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Lula da Silva es declarado persona no grata en Miami

La organización de Venezolanos Perseguidos políticos en el Exilio (Veppex) califica como una “absoluta aberración”, que Lula vociferara durante el encuentro diplomático que “la situación en Venezuela ha mejorado y que todo es producto de una narrativa negativa en contra de Maduro”, en un un comunicado divulgada en Twitter.  por Gabriela Moreno Lula y Maduro -Archivo La organización de…

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The Delinquents

directed by Rodrigo Moreno, 2023

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GIRSU: Morales asegura que el Centro de Gestión Ambiental Puna resuelve el problema de residuos

#Jujuy #MedioAmbiente | #GIRSU: #GerardoMorales asegura que el #CentrodeGestiónAmbientalPuna resuelve el problema de residuos

El gobernador de Jujuy, Gerardo Morales, encabezó el Consejo Provincial GIRSU donde aseguró que el Centro de Gestión Ambiental Puna resuelve el problema de residuos. El entre es presidido por la ministra de Ambiente y Cambio Climático, María Inés Zigarán, e integrado por los intendentes y comisionados de Jujuy.El Gobierno de la Provincia convocó a los representantes locales para realizar la…

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Queer Books July 2023

🦇 Good morning, my beloved bookish bats. I'm sorry this post is coming to you so late in the month; I planned more content than I realized! Let's rewind and look back on all the queer books released this past month. Though I'm sure a number of these covers look familiar, there are also as few that haven't received the attention they deserve!

What books are you adding to your summer reading list at the last minute?

🌈 Role Playing by Cathy Yardley 🌈 A Place for Us by Brandon J Wolf 🌈 A Thorn Among Roses by Hayley Anderton and G. L Preston 🌈 Of Love & Libraries by Brenna Bailey 🌈 A Crime of Secrets by Ann Aptaker 🌈 The Beasts of Paris by Stef Penney 🌈 Wanderlust by Elle Everhart 🌈 The Exhibitionist by Charlotte Mendelson 🌈 Go the Way Your Blood Beats by Emmett de Monterey 🌈 The Lighthouse Keeper by Liv Rancourt 🌈 Overemotional by David Fenne 🌈 Lioness by Emily Perkins 🌈 All About Romance by Daniel Tawse

🌈 Moonlight and the Monarch by Evelyn Carver 🌈 The Saint of Bright Doors by Vajra Chandrasekera 🌈 A Song of Salvation by Alechia Dow 🌈 All-Night Pharmacy by Ruth Madievsky 🌈 A Warning About Swans by R.M. Romero 🌈 Digging for Heaven by Jenna Jarvis 🌈 Marigold by Melissa Brayden 🌈 All the Yellow Suns by Malavika Kannan 🌈 On an Ebbing Seafoam Tide by Alannah Radburn 🌈 The Splinter in the Sky by Kemi Ashing-Giwa 🌈 The Centre by Ayesha Manazir Siddiqqi 🌈 Play to Win by Jodie Slaughter

🌈 A Rulebook for Restless Rogues by Jess Everlee 🌈 Do Tell by Lindsay Lynch 🌈 The Sea Elephants by Shastri Akella 🌈 More to Love by Georgina Kiersten 🌈 Defiant Bodies: Making Queer Community in the Anglophone Caribbean by Nikoli A. Attai 🌈 The Ink Drinkers by Dror Bloodwood 🌈 Counting Lost Stars by Kim van Alkemade 🌈 Women of the Post by Joshunda Sanders 🌈 Camp Damascus by Chuck Tingle 🌈 Sammy Espinoza’s Last Review by Tehlor Kay Mejia 🌈 The King is Dead by Benjamin Dean 🌈 Silver Nitrate by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

🌈 Buzzing by Samuel Sattin & Rye Hickman 🌈 The Third Daughter by Adrienne Tooley 🌈 Firebird by Sunmi 🌈 A Guide to the Dark by Meriam Metoui 🌈 What a Desi Girl Wants by Sabina Khan 🌈 The Pomegranate Gate by Ariel Kaplan 🌈 The Stablemaster’s Heart by Sarah Honey 🌈 The Sun and the Void by Gabriela Romero LaCruz 🌈 The Valkyrie's Shadow (The Helheim Prophecy #2) by Tiana Warner 🌈 In the Case of Heartbreak (Fern Falls #2) by Courtney Kae 🌈 The Hunt by Kelly J. Ford 🌈 Rana Joon and the One and Only Now by Shideh Etaat

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Sunday Fan Fic Poll Time

Alright, let’s throw another poll out there. Many authors have their own distinct style in how they present their stories. So this one is about pairings and points of view!

Often fic will be written from the readers (your) perspective, but there are other options. Like third person: maybe an original character (she/her/they) whose name is used frequently, or perhaps an existing character like Anika (The Bubble), Gabriella (The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent), Santiago or Benny (Triple Frontier).

Another third person POV is when PPCs (that’s Pedro Pascal Characters, for those of you new to fanfic) are in a crossover fic, such as Dieter/Marcus Moreno or Ezra/Joel - there are some outstanding fics out there that do this so well.

Regardless of a pairing, there’s a lot of fic that’s written from the PP Character point of view; you’re in Dave’s head experiencing the story, or finding out how Marcus Pike feels about the person he’s with (he’ll probably will want to move in together soon 🙃). Maybe you prefer that instead of a reader POV? Or a switch between Frankie and reader’s perspective to find out how they both feel?

I know this is a broad question, but I’m really really curious what YOU like and want to read more of.

(Note: I meant to write second person POV - not first - for the reader option below, but can’t edit it anymore)

Please feel free to reblog, would love to get a lot of opinions!

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Bonus!

I finally bit the bullet and did an updated group photo for gen 3 because I wanted to replace the header I have for this account right now. I'm still stuck on what to do for a profile picture, but I'll figure it out eventually I guess. When planning out the posing for this, I was inspired by @duggardata to do some info points for my sims, so I'm going to be doing some basic and random facts about these little bunches of pixels to end the year. This ended up being a mini thesis, so grab a snack if you plan on scrolling down, and I'll put the post under the cut to save your scrolling the TL. When I started this it was meant to be a small cute post with random information, and has now become an actual analysis. If I've missed anything or if i find more that I can talk about, there definitely can be more of these later down the line.

I'm going to queue this for 11:30pm my timezone, so I wish you all a very happy new year, may you get everything you desire and more!

This is all 36 people that make up the 3rd generation. I've arranged them in birth order, so this is technically chronological I guess. I did mess up when I got to the end because I forgot about Ashton (Allan & Casandra's 13th - the irony 😂) and plopped her further down than she should be.

Names L-R:

Back: Adalynn Leonard, Barrett Collins, Macie Collins, Carter Paulson, Abbey Hill, Brittany Dahlmann, Zoe Moreno, Valentina Townsend, Alan Paulson, Tanner Collins, Maggie Wright, Celeste Paulson.

Middle: Kyra Shearer, Reece Collins, Kristyn Crocker, Sabrina Crawford, Beckett Collins, Amira Eichelburg, Priscilla Roberts, Annette Collins, Jarrod Paulson, James Hunt, Charles Collins, Zachary Paulson.

Front: Rory Godwin, Ruby Rae Godwin, Parker Collins, Ava Grace Godwin, Conner Paulson, Jarrett Paulson, Gabriela Hunt, James Lee Collins, Matthew Collins, Ashton Collins, Amelia Godwin, Archie Collins.

Now onto the stats!

Basics

Out of the 36 :-

Men: 17

Women: 19

The split between men and women is 49/51 (don't quote me on my maths, I dropped maths classes as soon as I was able to 😂) Within the siblings groups it's definitely not as even, though the final results even themselves out. Gender roles are heavily enforced in these households, so ones that are female heavy (Allan and Casandra's 8 girls to 5 boys) compared to those that are male heavy (Claire and Ryan's 6 boys to 4 girls) will have different experiences. Having girls being born earlier in the birth order definitely helps lighten the load when there's a new children every other year.

Marriage

Marriage is definitely a stage of life that fundies emphasise for their kids, with purity culture pushing for them to be married as soon as possible to (A) prevent sin and (B) produce children as fast as possible. Of course, there's those for whom marriage doesn't happen at the desired time, but in times like this the advice is to wait "on the Lord's timing".

For those eligible for marriage out of the 36:

21 are married

1 is engaged

1 is in a courtship

The average age for marriage is 22. The youngest age being 18 (Maggie, Reece, Priscilla) and the oldest being 29 (Abbey)

I don't have exact data for the courtships so I can't do an average, but I can say the longest relationship prior to engagement was Abbey and Adam's - they dated for two years before getting engaged.

Speaking of dating, fundies and many other conservative christians push courting rather than dating. They reason that it's more serious and with the purpose of marriage, and if you add in purity culture there's the argument that they're saving 'pieces of their heart' for their future spouse. Out of the 23 couples who are either married or on their way there, only 2 couples kissed before marriage: Abbey & Adam and Brittany & Colton. These two couples weren't held to as strict standards as their cousins due to their parents outlook on things, they already knew that their daughters didn't personally agree with the convictions on purity (plus with brittany marrying into a well known political family, they saw it as a means to an end 😂) The other 19 couples (soon to be 20) saved their first kiss for the altar, as will the one courting couple (Zachary & Kelsey). Only 3 couples had no touch courtships the whole way through (and this number is debatable because I myself couldn't keep a storyline straight hehe - but from the character personalities and different plotlines let's agree with 3): Reece & Stacie, Alan & Tessa, and Tanner & Tabitha. In all 3 cases it was the girls family that set the stricter rules, which is more common as girls are engineered to guard their purity.

As if common with real life fundies, the older the kids get the faster they get in courtships that end in marriage. This is one of that things that you can't really predict since people's stories are different, Adalynn was the first one to get married 13 years ago, and the next family wedding was Barrett's 3 years later. In the first 9 years since the 3rd generation started getting married, 8 couples were married. The beginning of the next decade is when things started to happen in a flurry, 5 couples got married with four of them having their first child in the same year (this wont make sense, but if i try to make it fit real world parameters i'll acc go insane HAHA - this is fictional so it's allowed not to make sense) The most couples to get married in a year is 7 couples, and with the 13 left I doubt that there will be the same back to back that was happening earlier. The girls have gotten married faster than the boys, but that was to be expected when you consider that gender roles play heavily into fundie culture. It's easier to marry off a daughter to be a wife and mother than having to marry of a son, she will be provided for but he needs to be in the place where he can provide for a family that has the potential to grow exponentially. Obviously because this is a game where reality is suspended, the men in the game don't have to do much to be providers.

Education

Education is important as it shapes a person's thoughts and opinions, therefore fundies are more than likely to homeschool their children so that they are in control of what their child is exposed to. For those who think total at home education isn't where the Lord is leading them, there are other options available such as a homeschool co-op and private christian schools, with the last resort being the public education system.

The 2nd generation are quite diverse with their belief systems, influencing their thoughts and opinions around how they educated their children - and let's be honest, finances do play a certain role here whether you like it or not.

Allan & Casandra - Casandra totally homeschooled all 13 of their children through K-12.

Branden & Lea - Lea homeschooled their 3 children from kindergarten through to grade 8, and for high school the kids attended a private christian school.

Claire and Ryan - Claire totally homeschooled/currently homeschools their 10 children.

Danielle and Sebastian - Danielle totally homeschooled/homeschools their two children.

Elaine and Taylor - Elaine homeschooled/homeschools their 5 children through a homeschool co-op that she taught at prior to having children. The kids are educated by various teachers that specialise in different subjects using an approved curriculum.

Fletcher and Cara - They've chosen to send their son to a private christian K-12 school.

Grayson and Keira - Keira homeschools the kids until they're in grade 8, then they send the kids to a private christian school for high school.

When it comes to university, fundies definitely don't push it onto their children as they see it as a place where they'd be brainwashed. As the times have changed, there have been more and more conservative christian universities that have opened up that cater to fundies, so there are more fundies getting a tertiary education.

Right now there are only 8 out of the 36 sims that have gotten degrees or are actively pursuing them:

Beckett - He's the only one of his siblings to attach themselves to a university, even if his degree was in Bible & Missions at a very conservative bible college. His siblings' skill sets are either self taught or they were mentored by someone, though his sister Amira is doing an associates degree at some point (I just haven't figured out in what yet).

Abbey - She has an distinguished degree in biology and currently works as a marine biologist. I sent her and her sister to the in game university and physically sent them to classes and everything (which is something I'm never doing again HAHA). Back then I also didn't have the thought to send them to a christian university, so let's pretend she just skipped everything evolutionary for her degree.

Brittany - She has a distinguished degree in communications and worked as a political commentator before getting married. She and her sister were the first girls to go to university from their cohort (as well as the first to not be homeschooled), especially since they're in the first phase of the 3rd generation when the 'vibe' in their extended family was very conservative.

Tanner - He has his MD and is now working as a doctor (using the in-game university mechanics) he was also the first boy to attend a secular university, but there obviously weren't as many opinions on him doing it than on his sisters doing it.

James - He has his degree in Bible Counselling with a focus on Youth and Ministry from a local bible college in his area. It was a two year degree to help create missionaries that could be sent out to help churches. He met his wife whilst at university and they married as soon as they graduated, they now live in henley on Bagley as missionaries assigned to help grow a church there. His sister Gabriella doesn't know what she wants to do (i also have no clue), so that will be revealed in due time.

Kyra - She got her degree in early education and is now a kindergarten teacher at a private christian school, she even met her husband at the school through his niblings. Her mother (Elaine) being a teacher and her father also being college educated was definitely an inspiration to her. Being educated in a homeschool co-op also helped her realise her love of teaching.

Rory - Rory is currently at a local university getting a law degree (for my game i'm using a mix of education systems, incase you get confused) and is currently enjoying it. He initially wanted to join the police force like his uncle and cousin, but decided on enrolling in university instead. His parent's are encouraging him down the political route, but with a law degree he can do anything.

Ruby Rae - She's currently in nursing school and is enjoying learning the curriculum. In my head she's always been that character that I'd send off to nursing school, especially with her uncle marrying a nurse, it just felt meant to be for her character. I initially envisioned one of allan and casandra's girls maybe going to nursing school too, but in the end it didn't pan out.

The only ones I can say are definitely attending college in some form are James Lee (Fletcher), Matthew and Archie (Grayson). They'll be like their parents and go to fairly conservative universities and go on to live your average fundie-lite conservative life.

Children

CW: There will be mentions of pregnancy, problems with getting and staying pregnant, pregnancy loss, and infertility of various kinds.

Fundies think of children as gifts from God, with many taking that ideology and running with it, usually ending up with children in the double digits if their fertility agrees with it. The notion of being 'quiverfull' implies that a couple don't use any methods of contraception, with the idea that if God wants them to have a child then they will conceive and birth one. 6 couples of the 2nd generation (Allan to Elaine, then Grayson) were all open to whatever kids the Lord would give them, and they ended up with a variety of children - one couple having 13 and another having just 2. Life throws various curveballs, or as they say "the Lord works in mysterious ways", so there can be many plans that don't work out - let's not forget that people's fertility isn't always textbook. Casandra had 2 miscarriages that I didn't plan in game, the mod I have gets triggered by certain conditions and the alert was a surprise to me. I don't roll for pregnancy losses, unless difficulties getting and/or staying pregnant are part of that character's story for whatever reason e.g. Madelynn, Stacie, etc.

Out of the 21 married couples, only 4 don't have children: Abbey & Adam, Beckett & Mandy, James & Emma, and the newlyweds Parker and Lana.

Abbey and Adam - They're not quiverfull so they've got a timeline for when they'll have children, but they definitely want them.

Beckett and Mandy - They've been married for around 4 years and have not yet had children, they're marked as a quiverfull couple so they're not preventing pregnancy, there's just no children as of yet. Honestly speaking, I haven't thought that far about the ways that children appear in their storyline but I have 3-4 options about where things could go.

James and Emma - These two are in the same boat as Beckett and Mandy in terms of their views on children, they want them but haven't 'been blessed' with them yet. In the actual game they're side characters, so I let the 'Neighbourhood Stories' take over their story unless I see it necessary to intervene.

Parker and Lana - They're newlyweds, so there could be a pregnancy announcement from them any day now. Though I have taken real life parameters into consideration with how fast a couple does conceive, since in real life it can take the average 'healthy' couple up to a year to get pregnant. So you'll just have to wait and see when Lana will be posting a sonogram 😂

Of the 17 couples that have children, they have birthed a whopping 50 children that make up the ever growing 4th generation. There are currently only 2 pregnant women that are gestating 3 children, which is I think the lowest to ever happen by holiday season. The speed at which they have children has definitely sped up the more couples get married. When Adalynn got married in 2010, she had cousins still being born, so for the first five years (2010 - 2015) the 10 grandchildren that were born came from her, Barrett, and Valentina (let's not forget that Kyleigh had triplets then twins back to back, so she went from zero to five children in 3 years)

The 10 children born in the 4 years after that are from Adalynn, Barrett, Carter, Valentina, and Brittany. The next 3 years (2020-2023; i use years to count so i don't get lost, but I make it a point not to mention years in the posts cause that adds opportunities for confusion 😂) were a wedding and baby boom, bringing us to the present day. 2020 had 5 couples marry and birth four children, 2021 holds the record for the most weddings and the most children born: 7 couples married and there were 12 children born. 2023 isn't finished in the game, but so far there has been 1 couple married with another set to marry at the end of the year. So far in 2023 there have been 5 children born, and the pregnancies that are in game aren't set to give birth this year so that's the number for that year.

With all these births happening in waves essentially, how fast are these sims multiplying? In true duggardata fashion I've got the intervals ready for you:

Adalynn & Mason - 9 children in 13 years of marriage: 7 singletons and 1 pair of twins, 8 boys and 1 girl.

Skills

Fundies are known to have their kids learn a skills, usually in the form of musical instruments. From my own childhood as well as research I've gathered via many hours of watching and reading, a musical instrument is the best thing to learn as the 'easiest' way to glorify God is through music. Music plays an important role in worship services, and so having children that can play instruments well allows for them to 'be of use' for worship; families also capitalise on said talent and travel around playing music as a ministry.

The skillset of the 2nd generation does play a role into how their children ended up:

Allan worked as a carpenter (and by carpenter i mean he reached level 10 of the woodworking skill and would just make things to sell) whilst being a Pastor, before retiring and working as a Pastor fulltime. He didn't learn how to play an instrument as he was focused on learning a skill that would help provide for a family.

Branden found his skills in writing, he worked as a writer in the writer field and wrote books that now provide him with royalties, like his brother, he wasn't enrolled in music lessons as his parents had other priorities set for him.

Claire was enrolled in music lessons and found she had a real skills for playing the piano as well as writing music, her mother also had her and her sisters learn homemaking skills such as gardening, cooking, balancing a checkbook and how to run a household. Claire put being a wife and mother first, but also continues to use her skills to minister for the Lord. She's become well known for her performance as well as her hymnal music arrangements (think Kim Collingsworth-esque vibe) and also teaches music as various music camps from time to time.

Danielle learnt how to play the violin as well as learning how to be a homemaker, and as she got married later in life she was the person who stepped in to run the house after her mother passed. She uses her skills whenever asked, like playing at church or at various worship events, but she's mainly focused on gardening and baking.

Elaine learnt how to play the piano and used to play at church and various events, but found her joy was in teaching. She took over homeschooling her younger siblings and went on to earn her teaching qualifications.

Fletcher was taught the piano by his older sisters, but lessons weren't pushed on him by his parents. He went on to focus on fitness and joined the police force after finishing highschool.

Grayson was more book focused and didn't learn an instrument, similar to Elaine he focused more on books and studying and ended up going to medical school.

Harley is the youngest girl and learnt how to play the guitar as a girl, as she was the youngest she didn't have to perform as often as the older siblings did. She went on to get a degree in Fine Arts and now works as the editor in chief at San Myshuno's biggest fashion magasine.

It's easiest to display the information based on the sibling order from gen 2, so here's the list of the various skillsets of the 3rd generation:

A -

Casandra being your typical conservative fundie woman, made sure that all the kids got music lessons, whatever she couldn't teach herself she found someone to teach them. Piano: Since Casandra plays the piano she taught the kids until they were in their teens, then if they chose to continue they could get lessons with Claira. Adalynn, Macie, Zoe, Beckett, Charles and Ashton chose to learn the piano and so far Zoe is the only one who has taken that and made it a career of sorts like her aunt Claire. Violin: Macie also chose to learn violin, with Amira, Priscilla, and Annette also learning the violin. Guitar: The boys mostly chose to learn the guitar, Barrett, Reece, and Parker all chose the guitar, with Maggie being the only girl to choose to learn the guitar. Of the 13 kids to learn a musical instrument, only Zoe has taken it and made it something that monetarily supports her.

B -

Lea learned how to play piano growing up, and enrolled all three of her children in piano lessons. Abbey, Brittany, and Tanner all had piano lessons until they were in their teens and focused on different extracurricular activities once they joined the private christian school.

C -

Claire made sure all her children know an instrument, the four girls (Valentina, Celeste, Kristyn, Sabrina) all know both the piano and the violin, with the 6 boys all learning piano and Carter and Alan also learning how to play the guitar. There were many suggestions of them starting a family band, but Claire and Ryan didn't feel that the Lord was leading them in that direction.

D -

Both James and Emma have learnt to play the piano, James' wife Emma can play the piano, violin, and the flute and has her degree (from a biblical college) in music with a focus on worship music.

E -

Elaine put all the kids into either piano or violin lessons, Kyra did lessons in both until she was a teenager, Rory did piano until he was a teenager, Ruby Rae did violin lessons and still plays at church, Ava Grace continues to play Piano, and Amelia still does violin lessons.

F -

Fletcher and Cara put their son into organised sports, so no music lessons this side.

G -

Keira wanted her boys to have some musical knowledge, so Matthew does guitar lessons and Archie does piano lessons.

That's all I've got for now, but as I was doing this I definitely found more things that I could write about in a few months. I hope you enjoy this!

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A perfectly pear-shaped Mexican spadefoot toad [Spea multiplicata] considers a wall in Toluca, Mexico. A nocturnal and secretive species, it’s unusual to see these toads active during the day. Images by Gabriela Moreno Peralta.

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in your opinion which pedro characters would play which instruments and why??

This is a fun ask!!!

HEADCANON TIME! THE BOYS AND THEIR INSTRUMENTS.

These are based on canon thots rather than my series takes.

Dave York: Cello. He's detail-oriented with perfect pitch and cello demands precise finger placement to get the proper note. He's a wizard at bow technique and the faster staccato bowing feels like a strategic attack, which he's fond of.

Dieter Bravo: pretty much anything he picks up, but particularly likes Sitar, Didgeridoo, and Steel Tongue Drum. The sitar has one million strings so it's a challenge to master and he finds something meditative and enlightening about that...and it's good for aligning the chakras. Steel tongue drum has a pleasing tone and he can just zone out and rock on like a dang hippie, those things pretty much play themselves. He says the didgeridoo is to improve lung capacity and breath strength, but he just likes being fucking annoying.

Din Djarin: Bes'bev. It's a Mandalorian flute made out of beskar that can also be used as a weapon. It was most likely not used too much in his particular clan because it would require taking his helmet off to play, but I think he'd like the low, mellow sound of it and wouldn't mind playing in private. It might be meditative for him.

Ezra: Harmonica equivalent. I don't know what would still be available in the distant future, but some kind of mouth instrument like this would be ideal. It's small, so it doesn't take up much room either in a prospector's pack or in a pocket, and it can be played with one hand. I think he also might like the esoteric throwback of the cowboy aesthetic of it anyway....

Frankie Morales: Guitar and Trumpet. Boy's got the lungs for brass and I bet he played in his high school band. But nowadays, he plays guitar. Not well, just noodles. It mostly sits forgotten in a corner of his room, but every once in a while he picks it up and aquatints himself with it again. Likes playing Johnny Cash, Bon Jovi, Nirvana, and Carlos Santana.

Jack Daniels: Guitar. Basic cowboy necessity.

Javi Gutierrez: Mandolin. He loved the romance of Captain Corelli's Mandolin and after Nic crushed the part, he had an irresistible urge to take lessons. Flies a teacher in from Italy on the regular. He's not very good at it, but he's learning to play Gabriela's favorite song for her birthday.

Javier Peña: Piano. It's not like he keeps it a secret. But it's always a surprise when it's revealed. Usually when he's drunk and melancholy and there's one in the room. He'll saunter over and plop down, plunk a few notes, and then come out with some old standard that just makes everyone's jaw drop. He hated learning growing up, but he likes that it's an instrument where he can play and smoke at the same time.

Marcus Moreno: Tuba. I mean, he doesn't really play it regularly anymore. But he was one of the strongest dudes in his school and he had no issues carrying the thing or having enough lung capacity to play it. He still has it and he'll bring it out every once in a while to jam with Missy while she practices trombone. And every year he plays Christmas carols with a brass quintet in the town square. The rest of the quintet is all seniors, members of an older generation of Heroics.

Marcus Pike: Bass Guitar. Canon.

Maxwell Lord: Percussion. He so wanted to be accepted by his peers when he was younger and did whatever he could to be cool and useful...and to make noise to stand out. And what garage band doesn't need a drummer? It was his one-way ticket to popularity in his youth. He recently bought a whole new set--top of the line, tricked out with all the extra snares and tams--for Alistair as a surprise. He hopes that teaching him will be a father/son bonding experience.

Max Phillips: Electric guitar. He likes to be the center of attention and probably tried to front a band at one point. It's really just a big phallic symbol, right? Plus, it's one of the few instruments people lick while they play it and that's awesome.

Nico: Clarinet. He likes jazz. But not just any jazz. Really good, really soulful stuff you've probably never heard of but need to. This is usually his idea of a good date. Bring 'em home, puts on a record and have them listen to him play along with it, give them a good lecture about the obscure recording he's accompanying, and then drive them home or let them sleep in the guest bedroom.

Oberyn Martell: Bone flute, lute, harp. As a son of the royal household, he would have been taught courtly instruments. And he would have skipped out on practices to fraternize with the palace maids. But he still would have mastered them all. He doesn't really pursue musical study, preferring to hear someone else play so that he can fuck or think or write to it. But every now and then Ellaria will bring him a lute and ask him to play something sad and beautiful for her, and he would never deny her.

Pedro Across the Street: Your wife. Like a fucking violin.

Pero Tovar: Rough flute. The music that Pero would have heard growing up would have had a lot of Iberian Islamic influences and he would be familiar with reeded and wind flute music. Sleeping rough and keeping watch would give him plenty of idle time and I think he might put his dagger to use with whittling. Over some time, he might carve out a flute or two and become adept at playing it. But he only does it for himself and his own comfort, never for anyone else.

The Thief: Violin. Beautifully. Soulfully. Never took lessons, just stole the gift from someone else.

Comandante Veracruz: Accordion. Don't you fucking dare bring it up or tell anyone. He will gut you.

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2017

OLA SOLIDARIA/ Más de 30 lazos de amor 

Más de 30 lazos de amor, es un proyecto que toma a la figura del amor como basamento catártico, formulado a partir de procedimientos de trabajo colectivo donde me propongo mirar y pensar la forma de vincularnos, utilizando y sugiriendo que la técnica que acompañe la propuesta sea el bordado.

El suceso que originó este proyecto data de 2015, cuando motivada por una profunda y dolorosa ruptura amorosa, di comienzo a la reconstrucción metafórica de mi propio desamor, encontrando en el bordado la herramienta que “arreglaba” eso que sentía destrozado. Esta búsqueda dio lugar a otras: los vínculos amorosos con el resto de las personas de mi vida y la forma que tenemos de demostrarlo, hicieron de mi corazón un gran tejido. Así es que se expandió y me animé a invitar a otros a trabajar. La propuesta fue sencilla: elegir una tela estampada, por gusto, por su textura, por su cuerpo, por lo que quisieran y comenzar a pensar el vínculo que cada uno tiene con el amor; el propio, el ajeno. El amor en todos sus sentidos, sin límites. La idea fue bordar, cortar, romper, descoser, agujerear, hacer lo que cada uno sintiera.

La propuesta es un ritual donde finalmente me reconstruyo en los trabajos de los demás salvándome, por ahora.

¿Dónde van los fondos recaudados?

Hace unos años conocí a Caro Soriano, mujer, fotógrafa, mamá, luchadora; la conocí haciendo fotos en el taller de Gabi Muzzio. Caro a parte de tantas cosas lindas y de que se le hacen agujeritos en los cachetes cuando se ríe, es la Presidenta de la *Fundación FAME Argentina (Familias con Atrofia Muscular Espinal). La misma se encarga de agrupar familias y pacientes afectados con Atrofia Muscular Espinal, que es una enfermedad genética neuronal, caracterizada por la pérdida de músculo esquelético causada por la progresiva degeneración de las células del asta anterior de la médula espinal.

Ella me mostró lo que significa lidiar con una discapacidad desde lo corporal así como también desde lo social. Me mostró la cantidad de cuerpo que hay que poner en una lucha pero sobe todas las cosas me enseñó que sin el amor, que es lo que la sostiene, no podría continuar. Caro es mi más enorme lazo de amor.

Por eso el fin de este proceso de producción, amorosa y catártica es recaudar fondos para que FAME siga luchando y todas estas personas consigan pronto la aplicación de la Spinraza que es la droga que cambiará sus vidas!

Sigamos construyendo lazos de amor, gracias por colaborar!

Agradecimiento especial a todos los bordadores que participaron:

Alicia Salvañá/Angie Strappa/Arturo Geminell/Belén Rimini/Betina Barandalla/Bruno Gloriani/Camila Gómez/Camila Sauan/Carolina Soriano/Cecilia Ann/Cristina Rosenberg/Delfina Forno/Florencia Giacobe/Florencia Llarrull/Florencia Luciani/Forencia Toba/Gabriel González Suárez/Gabriela Muzzio/Guadalupe Rúas/Inés Beninca/Joaquín Gómez Hernandez/Josefina Estevez/Josué Gómez/Julia Trecu/Larisa Luciani/Laura Pizzorno/Lucía Anghilante/Luciano Rondano/Magalí Drivet/Mailin Weiss/María Belén Gómez/María Cristina Pérez/María Gracia Paoletti/María Laura Carrascal/Mariana Pissano/Marina Ciuffoli/Marisa Betucci/Mariu Fondato/Martín Leonard/Martín Moreno/Natalia Trejo/Norma Rojas/Pamela Bavutti/Romina De Luca/Rosario Telleria/Silvana Scuisatto/Sofía Estevez/Sofía Meier/Valeria Bezos/Victoria Cenóz/Victoria Estevez/Victoria Gomez Hernandez/Violeta Martin/Susana Marcozzi/Adolescentes participantes del taller: “Maquinando Relatos” Centro de Convivencia Barrial Barrio Santa Lucía. Coordinado por Sofía Meier y Natalia Trejo/Alumnos del taller:  Pintura 2, año 2016. Escuela de Bellas Artes (UNR). Docente Titular: María Cristina Pérez – Norma Rojas.

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hi could i please get some alts for camila morrone?

The only Latine and Jewish people I could find:

Gabriela Quezada (1994) Guatemalan and Ashkenazi Jewish.

Ariela Barer (1998) Mexican [75% Ashkenazi Jewish 25% Unspecified]- uses she/they - has since deleted their Instagram post stating they’re non-binary so I’m unsure if they still identify as such!

Argentinian or Jewish:

Sofia Black-D'Elia (1991) Ashkenazi Jewish / Italian.

Anna Shaffer (1992) Black South African and White / Jewish.

Hari Nef (1992) Ashkenazi Jewish - is trans.

Dylan Gelula (1994) Ashkenazi Jewish / Unspecified.

Eva De Dominici (1995) Argentinian.

Esin Varan (1995) Turkish, Armenian, Greek and Ashkenazi Jewish.

Oriana Sabatini (1996) Argentinian / Venezuelan.

Sami Gayle (1996) Ashkenazi Jewish.

Blair Lamora (1997) Ojibwe and Argentinian.

Gideon Adlon (1997) Ashkenazi Jewish, German, English, some Irish, Northern Irish, and Welsh.

Maude Apatow (1997) Ashkenazi Jewish / Irish, Scottish, Finnish, German.

Amanda Arcuri (1997) Argentinean and Italian.

Kira Kosarin (1997) Ashkenazi Jewish.

Kayla Maisonet (1999) Afro Puerto Rican / Ashkenazi Jewish.

Mikey Madison (1999) ¾ Ashkenazi Jewish ¼ mix of English, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, along with Dutch, German, Welsh, and Scottish.

Maia Reficco (2000) Argentinian.

Odessa A'zion (2000) Ashkenazi Jewish, German, English, some Irish, Northern Irish, and Welsh.

Kaia Jordan Gerber (2001) Ashkenazi Jewish / English, Danish, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, Scottish, German, Irish, Welsh, French and Jersey Channel Islander.

Other alts:

Chloe Bridges (1991) Honduran / English.

Tanaya Beatty (1991) Da’naxda’xw and Himalayan.

Carmela Zumbado (1991) Cuban.

Michaela Jaé Rodriguez (1991) African-American, ¼ Puerto Rican - is trans.

Melinda Shankar (1992) Indo Guyanese.

Hazar Ergüçlü (1992) Turkish.

Bárbara López (1992) Mexican.

Yvette Monreal (1992) Mexican / Chilean.

Laysla De Oliveira (1992) Brazilian.

Natacha Karam (1995) Lebanese / Irish.

Simone Ashley (1995) Tamil Indian.

Zión Moreno (1995) Mexican [Spanish and Unspecified Native American] - is trans.

Coty Camacho (1995) Mixtec and Zapotec - is pansexual.

Vitória Strada (1996) Brazilian.

Anya Chalotra (1996) Kashmiri Indian / English.

Hanako Greensmith (1996) Japanese / English.

Banita Sandhu (1997) Punjabi Indian.

Sydney Park (1997) African-American / Korean.

Amber Midthunder (1997) Hunkpapa Lakota, Hudeshabina Nakoda, Sissiton-Wahpehton Dakota, Thai-Chinese, and White.

Alba Baptista (1997) Portuguese / Brazilian.

Emily Tosta (1998) Dominican / Venezuelan.

Madison Pettis (1998) African-American / Irish, French, Italian.

Lisette Olivera (1999) Mexican.

Alycia Pascual-Pena (1999) Afro Dominican.

Here you go!

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Los rostros que perpetúan tras bastidores la miseria en Cuba

Las decisiones y acciones de cinco cubanos aliados de la cúpula del régimen castrista someten a la población a la miseria y persecución por Gabriela Moreno De izquierda a derecha: Betsy Díaz, Alejandro Gil, Rogelio Polanco, Hugo Cancio, Mariela Castro (Collage/Cubanet) La miseria, la escasez, la represión y la pobreza que padecen la mayoría de los cubanos son el resultado de la complicidad de…

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23 Books for 2023

Super late, but here is my list (it's more of a dream list than a realistic one 😅). Thank you @bibliophilecats for tagging me! 😃

23 books that I want to read this year:

1. The Dawn of Yangchen by F. C. Yee.

2. The A.B.C. Murders by Agatha Christie.

3. Seven Empty Houses by Samanta Schweblin.

4. Todo ángel es terrible by Gabriela Rabago Palafox.

5. Al final del miedo by Cecilia Eudave.

6. People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry.

7. El juego del laberinto by Pablo De Santis.

8. Velvet Was the Night by Silvia Moreno-Garcia.

9. Mujer que sabe latín... by Rosario Castellanos.

10. Anne of the Island by Lucy Maud Montgomery.

11. Historia portátil de la literatura infantil by Ana Garralón.

12. The Voyage Of The Dawn Treader by C. S. Lewis.

13. Agnes Grey by Anne Brontë.

14. Los 68: París, Praga, México by Carlos Fuentes.

15. The Books of Magic by Neil Gaiman.

16. Hellboy: Seed of Destruction by Mike Mignola and John Byrne.

17. Nada by Carmen Laforet.

18. The BFG by Roald Dahl.

19. The Women of Weird Tales: Stories by Everil Worrell, Eli Colter, Mary Elizabeth Counselman and Greye La Spina.

20. The Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole.

21. The Woman in Black by Susan Hill.

22. Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins.

23. The Ex Talk by Rachel Lynn Solomon.

I tag: @sojaded-, @thatstudyblrontea, @sunlightandpoetry, @profiterole-reads and @ownedbybooks

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23 books in 2023

Thank you for tagging me, @duchess-of-tales! I'm not doing as well this time around as I would like, but here are the titles of the books I wish I could finish by the end of the year.

The Dawn of Yangchen, F. C. Yee

Los peligros de fumar en la cama, Mariana Enríquez

The A.B.C. Murders, Agatha Christie

Siete casas vacías, Samanta Schweblin

Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins

The Woman in Black, Susan Hill

Velvet Was the Night, Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Vampires by John Sheridan Le Fanu, Alekséi K. Tolstói and John W. Polidori

Aspergirls, Rudy Simone

People We Meet on Vacation, Emily Henry

Dracula, Bram Stoker

The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, Suzanne Collins

Diccionario de mitos de Asia, María García Esperón

Luka y el Fuego de la Vida, Salman Rushdie

Todo ángel es terrible, Gabriela Rabago Palafox

Al final del miedo, Cecilia Eudave

El juego del laberinto, Pablo De Santis

Mujer que sabe latín..., Rosario Castellanos

Los 68: París, Praga, México, Carlos Fuentes

Hellboy: Seed of Destruction, Mike Mignola and John Byrne

Hallowe'en Party, Agatha Christie

The Voyage Of The Dawn Treader, C. S. Lewis

The Halloween Tree, Ray Bradbury

Tagging: @sputniklabyrinth, @booksandeverything-in-between, @worlds-of-ink-and-paper (if you haven't been tagged already!) and anyone else who wants to participate :)

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EDEP lanzó el segundo llamado a inscripciones de cursos

#Jujuy #Emprendedores # | #EDEP lanzó el segundo llamado a inscripciones de #cursos

Autoridades del Ministerio de Desarrollo Económico y Producción anunciaron hoy la apertura de inscripciones para los cursos virtuales del segundo llamado de la Escuela de Desarrollo Económico y Productivo (EDEP), que se encuentra renovando ocho de alta demanda e implementará cuatro nuevos, entre ellos de idiomas.El lanzamiento se produjo en el marco de una capacitación presencial, organizada…

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El desayuno (Film, short version) - Miguel Casco from Miguel Ángel Casco on Vimeo.

Largometraje / Performance / Videoarte Miguel Casco en colaboración con Hekatombe Producción Artística

Catorce personas habitan su propia piel para atestiguar el amanecer y compartir sus cuerpxs mientras el sol naciente ilumina el espacio. La interacción se suscita entre ellxs y la premisa principal es celebrar la vida, honrar la libertad y el disfrute. El Desayuno invita a abrazar la desnudez y entrar en sintonía con la naturaleza.

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D I R E C C I Ó N Miguel Casco

D I R E C C I Ó N E S C É N I C A Andrea Garay

D I R E C C I Ó N C O R E O G R Á F I C A Sebastián Santamaría

D I R E C C I Ó N E J E C U T I V A Catalina Navarrete

R E P A R T O Mar Castañedo Mónica Colin Marlene Coronel Mariana Domenech Jimena González Aileen Kent Carlos Nunez José Francisco Ordóñez Luis Ortega José Ortiz Baruk Serna

V I D E O Alan Espinosa Erik Jonguitud Michel Trevilla F O T O G R A F Í A Alejandra Edwards David Flores Rubio

M Ú S I C A Sebastián Lechuga (Intro, Oscuridad, Ofrenda y Desayuno) Alejandro Preisser (Locura, Descenso, Claridad y Outro)

E D I C I Ó N D E V I D E O Miguel Casco Erik Jonguitud

D I S E Ñ O F L O R A L Alejandra Velasco

M U S I C A L I Z A C I Ó N E N V I V O Jail Less

E Q U I P O T É C N I C O Humberto C. Cáceres Heber Leonidez Elena Manero Ehécatl Moreno María Naidich Alfonso Pérez Yair Ramírez

P R O Y E C T O R E A L I Z A D O C O N E L A P O Y O D E Etna M. Arroyo, Jacobo M. Casco, Patricia Almada, Luis Antonio Garay, Elsa Hernández, Carlos Navarrete, Rocio Barajas, Carlos Santamaría, José María Macías, Andrés Castañeda, César Meza, Enrique Ajuria, Susana Tovar, Valeria Casco, Luis Antonio Casco, Heleni Castro, Óliver Victoria, Andrea Ayala, Andrea Anderson, Indira Zamora, Roberto González, Andrés Piña, Rafael Hernández, David C. Parra, Youtaek Hwang, Eduardo Palacio, Remi Cárdenas, Rogelio Toledo, Ross Romero, Isabella de la Mora, Tabaré Arroyo, Yair Ramírez, Luis Almada, Omar Cobos, Silvana Larrea, Raffaela Schiavon, Isabel Vieitez, Rebeca Zequera, Leonardo Galicia, Mark Feldmann, Francisco Saldívar, José Francisco Ordóñez, Neil Haidorfer, Bárbara Huerta, Adriana Degetau, Tere Sáenz, Chloe Estes, Fernando Almazán, Gina Guzmán, Mariano Nava, Rubén Ojeda, Diego Ortiz, Santi San Martin, Carlos Santamaría Barajas, José Funcia, Malimna Etnegorozka, Pablo P. Caro, Gabriela Chávez, Gabriel Picazo, Rubén Torres, Roberto Praxedis, Luis Pérez, Jeannette Betancourt, Elena Manero, Ma. Ceci Cuesta, Humberto Schiavon, Celeste Bejarano, Mario Montes & David Martínez.

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where: his brother juan's apartment who: self para trigger warning: prison, anxiety attack

Carlos blinked a few times as his eyes adjusted to the bright sunlight. Somehow, outside of the electric-fenced perimeter of the prison yard, the sun seemed brighter. As he stepped through the gate and the cold January wind whipped past him, Carlos took in a deep breath, adjusting to what felt like an entirely different world than the one he had left behind five years ago when he was thrown into jail. The world outside somehow looked exactly the same and yet his view of it seemed tinged with some sort of menacing presence ready to pounce on him to remind him that while it looked the same, everything had changed and the world had long since left him behind.

Just as he was about to start walking, - where to, he wasn't sure since Juan clearly hadn't arrived to pick him up yet - a voice called out from behind him, from that place. "Moreno, get your ass back here!" Carlos refused to turn around, refused to acknowledge the voice. He couldn't go back, he was supposed to be free now. He started walking, just trying to put distance between him and the prison he refused to step foot in ever again. But he heard voices, even steps as someone began running in his direction. "You thought you were going home?" a cruel voice laughed at him as the steps behind him caught up, as he was shoved to the ground, handcuffs immediately tightening around his wrists, as he was dragged back into that hell-hole. Carlos tried to fight, to escape again, but as more and more hands clamped down on him, he knew he was never getting out of here.

Carlos jerked awake, nearly falling off the couch he had been sleeping on. It was just a dream. A nightmare, really. Heart pounding, he tried to take steadying breaths, but he couldn't get in enough air. His body was coated in sweat from the fear that dream had induced. Slowly, he tried to remind himself of what had really happened. Today, - well, yesterday he realized as he glanced at the clock hanging over Juan's dining table - he had been released from Tonopah Prison. He'd been let out two years early for good behavior. And Carlos had sworn from day one that he would never set foot in that place again. He was never going back, the dream a reminder of the very real fear he would feel for a while now that he was actually out, that something would happen that would get him sent back there again. Running a hand down his face, he thought of the two things that had helped calm him down whenever he was in the throws of an anxiety attack in prison; his niece Gabriela, and Rosa. Finally, he was able to take in a deep enough breath to help slow down his racing heart. He was going to get his life back. Starting tomorrow, he was going to get things back on track. Somehow. And he wouldn't let anything jeopardize that.