring and control of remote assets without the requirement for a continual external power source thanks to their dependable and autonomous operation.

Demand Drivers:

1. Real-time monitoring and control of assets: situated in remote or isolating locations are necessary in many businesses. Without the requirement for a sizable power infrastructure or reliance on cable connections, battery-operated RTUs allow for effective data gathering, monitoring, and control of these assets.

2. Applications Off-Grid: In off-grid applications where access to a dependable power supply is restricted or nonexistent, battery-operated RTUs are widely used. Examples include remote water pumping stations in rural areas, environmental monitoring stations, remote weather monitoring stations, and remote oil and gas wellheads.

3. Emergency and Temporary Installations: Whereas immediate deployment is necessary, battery-powered RTUs are also used in emergency and temporary installations. When catastrophe recovery, building projects, or temporary infrastructure installations are taking place, these machines can instantly provide remote monitoring and control capabilities.

4. Environmental Monitoring: Data collection from remote weather stations, air quality sensors, and water quality sensors are all important aspects of environmental monitoring that battery-operated RTUs play a key role in. Continuous monitoring is made possible in remote or environmentally delicate locations by these equipment.

5. IoT Connectivity: The need for battery-operated RTUs has increased as the Internet of Things (IoT) is becoming more widely used in a variety of businesses. These devices are essential parts of IoT networks because they provide seamless data transmission, communication, and control between remote assets and central management systems.

Here are some of the key benefits for Stakeholders:

Remote Monitoring and Control

Flexibility and Mobility

Cost-Effective Deployment

Resilience to Power Outages

Integration with IoT and Smart Grids

Increased Data Accessibility

Environmental Monitoring and Compliance

Rapid Deployment for Emergency Response

Redundancy and Reliability

Scalability and Future-Proofing

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[lynxindisguise]

see how the uk raises their immigration health surcharge by £400/yr and I think “welp it’s still cheaper in the long run than living in my home country”? very cutesy. very mindful.

[chadsuke]

truly cannot wait to have zero responsibilities and fuck off on vacay.

[solardrop]

silver.

aaron hotchner x reader.

summary: hotch really doesn't think getting old is sexy. tags: fluff. a suggestive line here or there but nothing crazy. age gap (reader in their 30s, hotch is 57). jack mentioned. i think this could be read as gn!reader but i could be wrong. just short and cute. word count: 1.0k a/n: last fics rules still apply. be nice to me! when i look up photos of hair dying on pinterest i get rainbow haired e-boys so accept this haircut photo <3 divider creds to @/cafekitsune

Your name echoes across the house when Aaron yells for you from the bathroom. Once you enter the space you're greeted by his hair spiked in every which way, covered in a brownish-black goop. His thick hands are gloved and hold a small black toothbrush-like applicator.

"Sweetheart, can you check if I missed a spot?" Aaron hands you the brush and tray of inky black dye. You make a show of rolling your eyes and pouting back at him in the mirror and you take the items from him.

"I forgot it was that time of month that you decided to cover up all your sexy.." you sigh.

"Really," he scoffs, a teasing smile creeping on his lips, "I thought all the sexy was gone when I shaved.'

You almost teared up remembering the loss of his beard. A case off the grid forced him to grow one out for a few weeks. You understandably jumped his bones upon seeing the new look when he returned. The extra hair provided some out-of-this-world sensations for your softest parts that you would never forget. Only for the wicked man to shave all of it after two days, citing the "professional dress code" of the FBI as the culprit.

You snap a latex glove onto your hand, "Shush and bend over, big guy."

He smiles and kneels to face you, his rough hands gripping the fat of your thighs. You slowly worked around his head, dabbing bits of dye in bare spots. Your fingers rake through the inky black mass on his head, gently massaging his scalp. Aaron hums and thanks you under his breath.

"Do you know why I started dying my hair so consistently?"

"To torture me?"

"No," he huffs," when Jack was about... eight? I had taken him on this trip with a couple of his friends and their fathers, it was fun, but at the end of the whole thing Jack pointed at the grays starting to grow out on my hairline and turned to his friends and said-"

"Baby no...."

"'Guys look! My daddy is sooo old!'"

You clamp your lips shut to hold in your laughter. You didn't want to embarrass him further, especially with the deep red flush rising up the nape of his neck.

"Oh honey Jack was still a baby then... kids are insane you know that"

" I do, and I know. I laughed it off. I know he didn't really mean anything by it, but I didn't know if he felt like the odd one out for having an old dad.." Aaron runs his hands up and down your legs mindlessly. "And now I don't want you to feel out of place either."

You pause at that. In the few years you and Hotch have been together, never has he shown any insecurity about the difference in age between you. And he sure as hell wasn't about to start now if you had anything to do with it. You slicked his hair back with your hands and placed the clear complimentary shower cap in the box on his head, snickering at how silly he looked. Once you slide the slimy gloves off you set the timer on your phone and grasp the face of the man you loved so dearly, forcing him to rest his chin on your stomach and look into your eyes.

"You have less than thirty minutes to explain to me why you think I'd care about you looking old"

"you're young-"

"I'm in my thirties-"

"you're younger," he corrects "than me by quite a bit. All your friends have other young people to share their life and first experiences with. Meanwhile, you're stuck with a sixty-year-old-"

"You're fifty-seven-" Your eyes roll.

"a fifty-seven-year-old with a sassy kid turned angsty teenager for a child." he sighs, "Sweetheart I just don't want you to ever look at me and feel a loss."

You take a moment to scan his face. Despite the stupid shower cap mushrooming around his head, his face showed no amusement when he spoke. The sweet, shy smile he always sported around you was gone, replaced with a grimace and furrowed brow.

"Aaron I have never felt more loved, accepted, and safe than I have with you. I know you know that," you say.

He nods, pressing a quick peck to your belly button before looking at you. His eyes search yours for a moment of hesitation or change in resolve. but you stand your ground.

"The only thing I worry about with you on my arm is fighting off all the homewreckers."

He wheezes a laugh at this. Eventually having to stand up before he smears the dark dye all over you. He always does this. Laughs and acts like he wouldn't have crowds of people stop to fawn over his beauty if he let them.

"Remember that neighbor at the old apartment who would only stop by with cookies when she knew you were home?"

"Or the time Jack's classmate profiled their teacher's crush on you?"

"Don't even get me started on that detective JJ keeps telling me about from years ago in New Mexico. The male detective."

He smiles at you sheepishly, "You've made your point."

"If you want to dye your hair or shave to make yourself happy I think you should," you whisper, "but Aar I love every version of you possible"

You press your lips to his cheek before you continue, "You are the most beautiful, devastatingly sexy old man out. And I will still throw myself at you in public if you decide to finally ditch the box dye."

He smiles at you fully now, eyes shining as he looks down at you. He slides his lips against yours, grinning into the kiss before he pulls away to thank you.

"Maybe after this starts to grow out I'll see how I feel about the silver again." He looks back at his reflection in the mirror. He turns his head every which way to peek at the processing strands under the shower cap.

"Think about the beard too damn it.." you mumble. You begin to wander out of the bathroom when he yells for you again.

"Oh and sweetheart one more thing," you turn to look at him, confused when he stifles a laugh, "will you still think I'm sexy if I start balding like my father?"

[hamilando]

ੈ✩ love island (smau) ੈ✩

pairing : lando norris x reader

tw : fluff; suggestive, tiny tiny angst, jealousy love island coupling, mentions of other celebs as cast, kissing pictures

fc : Jung HoYeon

a/n : AHHH! THIS IDEA WAS IN MY HEAD FOR SOO LONG ! also did y’all really think just because s2 is here, we are going to forget the main s1 simp? She is so pretty, I can’t -

·:｡･ﾟﾟ･ ✩ ･ﾟ ･ﾟ·:｡･ﾟﾟ･ ･ﾟ·:｡･ﾟﾟ･ ✩ ･ﾟ ･ﾟ·:｡･ﾟﾟ･･ﾟ·:｡･ﾟﾟ･ ✩ ･ﾟ ･ﾟ·:｡･ﾟﾟ

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loveislanduk @ lando JOINS US FOR THIS SEASON !!!!

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user1 that's it. I am dead

user2 seeing landhoe being more hoey?

user3 BRO IS DOING EVERYTHING AS A SID E HUSTLE

user4 fuck paddock, I am going on a padi vacation

user5 SHIRTLESS LANDO 25X8 !?!?

user6 does mclaren even know !?

user7 THE SAUCY CHALLENGES YALL !?

user8 so you are telling me, he is going to cheat on Carlos !?

user9 I would love to see the grid’s reaction…

user10 I can imagine max saying simply lovely

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sojuyn ig survival shows are my thing

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user1 MOTHER IS GOING TO LOVE ISLAND !?

user2 she went to the final of squid games, what’s this for her ? 💀

user3 I just love how her pics are serving like always

jennieruby AHHH! can't wait to see you there xooxo

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user4 Y/N, DONT SHOW YOUR SEXY SELF To others 😔

user5 can't believe we can't gatekeep the hottie anymore 😔

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lando Getting that British island 💪🏻💂

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carlossainz55 can’t believe you are going there

lando you have Rebecca !!

carlossainz55 I get it Lando, no need.

maxverstappen1 simple lovely mate

georgerussell getting over the championship defeat ?

lando getting over your gay ass ?

georgerussell it’s called being a diva

mclaren we weren't informed, Lando.

lando random applications i guess 😃

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loveislanduk the first episode just premiered!

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user1 HELLO THE CAST !?

user2 so you are telling me, Lando, Jude Bellingham, hjevelyn and BRYCE HALL !?!?

user3 HOW DID BRYCE HALL SPAWN HERE !?

user4 HJEVELYN 😍😍

user5 Y/NNNN 😍😍😍😍

user6 I see admin has a favorite, already posting lando and y/n 😃

user7 Is this some sport island season !?

user8 the amount of celebs !?!?

user9 WHY DO YOU HAVE TO TORTURE ME FOR ONE WEEK BEFORE RELEASING MORE

user10 I am here for the drama

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loveisland raise your ya ya ya - heart!. The saucy challenge is only available on episode 2 🤭

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user1 the caption is killing me 🐸

user2 DID WE ALL SEE LANDO AND Y/N!?

user3 LANDO'S HEART ROSE TO 140!?

user4 IS THAT EVEN SAFE !?!?

user5 we could see jude burning eyes into lando-

user6 THE FIRST COUPLING WAS SOGOOD

user7 I think it was obvious that y/n and lando will couple up-

user8 i can sense lando-yn-jude

user9 jude was not happy when lando picked yn

user10 the face when jude had to couple with magui-

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lando hideaway 😗

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loveislanduk @ lando debriefs with the guys, before grabbing @ judebellingham for a quick chat !

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user1 lando said no one messes with my girl

user2 ngl, those two look good together

user3 we seeing a lot of bromance

user4 i feel the connection between them

user5 istg if they dump the girls and be togther -

user6 POWER COUPLE

user7 yn with the richest and handsome men after her

user8 oh to be her 😔

user9 magui is not going to like this

user10 imagine jude coupling with her next week

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loveislanduk the third episode started with drama! @ sojuyn was splashed by @ maguicorceiro for apparently lip locking her couple up @ judebellingham, @ Lando does not look much happy ! Tune in for episode 3 !!

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user1 and i-

user2 LANDO LOOKS ANGRY

user3 not kando turning into max by wearing mclaren merch-

user4 I am not even there but I can clearly see that that's not yn!!

user5 it is jude, but not with yn

user6 ITS EVELYN

user7 oh my gosh, ITS EVELYN AND JUDE!!

user8 YN IS LOYAL TO LANDO

user9 magui really wants lando

user10 just because they both are Asians -

part2...?

let me know if you want to be added or removed to the tg!

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fic tg: @sweate-r-weathe-r @jxnellat @loveofmylife12 @budgetcupid @lilaissa @scorpiodiosa @wondergirl101ks @nichmeddar @hoeforlifee @urfavnoirette @lily-ann-b @ilivbullyingjeongin

[smokebombsandspotlights]

🏁 “Chaos in the Paddock”

: Formula 1 (2025 grid) Characters: Y/N Leclerc, Charles Leclerc, Arthur Leclerc, Lorenzo Leclerc, Kimi Antonelli, Ollie Bearman Genre: Platonic, slice of life, humor, fluff, family dynamics WC: 1,267 Warnings: light language, overprotective brothers, mischief

[📸: image of Monaco paddock with a caption]

“Y/N Leclerc spotted in the paddock for the first time?? 👀 Baby Leclerc causing chaos???” #monacogp #f1gridchaos #charlesisnotokay

Y/N Leclerc was eighteen and tired of being babied.

It was cute when she was thirteen. Still manageable when she was fifteen. But now? Now that she was legally an adult, could vote in elections, and was literally filling out university applications? She was done being told she wasn’t allowed in the paddock because it was “too chaotic.”

Chaotic was her default setting.

And she was a Leclerc — practically raised trackside.

So when the Monaco Grand Prix rolled around and Charles and Arthur casually told her, again, that she wasn’t going, she decided to do what any self-respecting youngest sibling would do.

She lied.

“Oui, maman, I’ll stay home. Don’t worry, I’m just going to hang out with Léa and revise for my Spanish exam.”

Pascale Leclerc had squinted at her, suspicious. “You swear?”

“Swear. Hand on my future degree,” Y/N said, grinning. The moment her mother turned away, she shoved her tote bag full of paddock-appropriate outfits into the backseat of her friend’s car and was gone.

The Monaco paddock on Saturday morning was already buzzing with media, engineers, and drivers brushing past each other in fireproof gear. Everyone had somewhere to be.

Y/N had nowhere to be.

Which made it ten times more fun.

She slipped through the barriers using the guest pass she “borrowed” from Lorenzo — her oldest brother and, thank the heavens, her #1 accomplice — and made a beeline for the Ferrari garage like she owned the place.

Honestly? She basically did.

Until—

“Hey! You dropped this!”

She turned just as someone jogged up behind her, a discarded lanyard in hand.

Tall. Blonde. Bright blue eyes and a mischievous smile.

Ollie Bearman.

And trailing behind him was none other than Kimi Antonelli, eyebrows raised like he already knew this was going to be a problem.

“Oh my god, thanks!” she beamed, taking the lanyard back. “I didn’t even notice.”

“Are you… Charles’ little sister?” Ollie asked, eyes narrowing.

“Y/N,” she nodded, sticking out her hand like they were in a business meeting and not two chaotic teens about to derail the paddock’s peace.

Kimi snorted. “You’re the one who always sends him cursed memes before quali, right?”

“Guilty,” she laughed. “Wait — how do you know that?”

“I was sitting next to him in the driver’s briefing once. He opened one and choked on his water.”

“Classic,” she said proudly.

And just like that — instant friendship.

[🎥: video post]

🎤 "Y/N Leclerc, what are you doing with Ollie Bearman and Kimi Antonelli near the Red Bull garage??" 🗣️ “Strategizing,” she deadpans. “For what?” “World domination.” #chaoscrew #ferrarikids #babyLeclerc #olliekimiyn

By the time Charles found her, she had commandeered a golf cart, was halfway to the hospitality suite, and Ollie was driving it like they were escaping a heist.

“Y/N?! WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!”

Her eyes widened. “Abort mission. Charles has spotted us.”

Ollie slammed the brakes. “Bail?”

“Bail.”

Kimi tumbled out the side with a dramatic roll like he was in a Bond film, and Y/N hopped off and sprinted behind a stack of tire warmers.

Unfortunately for her, Charles was faster. And angrier.

He caught her by the elbow with the strength of an older brother who had been dealing with this exact behavior since 2008.

“Tu es sérieuse?!”

“Oh, come on, Charles,” she whined. “I’m an adult!”

“Adults don’t hijack golf carts!”

“Then clearly I’m redefining adulthood,” she snapped.

Charles pinched the bridge of his nose. “I told you not to come to the paddock.”

“And I told you I’m done being bossed around.”

They glared at each other until—

“I warned you,” Arthur said, strolling up behind Charles, arms crossed. “I knew she was going to sneak in.”

“You could’ve stopped her,” Charles hissed.

Arthur raised an eyebrow. “She threatened to leak my old TikToks if I snitched.”

Y/N beamed. “And don’t forget it.”

Charles looked like he aged ten years. “Maman is going to kill me.”

Meanwhile, across the paddock, Kimi and Ollie regrouped behind a merch booth.

“Do you think she’s grounded?” Kimi asked.

“Definitely,” Ollie said. “But like… she deserved that joyride.”

“She’s cooler than both her brothers combined.”

“I’m going to DM her a meme about Charles losing his mind.”

“Do it.”

Back in the Ferrari motorhome, Lorenzo had his feet propped on a table when Y/N burst in, flanked by her furious siblings.

“She’s your responsibility now!” Charles shouted.

“She’s an adult!” Y/N shouted back.

“She’s my baby sister!”

Lorenzo barely looked up from his phone. “So dramatic.”

Charles looked ready to combust. “She hijacked a golf cart—”

“It was more of a joy cruise,” Y/N muttered.

“—and was hanging around with Bearman and Antonelli, of all people!”

Lorenzo finally looked up. “So? They’re her age.”

“She shouldn’t be causing chaos with—”

“She’s a Leclerc,” Lorenzo said. “Chaos is in her DNA.”

Arthur snorted. “Facts.”

Charles looked between them like he had been betrayed by his own bloodline.

“Maman is going to have an aneurysm.”

“She doesn’t need to know,” Y/N said sweetly, flopping onto the couch.

“You’re going home.”

“Nope.”

“Y/N.”

“I’ll leave when Ollie and Kimi leave.”

“YOU’RE FRIENDS WITH THEM NOW?!”

[📱: group chat screenshot]

“Chaos Trio 🏎️🔥” Ollie: yo u alive Kimi: charles didn’t actually murder you right Y/N: alive and grounded but lorenzo gave me his paddock pass for tomorrow 😈 Ollie: LEGEND Kimi: the streets won Y/N: see you boys tmrw 8am. golf cart round 2?

Sunday. Race Day. Monaco.

Y/N showed up in a Ferrari jacket three sizes too big, sunglasses on her head, and coffee in her hand like she was the one racing that day.

Ollie and Kimi spotted her from across the paddock and high-fived her like she just returned from war.

“You got through Charles?” Kimi asked.

“Lorenzo ran interference,” Y/N replied.

“And Arthur?”

“Still pretending he doesn’t know me.”

“Nice.”

They didn’t even make it twenty minutes before someone handed them a water gun.

“Want to start a grid-wide water fight?” Y/N asked.

“Say less,” Ollie said.

“Bet,” Kimi grinned.

It was chaos. Pure, unfiltered, high-school-graduation-level chaos. No one was safe. Not drivers. Not team principals. Not even Lando Norris, who got a direct shot to the back of the head and turned around like a wet cat.

But when Charles heard the shouting and walked out of the garage to see his little sister ambushing a world champion with a water gun, he almost cried.

“Y/N!” he yelled.

“OH NO—”

Kimi grabbed her hand. “RUN!”

Later, after the race, Charles sat with a towel over his head, fully done with life.

Arthur stood next to him, handing him a water bottle. “You can’t stop her, you know.”

“She’s eighteen,” Charles muttered.

Arthur shrugged. “So were we, once.”

“I don’t like it.”

“She has friends.”

“They’re delinquents.”

“Okay true, but she’s happy.”

Charles looked across the room, where Y/N was laughing with Ollie and Kimi, cheeks flushed and eyes bright.

She looked alive.

He sighed.

“She’s still my baby sister.”

Arthur clapped him on the back. “Forever and always.”

[📸: Charles Leclerc IG story]

[photo of Y/N fast asleep on the motorhome couch, Kimi and Ollie passed out beside her, surrounded by snack wrappers] caption: “chaos crew: powered by espresso and bad decisions ☕️🔥”

[📱: text from Pascale Leclerc]

Maman 👩‍🍳: I saw the water gun clip. We’re talking when you get home. Y/N: …love u? Maman 👩‍🍳: You’re grounded. Y/N: worth it.

[imperiuswan]

My super-accurate f1 movie review!

I'm a pessimist f1 fan with free will so come along as I detail all 52 things I disliked about the f1 movie. (SPOILERS)

In the teaser of the movie, the engineer played by Kerry Condon (never caught her name) had an american accent and in the final movie cut she switched to Irish.

Max's championship stars were erased from his helmet. Noted from the trailer. Kind of small detail but as a Max girly i am pissed.

The only female mechanic messes up. Wasn't as bad as seen as a trailer, but I didn't like how they portrayed her as an innocent little girl who went around seeking validation from Sonny and the other drivers. A step back for women in motorsport.

Sonny hooked up with the female engineer. Again, not as bad as it they made it seems from the trailer, but the plot makes it appear like all her good work she made for apex after was motivated by the gain of Sonny, and not as part of her job. Makes it look like she was slacking before, and in other words, mocked her role as chief technical director in the team.

Brad Pitt got to drive a real f1 car in COTA. I made a post about it earlier, but it irks me that a man who has no involvement in motorsport got a chance to test F1 with mclaren rather than a promising F2/F3 driver.

Overtaking in the middle of a straight. If you know, you know.

Brad Pitt and Damson Idris drove real cars. It's cool that the racing scenes were real, but

Brad Pitt and Damson Idris got real grid kids standing with them during filming, which occured during the actual national anthem in Abu Dhabi 2024. I googled the criteria for becoming a grid kid and it involves being nominated by your karting club and also completing a video application. Like imagine you work so hard at karting and craft an impeccable application just to find out you will be a grid kid for Brad Pitt. I pity those two kids.

Joshua Pearce's ridiculous crash where he flipped around looking like a salmon. I think the footage was based off of Alex Peroni's crash in F3 2019. Modern ground effect f1 cars are unable to flip that way as it is specifically designed with long wheelbase and balanced weight distribution, so sudden pitch (nose-up or nose-down movement) is minimised. Therefore, such a flip (especially from such a small bump on the track) will be impossible.

There is no kerb in that corner at monza (the parabolica).

On the topic of the crash, when the car was going full fidget spinner in the air, the front wing just miraculously detached without any impact and goes flying. This clearly violates Newton's first law. UMMM.

Last note on the crash, when Sonny got out to help, he pullet over at the right of the track while Joshua Pearce's car was on the left.

The Brad Pitt fainting scene got cut out: THANK GOD!

When Charles was forced to film the podium scene and spray Brad Pitt with champagne. That was probably the most depressing 10 minutes of his formula 1 career, especially after he went from p19 to p3 in Abu Dhabi and ferrari STILL lost constructors. Poor Charles.

Clear visors in every day race. Inaccurate, I guess they really needed to show the eyes of the drivers. However, all the actual drivers had tinted visors.

Simone Ashley was cut out last minute from the film. I don't know much about it but seeing from social media she was greatly wronged.

I hate how Pearce and Hayes were abbreviated as PRC and HYS respectively on the timing sheet. Gave me a jump scare in the cinema as I though it stood for People's Republic of China and high yield savings. Seriously, why. I can't think of a single cinematic or practical reason to use it in favour over PEA and HAY.

Very unrealistic how Sonny blatantly disobeyed his teams instruction to box during the race when they were literally waiting in position in the pit lane. Really immature of a driver to do that if it happened in real life. Immediate lashing out by media. Probably put on probation after heated private meeting with the team principal. Maybe even fired.

The daytona pit stops at the beginning were way to slow and I thought Sonny's comment to his teammate about not losing his lead was quite threatening and unsportsmanlike.

In the opening scene of Apex gp garage, Joshua Pearce pulls in after testing, and gets out of a car at a lightning quick speed that I have never seen a driver get out at except when the car is on fire. Usually they take their time but thats a small detail they missed.

Additionally, immediately after Joshua Pearce gets out, a german speaking family comes in (idk who they are) and the children immediately climb into the cockpit and sit on the tires. Like after a testing stint the tires will be 100 degrees and the mechanics have yet to finish undergoing the process of cooling the car down to stop the engine. It is no place for a child to fool around in.

When Sonny crashes in the Silverstone test, no medical car is deployed even though the FIA requires supplies a medical car for all testing. Instead an ambulance comes even though it is supposed to arrive after the medical car assesses the situation. Also, why were there two ambulances if there is only one driver involved in the crash.

On Sonny's test lap, it probably wasn't even allowed under FIA regulations. Drivers are not allowed to test the current year's car in season, and even if they get to drive it they require special promotional tyres that aren't suited for fast driving. Yes Apex may have gotten special permission for Sonny, but judging based off the premise where literally no one wanted to join the team, I doubt it happened. It was certainly not permitted for Joshua Pearce to be testing the car, though.

The movie is supposably based on the 2023 season, and begins at the 9th to last race. In the film, it is purported to be Silverstone, however the actual ninth to last race in 2023 was Monza.

Apparently the outdoor scenes for Apex gp factory were filmed at the Mclaren Technology Centre. Apex gp is worth 350 million, and least expensive actual team, Haas, is worth a little over a billion. IF they are such a struggling team, how did they build such as high tech, modern factory, when a historically successful team like Williams operates out of a factory that resembles a decrepit school house?

During the team principals' press conference, everyone gave very short answers. Like Fred Vasseur and Zak Brown gave 1 sentence answers respectively, which barely answered the journalists' questions. Completely out of the loop considering the media training in modern f1, which requires a 4 sentence response at minimum that includes expressing one's opinion in conjunction with a diplomatic rebuttal that ensures their words will not be twisted by the press.

Why is Kerry Condon's character, the engineer, simultaneously the Chief technical director aerodynamicist and head of strategy? Her previous experience was aerospace engineering at Lockheed, so I'm curious where she gained her race strategy experience.

Why are aerodynamicists on the pit wall?

Kerry Condon's character was reduced to a stereotypical pick me who is "not like other girls". Someone who is good at poker, looks down on men, rolls her eyes frequently and yet simultaneously has a soft side that she is too anxious to reveal to just any man (except maybe brad pitt) Just bleh.

The Apex gp interview panel was so weird. Like the rounded marble white backdrop made me feel like this was filmed on the Artemis expedition to the moon. I have never seen an f1 team conduct interviews in that setting, it seems more appropriate for a football club ig.

What was up with the drivers' outfits in that interview? Sonny's clothes looked like it hadn't been washed in weeks and the unbutton shirt was largely inappropriate. Joshua Pearce's outfit was also quite offensive but to a lesser extent. They should be wearing team kit.

They also didn't seem very media trained. Idk exactly what they said but it perturbed me as stuff actual f1 drivers would never dare mention in response to an interview. Like an actual team in 2025 would never let one of its drivers call the other old and deeming them the "team's charity project".

All the tracks were oriented north when they were introduced before the races. A small detail, but perhaps not the best way to introduce viewers to the tracks as it reduced the recognisability of the track if f1 movie fans want to watch an actual f1 race

For both the Abu Dhabi and Silverstone GPs, the timing of the planes after national anthem was off. They are supposed to fly over the track after the national anthem was completed, rather than during the last verse.

After the national anthem in Silverstone the song "we will rock you" song played very loudly over Sonny and Rubens' conversation with the Apex gp investor. Very bad cinematic choice imo.

I find it hard to believe that Sonny Hayes survived his crash into the metal barriers in 1980s machinery. His crash odd very similar to Romain Grosjeans, and without the halo, he would have been decapitated.

F1tv is not available in the UK, where Joshua Pearce lives. Therefore, I find it odd that he was watching Sonny's old races off F1tv and not sky sports.

What were the team orders in the first race? They clearly didn't have a defined first or second driver yet, and believed the Sonny had greater potential than Joshua Pearce due to his years of experience of racecraft and motorsport. Therefore, wouldn't it make sense to let Sonny pass?

I haven't seen a driver getting physical with another driver, or slamming their helmet in anger, or destroying their steering wheel in anger in a good 8-10 years, so I enjoyed it when Sonny told Joshua off after their collision. One of the more entertaining parts of the film.

It was degrading how Sonny was mansplaining aerodynamics to Kate the engineer. Like she knows that a car needs to be able to run in dirty air.

Why did they change the tire rim during their pit stop? I may be going blind though.

Why was the pit wall shouting at the mechanics during the pit stop? Can't they communicate through their advanced speaker-headphone system that would allow them not to be overheard by the other teams?

Sonny Hayes was going around crashing into other drivers fabricating safety car periods just for his teammate to get points. He didn't receive any penalty points for cooking up Crashgate 2.0.

On an off note, there was an awful lot of amity inside Apex gp during this movie. Why can't Red Bull be like this.

When it was torrential down poring during the Monza race, neither Sonny nor Joshua Pearce tore off their peel offs when their visor was soaked in rain drops. Like do you want poor visibility??!

If you don't put on rain tires when it is raining, your race will definitely be compromised, and will most certainly run off the track. Apex gp should learn from Lando Norris in sochi 2021.

Sonny Hayes, an f1 driver, should not be making strategy decisons for his teammate DURING THE RACE. If he gives his COMPLETELY UNSOLICITED advice, the role of the team is to ignore it and keep Sonny FOCUSSED ON HIS OWN RACE.

A general motif throughout the film was the Sonny was a good for nothing loser who made a bunch of dumb decisions to end up recluse bum living in a dilapidated van. How was he suddenly offered the position of being race strategist? It is almost certain that he does not have a high school diploma, let alone a degree in mechanical engineering. Even based on his history, I can't see how he can be one that excels at strategising.

The FIA does not allow the substitution of a reserve driver after qualifying. It is evidenced that the FIA wasn't even notified that a change in driver lineup has occurred, as originally the graphic for the Apex reserve drive Luca something showed up as opposed to Sonny Hayes during the start of the race. In the event that it has been allowed by the FIA, it automatically requires a start from the pit lane, which Brad Pitt did not do.

When Sonny crashed during Abu Dhabi, Kate gave major Y/N vibes when she ran off the pit wall and towards the fence out of personal, rather than professional concern. Again, further degrading the status of women in motorsport.

There was a countdown for the remaining time under the red flag, which I had never seen before and does not exist outside of free practice.

What was the significance of the socks amongst Apex gp? Was it to remind them of the camaraderie they built during their runs? I don't get it, someone pls explain.

xoxo,

frida

ps. tell me if i missed anything

[daydreamgoddess14]

What's it take to get your number?

What's it take to bring you home?

Here she is! My first Bucky fic (😬)

From my Valentine's Lovebomb event, this one is for Emily 💜

Bucky Barnes x F!Reader insert, no use of y/n, no applicable warnings - just some cute fluff while I dip my toe into another fandom.

Main Masterlist

Bucky Barnes Masterlist

Of all of the things Yelena had talked you into, this was undoubtedly the worst.

And she had, of course, talked you into some truly awful shit.

If she could see you now, scowling into your margherita, she’d probably throw something at you.

Hey! Smile a little, huh?

As it happens, the thought of it does make you smile.

She's been good to you since you met. Being Valentina's PA was often an utterly thankless existence. The way she'd collected up Yelena, Alexei, John Walker and the others had been admirable.

Adding Bucky Barnes into the mix had been a goddamn coup.

They mostly went about their business as instructed and paid you little to no attention, but Yelena had spotted you still working away late into the night just before Christmas. She'd disappeared and returned twenty minutes later with cartons of Cantonese food which she insisted you shared.

Since then, a tentative friendship had blossomed between you both.

At the bar, there’s plenty of small talk going on in the background. Lots of organising.

The tables have been arranged loosely in a grid with plenty of space between them to move around.

Not that you have to move anywhere.

The instructions have been made very clear.

Yelena read them out with such glee, you suggested that she go instead.

So you sit, and you wait… then they ring a bell and the men come in and also sit down, yes? Hmm… says you have five minutes. Seems not long enough? Then bell goes again and you stay in your seat. The men move around and you have more handsome men to talk to! Fun, right?

Oh yes. Great fun. So much fun.

Next time Yelena suggests speed dating, you’re going to drag her kicking and screaming with you.

You steal a glance at the time, only a few minutes until the shitshow kicks off.

You signal the waiter for another drink, god knows you need it.

A couple of deep, cleansing breaths and the bell goes.

The noise and activity around you does distract you.

You glance around quickly at the couple of people around you, the beautiful women in their barely there dresses, poker straight hair and lashes so long they could be used as a fan.

You’ve made an effort, of course.

A certain blonde pain in your ass made sure of it.

This top, this skirt, these shoes.

She threw them at you.

Girl, the skirt has pockets!

The woman at the table next to you looks completely underwhelmed by her first five minute attendee.

Her eyes wide and her mouth in a fixed line.

The poor guy loosens his tie nervously.

A tie? Yikes.

He seems uncomfortable, clearly aware of the unfavorable impression he's making.

You’re almost transfixed by the car crash about to unfold in front of you.

This has got to be more entertaining than your date, right?

This is the shit you could watch all night long.

A low cough alerts you to your own car crash.

You steel yourself, a fake smile already in place.

“Hey,” he says.

The smile begins to slip.

You know that voice.

Why do you know that voice?

How do you know that voice?

By the time you actually look at him, the smile is long gone.

“Oh fuck.” It could be a whisper. It could be a squeak.

Either way, it’s barely audible so of course he heard it.

“Fancy seeing you here,” he grins, slightly incredulously.

“What are you doing here, Bucky?”

“Same as you, apparently.”

“Did you follow me?”

“Why the hell would I follow you?”

“That’s what I’m trying to figure out. Did Yelena put you up to this? I’m going to fucking kill -”

“She didn’t put me up to anything,” he held up his hands in surrender. “And, I’d like to see you try,” he adds disparagingly.

He’s not wrong.

“So, why are you here?”

“Sam thought it would be a good idea. He says I’m too introspective.”

“Nice. He’s such a good friend,” you bite back.

“Right? He’s got enough charm for both of us.”

“So you don’t want to be here either?”

“Does it look like it?” He frowned.

“Fine. So we sit in silence until you can move on.” You tell him sternly, reaching for your drink and taking a long gulp. You signal the waiter again for another.

He scoffed and shook his head.

“I’m not sitting in silence. Sam says I should talk more, so let's talk,” he declares, and you just roll your eyes at his stubbornness.

“What the hell is there to even talk about?” you ask, “you literally have no idea who I am?”

Bucky seems undeterred by your attitude.

“What kind of books do you like?” he asks casually. “What kind of… seriously?” You eye him suspiciously.

“Yeah, you’ve always got your head in a book. You say I don't know who you are but I've seen you. Recommending stuff to Yelena - not to me, though - so what do you like to read?” He leaned forward on the table, making it wobble.

“Anything,” you mutter with a sigh, “everything, really. The classics, fantasy, thrillers, romance.” He nods along as you speak. “What about you?” You ask hesitantly.

“I’ve been reading the classics lately, actually,” he admits.

“Oh sure,” you roll your eyes.

“Hey, it’s true. I just finished Pride and Prejudice.”

“And did you enjoy it?” As you ask your question, the bell rings out.

“Gentlemen, time to move on to the next table please,” the organiser calls out.

“Hold that thought, doll. Guess I’ll see you around?” He stood, waiting patiently for the man in the tie to move along.

The woman at the neighboring table suddenly seems thrilled with her new date. Bucky offers her a smile, and she responds with a giggle.

He takes his seat at the next table, but instead of engaging with his new date, he leans back over to you.

“I loved it. I like the chemistry between Elizabeth and Darcy and the layers of their relationship. It’s probably my favourite romance.”

The woman next to you looks a little put out.

“Your favourite romance? Which others have you read?” You can’t help but ask.

The man directly across from you is growing increasingly annoyed, watching the conversation unfold with a sense of irritation, like he's watching a tense tennis match.

“I liked it more than Jane Eyre, and Wuthering Heights.”

A small, surprised smile curves up the corner of your mouth as Bucky continues to ignore his next date.

“Uhh, excuse me?” she interjected, her voice laced with irritation.

“Sorry ma’am, I’ll just be a minute.” Bucky calmly replies, not breaking eye contact with you.

“I’m not a fan of Wuthering Heights either, I tried to be in my tortured youth.” You admit.

He laughs and it’s… magical.

“Any others you’d recommend?”

“North and South -”

“Gaskell?” He confirms, you nod. He mirrors your nod, a small smirk crossing his face.

“Yeah, another brooding gentleman and headstrong woman.”

“Huh, sounds familiar.”

“It does, doesn’t it?”

Meanwhile, your new date grows increasingly impatient, tapping on the table incessantly, while Bucky's date becomes frantic as she attempts to catch the organiser's attention.

The man at your own table finally interjects, addressing Bucky directly.

“Excuse me, buddy, you're supposed to move on after five minutes, you know?”

“Sorry man, just seeing where this goes,” he shrugs before looking back at you. “Got any newer recommendations? Feels like I’m… stuck in the past sometimes,” he grins lopsidedly.

“Romance, or something else?”

“Let’s stick with romance,” he leans in with his elbows on his knees.

“Try Emily Henry,” you tell him as your new drink arrives.

“Excuse me sir, you do need to move on?” The waiter insists as he carefully places your drink down.

Bucky sighs, turning back in his seat to face his actual date.

“Finally, I might be able to grab a quick minute before the bell goes -” your date starts with a smile.

“Emily Henry, huh? Book Lovers author? I saw it but didn’t pick it up,” Bucky leans over again.

“I’ve got a copy, I’ll bring it over.”

“That’s great, thanks.”

“And North and South, too?” You ask.

“I look forward to it.”

“Excuse me!” Your date interjects loudly.

You look down at the table with a blush as Bucky turns away again.

“So, how long have you been single?” You hear your date ask as the bell goes again.

“And move on again please, gentlemen.” The organiser smiles.

Your date does so, following Bucky with an angry frown.

With another table between you, you assume that’s your additional ‘date’ with Bucky over and turn to greet your next date.

Now, from three tables away, Bucky calls down the row to you.

“Hey, doll, there’s a new bookstore opened by Sam’s place. We should check it out?”

You nod to placate him while disgruntled voices around you mutter and curse his interruptions.

The bell rings again and everyone moves on once more.

From five tables away he asks about the recipe for the pasta dish you made for lunch with Yelena last week.

From seven tables away he shouts to ask whether you saw the last episode of Traitors.

“That is enough, sir. I'm afraid I'm going to have to ask you to leave,” the organiser says with exasperation at the next bell.

“But we're getting along so well,” he protests as two waiters try to lead him to the door.

Giving up, he gives you a half shrug and a wave.

“See ya later, kid.”

He leaves without further disruption.

You turn back to your latest date but your enthusiasm has left the building with Bucky.

Despite the tedious hour that follows, no conversation manages to match the level of engagement you experienced in your initial encounter.

You had been under the distinct impression that he had no idea who you were. Of all of them, Yelena was the only one who made an effort. Alexei occasionally pulled you into conversation, usually when he needed an additional body on his side in an argument, but Bucky walked past your desk almost daily without a word or a glance.

You couldn't help but wonder why he chose tonight, of all evenings, to engage with you.

He could have ignored Sam's suggestion to attend. He could have ignored you completely.

You'd given him an out, offered to sit in silence.

His casual comment to your second date echoed in your mind: “Sorry man, just seeing where this goes.”

Those simple words had hinted at a deeper curiosity or interest, beyond just passing time at a speed dating event.

It had been both impressive and frustrating to see the usually stoic Bucky calling across tables, asking you questions about your job, how long you'd worked for Valentina, with an animated excitement that seemed to be reserved solely for you.

The organiser called time and you wrapped your coat tightly around you, the mid-February nights were cold and you were ready for bed.

You shot Yelena a brief text, letting her know you had arrived home safe and sound, choosing to leave her hanging when it came to details about the event.

After a fitful night, you arrived at the office the following morning, books safely nestled in your bag.

Yelena is parked at your desk, her feet casually propped up as if she'd taken permanent residency.

She raised an inquiring eyebrow.

“So, did you find the love of your life?”

“I'm never doing that again,” you warn with a pointed finger in her direction.

“Really?” A familiar voice behind you asks. “And here I thought you had a good time.”

You turn around to see Bucky standing there, his gaze fixed on you with a cheeky smile.

Yelena can barely contain her excitement, her grin widening even further.

Her feet hit the floor with a thud as she eagerly joins the conversation, eyes darting between the two of you. She turns first to Bucky.

“Wait, you were there?” Her question laced with disbelief.

Bucky shrugged nonchalantly, as if it were the most natural thing in the world for him to have attended a speed dating event.

“Yeah, and?” He asked, his indifference only increasing Yelena's excitement.

“You went speed dating?” She asks incredulously. He doesn't look at her as he answers, he looks only at you.

“I went speed dating.” He confirms.

“And all you got were book recommendations?” You add, reaching into your bag to hand him the two books.

“Well I was kinda hoping I got a little more than that,” Bucky smirks, his expression filled with a hint of mischief.

Yelena's eyes widened, her gaze darting back and forth between you and Bucky.

“Wait, what's this? What's with you two?”

“I mean, I did think you were scared of me-” he began.

“You don't scare me,” you cut in firmly.

His smile widened further.

“Good to know.”

Yelena watches the exchange with wide eyes.

“This is so weird,” she mumbles to herself.

“So, you think you'll do it again?" You ask him brazenly.

Bucky grins at your bold question.

“Maybe,” he muses before adding with a twinkle in his eye, “but only if you're there.”

FIN

[kuiperblog]

The tweet being quoted is of course obviously wrong: the fact that the current market price of gold is ~$3,000 per ounce is contingent on gold maintaining its current rarity, and the market price of gold would be considerably lower in a world where gold was more abundant.

But the person who has showed up to dunk on this tweet is wrong in a more subtle (and more annoying) way: gold being abundant would not make it "worthless."

We intuitively understand that many types of mineral are useful for things. For example, iron useful as a construction material (especially if you make steel out of it). And titanium offers a similar strength at less weight, making it useful if you're trying to build spaceships.

If the earth suddenly gained a huge amount of iron, this would not cause iron to become "worthless." Ditto for titanium.

If we had a magic machine that could instantly create more lithium and cobalt, that would not be a "worthless" invention: we would use the machine to create minerals that we could use to make batteries; we could make more of the grid solar, energy would be more abundant, and that would have the effect of making us all richer (in tangible ways, like cutting the price of your energy bill, and in other less-immediately-obvious but still tangible ways).

Adding more resources to the world would make the world richer, not poorer, because we could do things with them! This is true of iron, titanium, and cobalt. It is also true of gold.

Gold is useful! It has a bunch of unique properties that allow you to build useful things out of it!

If you've ever installed a CPU, you're probably familiar with this sight:

Intel did not put a gold top-coat on your CPU pins because they were expecting you to display them to ostentatiously broadcast your wealth. It used gold because that's the best material for the job!

Gold has low electrical resistance, and it doesn't tarnish, which means that properties like resistance won't change over the lifespan of the chip. Palladium-nickel is too porous and prone to cracking; silver tarnishes too easily, platinum is harder to solder.

The Intel chip in your PC has gold because in a counterfactual world where they instead had to use a different material, your CPU would be worse at doing the the things that it's supposed to do.

In fact, there are a lot of applications where gold is just straight-up better than copper, aluminum, tin, and nickel, but we end up using those (worse) materials anyway just because gold is too expensive. If price were no object, you'd really rather wire your house with gold than copper, but we use copper because it's less than 1% the cost. If gold were more abundant, we wouldn't have to settle for second-best!

But there is another way in which the annoying tweet is wrong that people would remain poor even if we accept the false premise that "gold would be worthless": those suffering under the resource curse of gold could be considerably better off!

A world where gold is valuable is a world where dictators who control a limited supply of gold have a major source of wealth that is mostly decoupled from human capital. A country whose main export is gold has considerably less incentive to do things like "build schools" and "ensure that children aren't malnourished" than they would in a world where their main export was microchips or movies or software, because in order to create chips/movies/apps, you need to have a bunch of skilled labor and you can only get that skilled labor by building schools and ensuring that your people's cognitive capacity isn't being diminished by childhood malnourishment. (In case it's not obvious, this point generalizes to many things beyond "just" building schools and getting nutrients into children.)

So, if "gold became worthless," it's quite conceivable that people could be better off: eliminating that specific source of wealth would mostly have the effect of reducing a particular kind of inequality that tends to make a tiny number of people rich at the expense of everyone else.

(That is, of course, accepting the premise that gold would become "worthless," which it wouldn't, because we can do useful things with gold: it can't be worthless because it literally has worth even absent any shared notion of it being a useful "store of value." Gold is like titanium; it's not like a piece of paper with Benjamin Franklin whose usefulness is entirely contingent on constructed factors. If humanity went extinct, aliens would struggle to find useful things to do with $100 bills, but they'd find plenty of useful things to do with all of the gold that they found on earth. This was even the premise of an extremely silly sci-fi movie starring Harrison Ford, Cowboys and Aliens.)

The only time when I really feel comfortable dunking is when it is a "counter-dunk," so I will float the possibility that perhaps this tweeter would benefit from taking his own advice to "take an economics class."

[cheriladycl01]

Ghost - Oscar Piastri x UnknownDriver! Reader Part 2

Plot: Reader is the first female F1 driver of the century, however no-one knows that as you are a ghost on the grid. You started in 2022, coming in P12 in the championship. You get moved to Red Bull Racing in 2023 with the off year for Sergio Perez.

"Ghost, Radio Check Please" you engineer says as you pull from the pits.

You hadn't got a win yet, of course you'd had many podiums. Some even last year when you were with Alpine, more this year with Red Bull.

You wanted the win, even though it meant showing who you were and that came with a price, you felt ready. You just needed a reason to come forward with it.

However, even with Oscar's assuring words earlier in the day your P15 start because of the way qually went for you didn't feel like a win was applicable.

"Check" you say before driving out of the pits and into P15 behind Sargent and in front of Tsunoda. You really though that today might be the day and it would have been iconic it being your home Grand Prix and all. But it just didn't look possible when you weren't even in the middle sector of the grid.

You released a big breath as the red lights went out, you dived forward taking over Sargent gaining one place. Esteban who was ahead of him, seeing your Red Bull immediately forgot about Stroll ahead of him and starting defending against you.

For the first 14 laps, in your sector there weren't many changes in positions. Up ahead you had no idea what the grid looked like. But nothing much had changed behind you.

It wasn't until you could feel your tires both getting warn out and starting to struggle with the typical UK drizzle that was upon the race.

"Need to pit soon, cars getting harder to manage with the rain" you admit, knowing that the pit crew already probably have the intermediate tires ready for you.

"Pit on the next lap. Max will pit after you" he advises. However as your coming into the pits, you can see that Vertsappens Red Bull is currently there having its tires changed.

"What the fuck is going on?" you ask pulling up behind Max just as he leaves making you pull forward.

"Copy" is all you get and you let out a frustrated sound that was between a yell and a grunt.

Red Bull made up for it with an exceptionally quick stop for you and you got out on the track again. Luckily, others had pitted as well due to the weather conditions, so you came back out in P15.

"Look, I'm sorry about the incident Christian and the strategists are looking into it but there something I got to ask you, because clearly these methods are no longer working!" you hear you engineer say, you ignore him for a split second taking the corner before you throw back your moody reply.

"What?"

"Who runs the world?" he asks and a smirks comes onto your face. Lewis may have hammer time, but boy oh boy...

"Girls, John, Girls run this mother fucker" you shout into the radio before breaking late and overtaking Lance who was the unfortunate soul currently trying to defend from your driving.

You gain further up, Ocon ahead of you.

"Gap to Ocon?" you ask.

"0.3" you hear, you drive up so your behind him, you swerve the tiniest bit right, he does the same making for a accelerated swerve from you to the left and a clean move up to P12. And just like that you started combing through the grid, Hulkenberg, Gasly, Alonso, Albon, Russell, Sainz and Leclerc all got combed through until you were sitting sweetly in P5, Max, Lando, Lewis and Piastri just ahead.

"Lewis and Piastri are ahead. Fighting for P3, if you catch them both by surprise thats a podium. Gap is 1.2 seconds. Increase on Sector 2"

"Copy that" you say, both the McLaren and Mercedes drivers once you get closer to them are dancing around each other slipping in and out of P3.

"Like two ostriches doing a tango up ahead John" you laugh into the radio.

Just as you manage to overtake the two distracted drivers down the small straight John comes back onto the radio.

"Max has damage to his car. He had to come pit and he's currently P9. You can win this, go prove Beyonce right" he says, this was all you needed. You were currently P2, Lando the only driver ahead of you and thanks to the straight a significant gap had been created between you and Lewis and Oscar.

"Distance to Lando"

"2.4 seconds, speed up that Sector 3 now and you've got him. He's on the newer tires but you can get him. Bring it home" he tells you and you go very serious. No thoughts just the track, you catch up to Lando within a lap, fighting with him for P1.

"Max has climbed back, he's P5 and Oscars trying to defend" you engineer says, you didn't currently care about how close Max was to you, just getting that stream on Lando that would get you the overtake.

SKYSPORTS LIVE: David Croft- Can i just say Martin todays race has been one of the best of the season, for some reason we haven't been allowed to aire the radio between Ghost and his engineer but whatever was said... he's had an amazing drive today, going from P15 all the way to P2 and potentially P1 depending how Norris actually ends up defending against him. Its just been tremendous Martin Bundle- Yes its been amazing from Ghost's comeback to, Lewis a 7 time world champ struggling to overtake and defend the current rookie on the grid, to Max Verstappen reporting car issues, to the lack of DNF's we've had here today at Silverstone David Coft- Oh my lord whats this? He's going for the overtake

Lando goes too wide, his wheel clipping against the track edging making you be able to accelerate past as he struggles to re-gain control.

You manage to get a good gap ahead around corners that prove difficult for the McLaren now behind you.

"One lap Ghost, hold" John advizes and you keep driving, the last lap feeling like a cool down, the sweat drenching all around you due to the panic and sheer oomph of the driving conducted today.

SKYSPORTS LIVE: David Croft- AND WITH THAT FOLKS, WE HAVE THE FIRST WIN FROM GHOST WINNER OF THE SILVERSTONE 2023 GRAND PRIX, LANDO NORRIS BEHIND HIM AND OH MY GOSH A LAST MINUTE OVERTAKE FROM HAMILTON MEANING A TRIPLE PODIUM HERE FOR BRITAIN! Martin Bundle- What a day here at Silverstone, and now three brits are on the podium at their home race

You took yourself out the car, handing the wheel to a Red Bull member before pulling yourself with the halo to stand on the front of the car. John and a few other members pull you down to celebrate with them, before you are ushered off to be weighed.

The cool down room was awkward as you could never speak to the people in there, so you would shake hands before excusing yourself. You took the balaclava off, before tucking your hair in and placing your helmet back over your head.

Now it was time for the podium! Your first winning trophy and you couldn't be more excited, nothing could bring down you mood!

Or so you thought.

You went onto the stage, knowing this was the reveal. You and Christian had spoken about it, knowing your first win was inevitable.

"Today has been a historic day at Silverstone. Not only do we have three Brits standing proud on their home podium, we've had one of the biggest comeback of the year today, despite the mistimed pitstops and the weather, he has pulled his first win out of the bag!" an announcer says coming onto the stage.

"Before we go any further Christian Horner would like to say a few words" an announcer admits, Lewis and Lando turn to you excited to finally see the person behind the helmet. Lando had this running joke that you must be obscenely ugly which is why the helmet is kept on because 'Ghost' is intimidated by him and all the other attractive faces present on the grid.

"Hello everyone. Today doesn't just mark historic reasons for the ones just said. Ghost joined us at the end of the 2022 season when we brought them out of their 2 year contract with Alpine, there was ability and promise there that the team didn't want to both miss out on or go to an enemy team and become a menace on the grid. However, Alpine let a few of us at Red Bull in on Ghost's little secret and to say we were excited was an understatement. This year they have proved their worth and i cant wait for their future at Red Bull. That being said, i think its about time i introduce you to Ghost" he says gesturing towards you.

"This is Y/N Y/L/N" he shouts as you take of the helmet displaying your face to the world. Not only could gasps be heard from the drivers right next to you but from the whole crowd not expecting this outcome.

Lando was in a state of shock, he didn't know what would unveil from that helmet but Oscars longtime crush Y/N Y/L/N the sweet Social Media Manager for Ghost was not one of them.

He was confused at how she had managed to pull of this double life, but ultimately was so happy. This was an important day for her, being the first female to ever win a F1 race.

His eyes flicked down to Oscar in the McLaren section as he'd promised to come watch his best friends win, even if he wasn't up there with him. Lando's gaze met his and there were too many emotions upon the usually chill and placid male that he couldn't dechiper what he was feeling.

There was anger, sadness, frustration, betrayal. And he could have sworn, there were a couple of tears brimming the edges. Lewis had you pulled into a hug right now, congratulating you for everything you've achieved up until now, as all of your achievements were bigger and meant more.

As you went to turn to Lando to pull him into a hug, seeing as you guys were friends as yourself, but seeing his gaze fixed on Oscar a feeling of hurt formed in your chest. His gaze locked onto you and the force of his anger and betrayal could have knocked you back.

He ran off into the crowd back towards the paddock, you wanted to go follow but Lando shook his head. As much as this had hurt Oscar, you deserved to enjoy this moment.

But knowing you'd hurt Oscar, you didn't enjoy a single moment.

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[ladyiristheenchantress]

Magic for the college witch

In honor of finding out I am set to graduate in December with my associates in science I have decided to celebrate with you all by sharing my tips and tricks I used to help pass some of my classes! Each tip will be sorted into circumstances as to where they may be applicable. Please enjoy, and congrats to all my future grads!

Reminder: In dorms and such you wont have access to many tools, but if your living in an apartment things are less strict. every time you see candles and such if you live in a dorm replace it with either electric candles or even colored stones you can rub together or place in a grid!

Registering for classes

Often times we try to register for classes as soon as possible, especially when you are an incoming freshman. When it comes to getting accepted and starting the process congrats your here.

Set up registering appointments on lucky number days, during the new moon, or on Mondays and Thursdays because those times represent readiness and preparation

Manifest getting good classes and teachers by sending off a prayer out to the universe

Do divination when registering opens to see if a teacher is a good fit or not (Also check out rate my professor)

If you are having trouble establishing classes, or just cant seem to get that *one* class you need, light a blue candle and put mint at the base of it to promote an opening

If your facing a situation where you are trying to get into an exclusive class (this also works if your presenting a thesis) put a sugar packet under your tongue to sweeten your words and make you more convincing

Getting to class on time

The commute anywhere can be a really hard thing to do, whether your commuting from a dorm to a classroom or city to campus it can be hard to be on time or find the motivation to show up to class

To motivate yourself to go to class keep a carnelian under your pillow to help you rise in the morning

Keep a consistent schedule, not only is this helpful psychologically but magically consistency helps build up magical energy towards motivation

enchant your walking shoes (or get heelies) to put pep in your step and always be on time when walking. You can optionally put a sigil in your shoe

enchant cars to avoid red lights by charging your keys in full moon light

Light a green candle before important days to make sure your morning commute runs smoothly

Setting up magical space in the dorms

Most dorms don't allow things like candles or flames, heaters, strip lights, etc. With this in mind people assume it must be hard to create a magical space without some of the key items, but we do have solutions!

Instead of regular candles, use electric ones as votives on deity altars

Instead of incense use MILD essential oil diffusers like lava stones in the corners, or a defuser. Bonus points if you use a dehumidifier

Chances are you wont have a lot of space, so opt for small placements on desks via mini figures and small stones

Set up sachets around your space and put them in clothing areas, not only do they smell good and keep moths away, they act as magical protection

Start working on energy based practices like meditation or enchantments with only your body

Navigating relationships

College can be a hard time, your adjusting to life without the friends you grew up with, most people start their dating life, and friends begin to come and go as you go through classes. Don't restrict what you experience

When you brush your teeth, enchant it to represent you 'speaking your truth' and 'biting back' so your protected from people who have bad intentions or are deceptive

When at parties and such put a sigil of protection on your left thigh, this represents protection from people looking to harm you

blow cinnamon at your door, or use a light cinnamon essential oil wash to invite new people and opportunities

Keep amber under your pillow or by photos to maintain friendships and help you let go of ones that no longer serve you

wear silver to repel energy vampires or people who are looking to use you

Studying success

Studying and how effective it is will depend on you and how you like to study, there are hundreds of posts online that look at how to find your study style, this more focuses on magic you can do for memory retention

Chew mint gum during studying AND during your test for memory recall

Draw sigils on your physical flash cards to make the information easier to retain

On the third of each month save that day to brush up on all information from the class, not only does this prep you for the final but this day is Athenas ritual day

Study the most on Wednesdays as they represent wisdom

Use a shungite worry stone during studying and testing to help keep your mind focused and stress free before tests

Test taking

Test taking can be a really hard part of college, I know it was for me. We do a lot of things to help prepare but what can we do during a test?

Create a sigil of good luck on top of your exam

Wear green on exam days

Eat and drink something enchanted (I swear by a snickers and a red bull) before a test for good luck

Create a superstition like a lucky shirt or pair of socks after your first good exam grade

Wear gold accessories to enhance your test taking skills, and speed up your test (Great when you are being timed)

Mental Health

Your mental health in college is very important, it can be hard being separated from your home town or family and just know that it does get better. College is a mix of emotions, from the loneliest point in your life, to the most social. You will be navigating new challenges, new feats, and its important to take care of yourself. Seek out the college mental health resources available to you like counseling as needed. you matter!

Use words of affirmations when you wake up and before you sleep to remind yourself you matter, my favorite is from the help "You is smart, you is kind, you is important"

Carry rose quartz and carnelian on you for self love and energy

Before bed drink lavander tea for rest and revitalization

Pray over your food to nourish your spirit as you go through college

Write down letters and petition to the universe for stability and how you feel.

I hope you all have enjoyed! Again, congrats to all my future grads, and I hope you all can come with me as I journey to getting my bachelors

Tip Jar

[thornyfluff]

Senator Soundwave and cassettes in childcare (or lack thereof) hell.

I'm trying something new... the comic strip will be posted tomorrow--- Stay tuned!

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Title: Soundwave: Signals of a Working Dad

( “Fine. I’ll Just Be Evil Then.”)

Cybertron’s towers shimmered in the golden light of Iacon’s energy grid, but Soundwave’s optic sensors twitched with mounting stress. His console pinged with diplomatic memos, classified updates, and worst of all—a rejection from yet another daycare center.

"RE: Application for Cassette Unit Supervision

We regret to inform you that your children are classified under 'military-grade espionage tools' and therefore ineligible for SparkSprouts Learning Core."

Soundwave’s vocalizer buzzed in frustration. He was a Senator, a pillar of Cybertronian law and order, yet no institution would take in his small herd of sentient cassette children—each of whom had enough destructive capability to warrant their own defense subcommittee.

Ravage had eaten through a file clerk’s desk last week. Laserbeak had imprinted on a data archivist and now refused to stop following him into the wash racks, chirping emotionally. Rumble and Frenzy had started a minor seismic event during nap time. The nap was canceled. The floor is still cracked... And the caregivers are still traumatized.

He couldn’t blame the facilities. But he also couldn’t keep dragging them to the Senate.

“Senator Soundwave,” crackled a panicked voice over the intercom, “your cassette units are in the ventilation system again. Rumble is—wait—Frenzy just launched himself out of an air duct. Is he—IS THAT A DETONATOR?”

He disconnected the call without comment, which was Soundwave for “I am internally screaming.” Then came the final straw. An emergency Senate meeting. High priority. High stakes. Attendance mandatory. No dependents allowed.”

Soundwave sat very still. Shoulders slumped. Optics dimmed. His spark ached in that slow, quiet way familiar to every working caregiver stuck in a system built by bots who clearly never had to wipe unidentifiable goo off the inside of a political briefing data pad.

Across his screen blinked another security memo: Civil unrest. Riots in Kaon. Broadcasts from Megatron again—raging about the elite and how the Senate catered only to the pristine few.

Soundwave wasn’t sure who the “elite” even were anymore. It definitely wasn’t him. Not forged in the Hall of Records. Not groomed by Primes. Not sipping high-grade energon from crystal flutes while somebody else took the spawnlings to enrichment programming.

He had clawed his way up from the shadow circuits, raised five cassette children while climbing the political ranks, and now? Now he couldn’t even get into an emergency session without a babysitter.

...Then came the final insult: An emergency Senate meeting. High alert. All Senators required. No dependents (OR CASSETTES) allowed.

He tried to reason. Briefly.

“Surely—there is a secure observation chamber—”

“Soundwave,” they interrupted, “we are on the brink of civil war. This is no place for... your cassette situation.”

“Senator Soundwave,” said the automated message, “Reminder: Today’s emergency Senate meeting is classified. No dependents allowed. Attendance is mandatory. Failure to appear will result in loss of voting privileges and probable disciplinary review.”

That was it. Not the clogged air vents. Not the Senate’s thousand-page parenting waiver forms. Not even Ravage getting banned from the cafeteria for hunting the microwave.

It was being told—once again—that his family was a “situation.”

He rage-quit the entire political infrastructure of Cybertron.

He stared at the screen. Slowly. Deliberately. He pressed a button. He activated his surveillance . system. It was the sound and sight of five cassette children screaming in unison while dismantling a vending machine.

He attached the file to his RSVP.

“Regretfully Declined. Kindly and collectively Eat My Entire Aft. Sincerely, Soundwave.”

Then, with the calm of a mech who’d just finally decided, “You know what? To the Pit with this,” he opened a comm line and dialed Megatron.

Megatron: “Soundwave. About time. You ready to rise up?”

Sondwave: “Negative. I’m ready to never fill out another daycare application form EVER again.”

M: “...You bringing the cassettes/children?”

S: “Affirmative. All of them. Rumble, Frenzy, Laserbeak, Buzzsaw, Ravage.”

M: “You know we’re starting a violent uprising, right?”

S: “They love those. It's Frenzy’s favorite. I am tuning out of the bureaucratic daycare hellscape that is the Senate.

S: You want me, you take them.”

M: “Can they follow orders?”

S: “Sometimes. It's hit or miss.”

S: “They come with snacks and skills.”

In the background: *Frenzy screaming into the vents for absolutely no reason while buzzsaw and laserbeak eat through the cabling in the wall they're destroying for a nest*

M: “That’s beautiful. Welcome aboard.”

S: “Do Decepticons have healthcare?”

M: “Not really. But we’ve got free refueling and a crying/napping room behind the munitions closet.”

S: “Acceptable. Are dependents allowed to attend meetings?”

M: “They can run HR, for all I care.”

S: “I’m in.”

That night, as the Senate descended into bureaucratic chaos over who was going to draft the Emergency Parking Zoning Act of 405-B, Soundwave reclined in a dark corner of the Decepticon base. Buzzsaw nibbled at Energon snacks. Rumble and Frenzy dropkicked a punching bag labeled “Sentinal Prime.” Ravage dozed atop a crate labeled "Explosives (Definitely Not Toys)."

Soundwave sipped from a cube of high-grade fuel. He’d had enough of trying to be the perfect Senator. Now? He was a Decepticon.

They had a bring-your-minions-to-work policy. And braver babysitters with ball-bearings here. War was hell. But so was parenthood. At least here, the snacks are free and the cassetes could finally be loud. He felt vindicated.

The Senate could keep its rules, panels, and its “no cassettes allowed” elitist energon nonsense. Soundwave was a Decepticon now, and honestly? It came with free dental and part-time daycare (health and safety not guaranteed but frag if he was worried about that on a single mom’s discount ener-mojito-gon night).

And that's why Mamawave became a Decepticon. Corperate and political Cybertron hates families and the working parent.

(much like another planet we know...😤)

I swear--- the older I get, the more I agree with IDW Megatron...

--- I say we start a movement! Like---

Moms And Megatron Against the System! (MAMAS) 🫡🫡🫡

The comic I made if it:

[pudding-parade]

@nornities @cocodotgreen and @ anyone else who might be curious/interested...

This is something more suited to a post than a reply, so here we are. I've posted about this before, usually with pictures, but the pictures end up being hard to read because they're small, with gray text on a white background and…yeah. So, I'm just going to make a list of the individual settings that I have changed/enabled.

Bear in mind that I really have no idea what I'm doing. I got most of this stuff from a long-ago, now-deleted post on the MTS forums, combined with reading around on gamer forums/sites, but with the latter I didn't always understand what I was reading, so I just stabbed around enabling and disabling stuff until it looked good and didn't cause any crashes or extra performance issues or anything. "Stabbing around" is pretty much my modus operandi when it comes to fiddling with this type of thing, whether it's NVIDIA settings or lighting mods.

I'm guessing what works/looks good might be dependent on your GPU, though, not to mention any mods that affect the game's appearance that you might use. I have an RTX4060 now, but I was using most of these settings when I was using my old faithful GTX1050Ti. At the very least, I suppose you can use these settings as a base for your own bout of stabbing around. :)

Anyway, the following is a list of only the things that I changed from the default settings, using NVIDIA Profile Inspector, which is a free third-party program that you can download, but I think you can do most if not all of this just with NVIDIA's native Control Panel. Whatever you use, make sure you're setting up a profile for TS3 and not for any other game and certainly not for your global settings.

If anything's unclear or you have questions, feel free to ask, though as I said I really have no idea what I'm doing. LOL

So, the list is behind the cut. I've grouped the items together by the "section" they appear in in the Profile Inspector. It'll probably be organized differently if you use something else to do this, but hopefully you can find the things to change.

1 - Compatibility Ambient Occlusion - Compatibility: 0x00000007 SLI - Compatibility Bits (DX9): 0x00000004

2 - Sync and Refresh Frame Rate Limiter - Background Application: Off Frame Rate Limiter V3: 60FPS

Note: This is what I use to limit my game's framerate, but I know other people use different methods. Like I think framerate limiting can be done with the Smooth Patch now. So, if you use some other method, you don't need these settings. Just make sure you use some method, since TS3 doesn't have a native limiter, and the runaway frame rates that you can get with newer cards can damage them over time.

3 - Antialiasing Antialiasing - FXAA Enabled: Off Antialiasing - MFAA Enabled: On Antialiasing - Transparency Supersampling: 8x Sparse Grid Supersampling Antialiasing (MSAA) - Mode: Override any application setting Antialiasing (MSAA) - Setting: 8xQ (8x Multisampling)

Note: With these, I chose MFAA over FXAA because it is, so I read, generally better quality, but of course that means it's more resource-hoggy. So, if your system is weaker you might want to use FXAA instead. Or not. Who knows? LOL Either way, you need to disable the game's native antialiasing or things will look funky.

4 - Texture Filtering Anisotropic Filter - Optimization: On Anisotropic Filter - Sample Optimization: On Anisotropic Filtering - Mode: User-defined/Off Texture Filtering - LOD Bias (DX): -1.5000 Texture Filtering - LOD Bias (OGL): +0.1875 Texture Filtering - Quality: High Quality

5 - Common Ambient Occlusion - Usage: Enabled Ambient Occlusion - Setting: Quality Extension Limit (OGL): Off