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It's been an eon since I've posted anything and this is what I come back with...

Why did invest time into a joke not very many will get?

I mean… I guess I can amuse myself anyway.

(I needed to doodle something silly as the current scene I’m working on for the comic is kinda a downer)

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This is the lucky clover cat. reblog this in 30 seconds & he will bring u good luck and fortune.

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for @newscientist https://www.instagram.com/p/CqSY6TdM2AM/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Tweet by

The CryptoNaturalist @CryptoNature:

The water in your body is just visiting. It was a thunderstorm a week ago. It will be the ocean soon enough. Most of your cells come and go like morning dew. We are more weather pattern than stone monument. Sunlight on mist. Summer lightning. Your choices outweigh your substance.

5:09 PM 9/8/18

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See, @purlturtle, if it would have been any rando's party, it would be a hard no from me too. But seeing as it's *your* party, I trust it will be a formidably wonderful event, involving healthy conversation and sushi. 😊

you don’t have to but feel free to reblog so we can see how many people come to my party 🥳

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This is a fanfic dare.

when florence and the machine said "I find that happiness is an extremely uneventful subject" and when romeo x juliet said "a simple life with you would be paradise" and johnathan coulton said "it's okay, I like you in glasses" and everything everywhere all at once said "in another life I would have really liked just doing laundry and taxes with you"

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It's interesting the article picks on milenial women as a demographic...

So... Please watch this wonderful read from @schnee on YouTube, and consider the female/age demographic.

(tldr - "humanity is often the first victim of a crisis". In a world where some of the population is inherently smaller and weaker, in a world that idolises big, strong heroes with unique capabilities... There is a dire need for those who will retain their humanity. Be kind. Offer help. Maintain common sense. Those are the ones who will not lose their humanity in a crisis.

And they should be appreciated just as much. They just might end up saving the world.)

(these 18 minutes are worth every second, BTW.)

apparently i’m a millennial woman

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“A Helping Hand”

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Black Power and Gay Pride aren’t mutually exclusive. the first pride was a riot led by trans black women.

feel free to use!

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Collection of me turning into random objects

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5, 11, 12 for the WIP ask game

Hi and thanks for the ask! Since you didn't specify any particular WIP, I'm just gonna go with Commutata, which I'm currently posting on AO3!

5. How do I feel about posting chapters before the fic is finished? - this one I'll answer for all my fics/in general: can't do it. Cannot. Hell to the naw. Does not happen. Because what if I want to plant the seeds for something in chapter 33 all the way back in chapter 3, but chapter 3 has already been published without that seed and now I'm at work on 33 and can't put it in anymore? No. No no no no no. I only ever post when the entire fic is finished - I made one exception and boy did I regret it. Never again. *shudders*

11. Is the WIP inspired by anything/anyone? 12. How did I come up with it - as a matter of fact yes; I was watching Joanne Kelly's road trip movie Going The Distance, and thought, hey, a Bering and Wells road trip fic would be fun! At first I thought about fitting it into the Going The Distance plot, but then I decided to stick with Warehouse canon, but diverge from it. Because if you put pre-Yellowstone HG in a car with Myka Bering for a few weeks, I guarantee you you won't get Yellowstone HG. And that's what I wrote! And then it ended on a cliffhanger, and I had to write a part 2!

Thanks for asking! The rest of the questions is here, if anyone else wants a go!

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Fanfiction Authors: HEADS UP

(Non-authors, please RB to signal boost to your author friends!)

An astute reader informed me this morning that one of my fics (Children of the Future Age) had been pirated and was being sold as a novel on Amazon:

(And they weren't even creative with their cover design. If you're going to pirate something that I spent a full year of my life writing, at least give me a pretty screenshot to brag about later. Seriously.)

I promptly filed a DMCA complaint to have it removed, but I checked out the company that put it up -- Plush Books -- and it looks like A LOT of their books are pirated fic. They are by no means the only ones doing this, either -- the fact that """publishers""" can download stories from AO3 in ebook format and then reupload them to Amazon in just a few clicks makes fic piracy a common problem. There are a whole host of reasons why letting this continue is bad -- including actual legal risk to fanfiction archives -- but basically:

IF YOU ARE A FANFIC AUTHOR WITH LONG AND/OR POPULAR WORKS, PLEASE CHECK AMAZON TO SEE IF YOUR STORIES HAVE BEEN PIRATED.

You can search for your fics by title, or by text from the description (which is often just copied wholesale from AO3 as well). If you find that someone has stolen your work and is selling it as their own, you can lodge a DMCA complaint (Amazon.com/USA site; other countries have different systems). If you haven't done this before, it's easy! Here's a tutorial:

HOW TO FILE A COPYRIGHT COMPLAINT FOR STOLEN WORK ON AMAZON.COM:

First, go to this form. You'll need to be signed into your Amazon account.

Select the radio buttons/dropdown options (shown below) to indicate that you are the legal Rights Owner, you have a copyright concern, and it is about a pirated product.

Enter the name of your story in the Name of Brand field.

In the Link to the Copyrighted Work box, enter a link to the story on AO3 or whatever site your work is posted on.

In the Additional Information box, explain that you are the author of the work and it is being sold without your permission. That's all you really need. If you want, you can include additional information that might be helpful in establishing the validity of your claim, but you don't have to go into great detail. You can simply write something like this:

I am the author of this work, which is being sold by [publisher] without my permission. I originally published this story in [date/year] on [name of site], and have provided a link to the original above. On request, I can provide documentation proving that I am the owner of the account that originally posted this story.

In the ASIN/ISBN-10 field, copy and paste the ID number from the pirated copy's URL. You'll find this ten-digit number in the Amazon URL after the word "product," as in the screenshot below. (If the URL extends beyond this number, you can ignore everything from the question mark on.) Once this number has been added, Amazon will pull the product information automatically and add it to the complaint form, so you can check the listing title and make sure it's correct.

Finally, add your contact information to the relevant fields, check the "I have read and accept the statements" box, and then click Submit. You should receive an email confirmation that Amazon has received the form.

Please share this information with your writer friends, keep an eye out for/report pirated works, and help us keep fanfiction free and legally protected!

NOTE: All of the above also applies to Amazon products featuring stolen artwork, etc., so fan artists should check too!

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How they built the wormhole in the lab and what it all means.

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holy shit

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Bering & Wells: Split Screen #323

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Season of AURORA concert premiere, December 8 at 8:30 pm PST!

AURORA collaborated with Sky: Children of the Light not only for Season of Aurora but also for a “once-in-a-lifetime musical voyage”! The concert is free of charge in the game itself which is available on all mobile’s OS, also you can watch a YT livestream of it run by a fan here!

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online friends

“my friend the electrical engineer,” i say, or of someone else: “my friend the Canadian,” “my friend in Denver.” and i am down south, states and miles away.

“how did you meet?” they ask, puzzled by how far-flung my friendships. “the internet,” i say, a little proud, a little defensive because the next words are inevitable.

they always ask with a mix of amusement and horror. always. “have you met in person? no? how can you be sure it’s not an old pervert in his mother’s basement, a serial killer on the prowl?”

how can we be sure of anyone? the man who married a pastor’s daughter, then shot his pregnant wife in the back of the head–they thought they knew him. but these anonymous souls: they’re my friends.

we talk of books and ideas, family and differences in where we live and why we do what we do, and trade stupid jokes like candy, sweet and inclusive and joyful. my friends. my soul friends, who i meet on the internet.

friendships are not born of handshakes. they’re born of shared things and shared interests and sometimes just because you’re human and i’m human, and that praise God is enough. even over the internet, that is enough.