#5.2.1

[syrupsyche]

Real fans know what's up !!

[the-wraxall-illustrations]

[cliozaur]

The contrast is striking: from the beautiful and romanticized deaths to the inventive escape, and then to profound reflections on the utility of human faeces. Here we find ourselves in the sewers, surrounded mostly by that. Hugo laments how Parisians squander this resource by discarding it into the sea instead of utilizing it as fertilizer.

Some years back, I translated Vaclav Smil's book on energy and civilization, so I'm afraid I know more about fertilizers than I'd like. In short, using human waste directly as fertilizer isn't a great idea. It can contaminate the soil and pollute it with alkali and salt. Additionally, its nitrogen content is quite low. That's why Europeans paid a premium “to collect the dung of petrels and penguins,” to be precise, to collect guano from islands like Ichaboe—during Hugo's time, more than 300,000 tonnes of guano were exported from there, as it contained a much higher percentage of nitrogen.

And it’s so amusing to read that “Parisian guano being the richest of all.” But I’m afraid, it was not rich enough in terms of nitrogen content.

Nevertheless, the last few paragraphs describing "Paris beneath another Paris" are enthralling. The subterranean world of sewers with its own streets, squares, and crossroads—it's both organic, like coral, and artificial, akin to a city or a man-made labyrinth. This bleak depiction slightly echoes the digression about mines and miners, although that focused on intellectual and moral subversion rather than material mines. But it still feels as if there is a connection between sewers and mines.

[dolphin1812]

The sewer! It’s here!! 

(I fully admit to being a fan of the sewer digression).

Hugo’s framing of the fact about the Chinese peasant has some racist elements (“to our shame”), but it also serves as an important framing device for the sewers as a whole: they represent waste in not only a literal sense, but the waste of the poor and the marginalized by a society that does not value them. China benefits from the peasant’s knowledge, recognizing that “manure” is “gold;” France wastes this. 

This paragraph is also just beautiful:

“Those heaps of filth at the gate-posts, those tumbrils of mud which jolt through the street by night, those terrible casks of the street department, those fetid drippings of subterranean mire, which the pavements hide from you,—do you know what they are? They are the meadow in flower, the green grass, wild thyme, thyme and sage, they are game, they are cattle, they are the satisfied bellows of great oxen in the evening, they are perfumed hay, they are golden wheat, they are the bread on your table, they are the warm blood in your veins, they are health, they are joy, they are life. This is the will of that mysterious creation which is transformation on earth and transfiguration in heaven.”

I don’t know how accurate Hugo’s statistics are, but his general point about waste and disease certainly rings true. I’ve mentioned this before, but 1832 was the year of a cholera pandemic, and while it wasn’t known that cholera is spread through contaminated water at that time, it’s possible that Hugo was aware of such theories. And even if he was not, miasma theory – which posited that things like bad smells caused disease – was a really common theory in the 19th century and still would have led to concerns over waste disposal. 

As for the Thames, as London (a sad city to Hugo because it’s sewer-less) grew dramatically in the nineteenth century, its challenges with waste disposal increased. Many of these issues paralleled problems in Paris, like the spread of cholera and pollution, but some were more specific to a city without a sewer (as there was nowhere for waste to go). Parliament eventually acted when the stench of the Thames got so bad that it was noticeable during its sessions.

I also love how Hugo is both really enthusiastic about sewers (he is choosing to write about them, after all) and really judgmental about them. He seems to say: “really? We’re spending this much on sewers?” While he is arguing that the waste that goes through sewers is valuable, he also seems to realize that his topic of choice here is a bit unorthodox, thus pointing out that this wealth could be spent on vague “splendors” instead. What these “splendors” are, of course, seem concrete – feeding the people by using manure to fertilize fields – but this aspect of the digression might have helped him appeal to middle- or upper-class audiences.

And of course, the link to Rome serves as a warning of the urgency of this issue. Rome was linked to greatness, but also to collapse; the Roman Empire fell, and Hugo’s implying that France could face the same fate without sewer reform.

[everyonewasabird]

Brickclub 5.2.1 “The Earth Impoverished by the Sea”

I’ve gotten used to it, but I think it’s worth taking a moment to just kind of sit and marvel at the transition here. Most perfect death scene in literature --> by the way Valjean spent all this time walking between bullets half-hoping one would hit him and now he’s rescued Marius --> HAVE YOU CONSIDERED WE’RE WASTING HUMAN EXCREMENT??

I do really appreciate the push towards notions of sustainability here, though Hugo is (understandably!) lacking on some of the finer points of epidemiology. I don’t know much about the purification of sewage for fertilizer; I know it’s very, VERY necessary to do it properly before a thing like this could work without causing a bunch of deadly outbreaks of things. He knows enough to worry about cholera in the drinking water, but I don’t think he really grasps that soil pollutants aren’t that different.

(Unfortunately, just killing microbes doesn’t seem to be enough anymore. I don’t know much about it, but I was reading recently about chemical contaminants in sewage that seem to be making implementing this whole fertilizer thing in current conditions actually pretty catastrophically bad.)

But anyway! I do love this push towards conservation of resources and sustainable agriculture, especially from a century and culture that tended to have a take-and-take-and-take mentality towards the world’s resources, and I’m not going to dock (many) points from Hugo for not having anticipated PFAS.

And, of course, it’s also just a big metaphor that’s calling bullshit on the idea of conceptualizing anything or anyone as useless waste. When he talks about Paris throwing five million a year into the sea, he means money--but the way it’s phrased he could mean people, and at some level, he does. The subterranean maze of the sewer is mines and miners all over again; we’re meant to recognize in this image the idea that some of the most important things happening right now are working underground and out of sight. We’re meant to remember that last time we saw this image, it was about humans.

Sewage as a metaphor for people has some serious and obvious pitfalls, but as a metaphor for how some people are treated and regarded by society, Hugo does have a point.

I’m trying to decide how okay I am with that metaphor, given that the read that says “some shunned and disregarded people are actually very useful, in their own way!” is really very bad. I think the more sensible reading is more like “some people are treated like shit--and even shit shouldn’t be treated like shit, so it’s horrific that people are.”

Even so, I have some qualms about the instrumentalization here. ”We should care about people because even the most disregarded could, with better care, be useful to society! Consider the nettle!” is... also troubling. People aren’t obligated to be of use to society to justify their existence, society should be obligated to be of use to people--all the people!--to justify *its* existence.

But we’ve come to the last big digression and one of the central metaphors of the book: the idea that society is fundamentally structured to treat some people as useless waste to be flushed away and disposed of somewhere out of sight--the way Valjean was, the way Fantine was, the way the nuns in the convent were, the way Eponine and Gavroche were, and even the Amis, with their invisible funerals, now have been. He’s appealing to economy rather than sympathy at the moment--but in his defense, he’s spent the rest of the book appealing to sympathy. His point is, this has been going on for centuries and it needs to end, now.

And he’s right.

[yellowish-world]

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[pandemic-info]

BQ.1 already represents 8.3% of all circulating variants in New York State. via

— Anecdotal, not fact-checked: hearing this one causes more diarrhoea and vomiting and is more immune evasive. We'll see in coming weeks, I guess.

[theblondesimmer]

Are you looking for a a new preset to test out? One that is bright, bold, crisp, and customizable? Well, check out my CRISPR Preset (yes, this is a science reference and a play on the word crisper)! This preset works for BOTH Reshade (version 5.2.1) and Gshade.

It is now available for download for my Patrons and will be released to the public on January 20th!  DOWNLOAD HERE! I hope you enjoy the preset! 💕 If you use it in your game, please use the tag #theblondesimmer or @the.blondesimmer! I would LOVE to see it!

[jordi-gali]

Tishan Hsu, “QMH 5.2.1” (2019), silicone with UV print on aluminum, 30 x 50 inches (image courtesy the artist, Miguel Abreu Gallery, New York, and Empty Gallery, Hong Kong)

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[trailerparkdad]

I am so taken by your boyband post. love the range of facial features, they make the faces so expressive. but how do you achieve the final image? is it shaders? image editing, a combination? Do you mind sharing your tools and/or process?

hey! sorry for the late reply, i was wanting to update my faq page before answering since i've been getting a lot of similar asks. I use Reshade (version 5.2.1 to be specific), I use Lithium CAS preset and this is the only cas preset i use frequently. For the face shadows I use in-game overlays, I used to use Spotlight a lot by Simandy but recently they came out with a newly updated one: Spotlight V2. And because of this, I found another cc creator Joshseoh, with even more overlay shadow options. Now in the boyband post, I only used Spotlight V2 and the overlays by Joshseoh, with the Lithium preset. I use Photoshop cs6 for Topaz Clean 3. I also use this Stand Still In CAS mod so when i zoom in my sim is still and neutral. Now for the "expressive" part, i hope that answered it? If not, I use sliders/presets, like for the 1st sim I used a slider to make him smile/open his lips the way maxis normally can't. I'm not sure what slider I used but if it's important, feel free to ask me again and I'll link it for you. Future editing tutorials to come im sorry if this wasn't detailed/explained enough ;-;

anyone is welcome to view my faq page here! and new theme tehehe

[low-poly-rat]

Tumblr really likes to fuck my image quality so here's the goods on my ArtStation!

All assets modeled by me; Hard surface assets modeled in Maya 2023 Skull sculpted in ZBrush 2024 Textures & Materials created in Substance 3D Painter Assembled and Real-Time Rendering in Unreal 5.2.1

Total Time is roughly a month. I like taking the time to learn new stuff! ...All this prep for one TARDIS console project! I can't wait til' its at a point where it's worth sharing.

[luluca3]

Atualização Healthcare Redux V 5.2.1

Criador: adeepindigo

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[colletti]

Education Overhaul por a.deep.indigo

Tradução por Colletts

" Descrição do Mod "

Esse mod é uma reformulação aprimorada da carreira educacional, e acrescenta a pré-escola, o ensino fundamental e o ensino médio, com várias alternativas para onde os seus Sims estudarem, como uma escola preparatória, um internato, uma escola virtual e uma escola militar por exemplo. E também há diversas ações em relação a escola, como ir ao baile, participar do grêmio estudantil, detenção, passeios escolares, diferentes níveis de desempenho, projetos escolares variáveis e muito mais.

Para mais informações detalhadas e para baixar o MOD do criador, acesse AQUI!

Caso encontre qualquer erro na tradução, insisto que me comunique.

" Pacotes Recomendados "

Vida Universitária - Discover University.

Diversão Na Neve - Snowy Escape.

Vida No Ensino Médio - High School Years.

" Status de Atualizações "

[12/10/22] - Adicionada pela primeira vez, na versão 5.0.

[28/12/22] - Atualizada para a versão 5.2.1.

[09/01/23] - Atualizada para a versão 5.2.2.

[27/01/23] - Atualizada para a versão 5.2.3.

[18/03/23] - Atualizada para a versão 5.2.5.

[29/09/23] - Atualizada para a versão 5.4.6.

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Tradução: Sim File Share

[wearebackbagels]

All mutations from the X-Men Wiki( with some explanations)

Here are all powers from the X-Men universe along with some explanations at the more confusing ones) so you guys understand what we are talking about.

1 Transportation

1.1 Flight 

1.2 Teleporting 

1.3 Portal Generation 

1.4 Energy Field Propulsion

1.5 Wall Crawling 

1.6 Lightning Travel

2 Body Transformation

2.1 Organic Metal Transformation

2.2 Organic Diamond Transformation

2.3 Organic Ice Transformation

2.4 Solar Form 

2.5 Fat Growth

2.6 Shapeshifting 

2.7 Self-Duplication

2.8 Wolf Transformation 

2.9 Adaptive Evolution 

2.10 Elasticity

2.11 Aquatic Adaptability 

3 Energy Manipulation 

3.1 Energy Absorption

3.2 Energy Blasts    

3.3 Kinetic Energy Absorption

3.3.1 Age Reduction 

3.3.2 Kinetikinesis

3.3.3 Superhuman Reflexes

3.3.4 Superhuman Agility

3.4 Force Field Generation 

3.5 Self-Detonation 

3.6 Explosive Energy Charges

3.7 Shockwaves 

3.8 Molecular Acceleration(”The ability to take the potential energy stored in an object and convert it into kinetic energy, thus charging the object with explosive results”)

3.9 Seismic Energy (aucoustic waves that passes through the earth, think earthquakes)

4 Elemental Abilities

4.1 Fire and Heat Manipulation

4.1.1 Pyrokinesis 

4.1.2 Ash Mimicry

4.1.3 Ash Breath

4.1.4 Solar Absorption 

4.2 Ice and Cold Manipulation 

4.3 Aerokinesis

4.3.1 Cyclone Spinning 

4.4 Weather Control? 

4.5 Plant Manipulation 

4.6 Electrokinesis  

5 Superhuman Attributes

5.1 Superhuman Speed 

5.2 Superhuman Strength

5.2.1 Super Leaping

5.3 Superhuman Agility

5.4 Superhuman Dexterity (being able to control one's feet more than the regular human, Beast)

5.5 Super Acute Senses

5.6 Superhuman Durability (This one means that the person can endure/resist bodily damage better than what is the norm.) 

5.7 Superhuman Stamina

5.8 Superhuman Reflexes

5.8.1 Adaptive Reflexes (having superhuman reflexes on command, kinda like the one above just not all the time, like Apocalypse in his fight with Quicksilver) 

5.9 Sonic Scream

5.10 Healing Factor 

5.10.1 Immortality 

5.10.2 Longevity

5.11 Superhuman Marksmanship ( being skillful with guns)

6    Mental Abilities

6.1 Telekinesis

6.1.1 Disintegration (Being able to break up people or objects into molecules) 

6.1.2 Telekinetic Weaponry (Being able to create weapons out of thin air( like Psylock and her whip)) 

6.1.3 Advanced Telekinesis

6.2 Telepathy 

6.2.1 Abilities

6.3 Illusion Generation 

6.4 Animal Manipulation 

6.4.1 Animal Empathy 

6.5 X-Factor Detection (The ability to sense when another mutant is near)

6.6 Technopathy (Being able to control electric devices) 

6.7 Power Bestowal and Augmentation (The power to give or enhance a mutants power)

6.8 Power Negation (someone with this ability will wipe out the abilities of any mutant that is within a certain range, this is not permanent and the powers will return if the mutant keeps a safe distance from the mutant with Power Negation) 

6.9 Death Perception 

6.10 Magnetokinesis  

7   Bone Protrusions 

7.1 Claw Growth

7.2 Razor Sharp Teeth

7.3 Spike Projectiles

7.4 Bone Growth

7.5 Quill Protrusion

8   Contact Based Powers

8.1 Phasing ( The ability to pass through solid objects)

8.1.1 Chronoskimming (The ability to send a person's consciousness into their older/younger self  or into close ancestors/descendants 

8.2 Life Force Absorption 

8.3 Power Mimicry

8.4 Tactile Hypnosis 

9   Unique Physiology

9.1 Wing Growth 

9.1.1 Wing Blades

9.1.2 Mutants

9.2 Snake Physiology

9.3 Prehensile Tongue

9.4 Prehensile Tail

9.5 Impenetrable Skin 

9.5.1 Slime Spit

9.6 Mutant Tattoos 

9.7 Acidic Saliva

9.8 Acid Spew

9.9 Unstoppable Momentum

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[dollmaidcrystal]

A Rubberdoll's Punishment Journal (Volume 14)

As part of the punishment for what is now called “The Loofah Incident”, I am required to keep a log of my punishment-worthy misdeeds and share them online to teach me shame. Every three months, I am now required to share the worst of my journal, including the punishments received. This will continue until such a time when I am well trained well enough to no longer require punishment.

This time around, we started the quarter off with a trip to Montreal Fetish Weekend, the largest kink event in the East! Between the francophone fetish parties, and the chill moments in Chinatown, it was a blast! (Even if Mistress complained that she now had to navigate TWO languages she can’t speak.)

9/2: Canadian language equality laws does not require anything shouted during sex to be first done in English, then repeated in French. Punishment: Ordered to speak entirely in French for the rest of the night, because dirty talk in French sounds so much hotter. 9/2: “PLUS ULTRA!” is not French and is not to be shouted during sex, even if my vocabulary of actual French dirty talk ran out long before Mistress’s libido did.

Punishment: Used to test the theory that muffled gag noises sound sexier in French, as well. 9/6: SARS-CoV-2 Omicron (B.5.2.1) Punishment: Body ache, cough, fainting, fatigue, fever, headache, nasal congestion, night sweats, sneezing, and sore throat. Plus, because of a lingering cough, I am barred from being a cart pony until a doctor clears me for ~~ponyplay~~ “cross-country running.” 10/6: After seeing an (incredibly similar looking) domme on Twitter, asking Mistress if she’s been training a pony on the side. Punishment: In addition to the serving as the designated driver at one of Mistress’s boozy femdom meetups, I was passed around the group blindfolded. “If you can’t tell us apart, there’s no reason you need to see our faces.” 10/13: As a general rule, Mistress’s dog is not to be judo-flipped. Instead, Mistress’s dog should be treated with kindness. Even if he is on my bed, the puppy should be treated with respect, and not martial arts takedowns. This still applies even if he’s eating a pumpkin spice cream cheese doughnut with sprinkles, acquired from god-only-knows-where, in my bed. This rule gets elevated to a punishment-worthy offense when it is clearly being done out of jealousy by a doll who really wanted a pumpkin spice cream cheese doughnut. Punishment: Cleaning crumbs, pumpkin spice cream cheese, and sprinkles from my sheets, followed by cleaning puppy puke from the carpet. 10/18: Mistress’s dog wears a bandanna after grooming because it’s cute. He is not attempting to flag his preferences to the more butch dogs. Punishment: Red hanky, worn on right. 11/1: Mistress’s purchase of “Swoleberry Alcoholic Protein Shakes” does not need to be questioned. She is an adult who is fully capable of making her own decisions about nutrition. Punishment: Taking care of a sick Mistress when she tried actually drinking one of those awful things. 11/30: After a particularly hard day at work, Mistress is under no obligation to throw her hands in the air, move it, move it, or shake her groove thang. She does, however, concede that she has all the right junk in all the right places. Punishment: Taken to the dungeon (without a catsuit!) to discover the dance moves that an electric zapper prod is capable of inspiring. And one for Mistress. 9/1: Canadian customs absolutely requires proof of COVID vaccination and will make you drive back home if you forgot yours, even if “home” is 6 hours away. Punishment: None, because Crystal is a damned amazing maid and got Mistress a COVID passport 240 miles from home.

(Earlier journals may be found on my Fetlife blog)