#circular 2021

[lemonisntreal]

Oh bOy-

-more alcohol marker sketches that I actually lined and finished, I love a good futile attempt at trying to have an aesthetic sketchbook :D

I want to draw him in so many outfits, I have a list going right now ooga booga.

Note: I need to draw him with more funky mugs

Also here're some alt ideas + pictures I took of the process for once, which is kinda neat I guess

[dubmill]

Muswell Hill, London; 4.9.2021

[danothan]

rebirth vol 4 is affecting me to the point that i’ve been calling my friends so i could read the entire thing to them like a bedtime story. the themes, the parallels, the horror and camp and campy horror…. i keep finding new things in every reread, it’s the gift that keeps on giving

i thought that finally finishing it would be the running start to reading more comics, i even got another flash comic as a reward for myself, but i just end up reading rebirth again 😭 i’m in a damn timeloop w this thing

and i got another readalong call tmrw too, so i better get my thawne voice ready 😓

[magentagalaxies]

tbh 2022 is the first year in a while where i can confidently say i ended this year in a better place than where i began it

[alertachiapas]

¡Aguas! En 2023 la economía mexicana caerá

El Banxico proyectó que la economía mexicana crecerá 3% al cierre de este año, a pesar de las altas tasas de interés, la inflación y el entorno económico externo; pero el próximo año la historia será otra.

El Banxico proyectó que la economía mexicana crecerá 3% al cierre de este año, a pesar de las altas tasas de interés, la inflación y el entorno económico externo; pero el próximo año la historia será otra. Tuxtla Gutiérrez.- La economía del país sigue desacelerándose, este año podría crecer hasta un 3%, sin embargo el Banco de América (Bank of America) prevé que en 2023 se contraiga 0.5% la…

[jobscirculars]

Navy Job Circular 2022

Navy Job Circular 2022

Navy Job Circular 2022 Bangladesh NAVY Job Circular 2022 has been published by the authority of Bangladesh Navy on their official website. Also, you will get to see New Bangladesh Navy Job Circular all data on our website with official job notice JPEG image and PDF file image format. Keep reading carefully this post to know all about http://www.navy.mil.bd Jobs circular 2022 such as application…

[banglajobnews]

GSB Job circular(ভূতাত্তিক জব-২০২২)

বাংলাদেশ ভূাতত্তিক জরিপ অধিদপ্তর (gsb job circular ) এর রাজস্ব খাতভুক্ত নিম্ন বর্ণিত পদ সমহে অস্তায়ী ভিত্তিতে বাংলাদেশের স্থায়ী নাগরিক গণের নিকট হতে আবেদন শুরু হয়েছে। উক্ত অধিদপ্তরে ২৯ টি পদে মোট ৭৪ জনকে নিয়োগ দিবে। ১/০৭/২০২২ তারিখে  ১৮-২০ বছর এবং মুক্তি যোদ্ধা কোটার জন্য ১৮-৩২ বছর পর্যন্ত বাংলাদেশের সকল নাগরিক আবেদন করতে পারবেন। আবেদন শুরু- 28/07/2022 শেষ হবে- 27/08/2022 আবেদন এর লিংক  মুল…

[jobacademicnewsbd]

Uttara Bank Job Circular 2022 ।। উত্তরা ব্যাংক লিঃ নিয়োগ বিজ্ঞপ্তি ২০২২

[allresultnotice]

GST Admission Circular 2021-2022 Result

GST Admission Circular 2021-2022 Result

GST Admission Circular 2021-2022 Result. Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology, Khulna University of Engineering and Technology and Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology and Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology under the engineering cluster will hold the combined admission test for the academic year 2021-22 on August 6. Applications will start from 10 am on…

[cityof2morrow]

NetworkMAT: Street Planters 001

Published: 3-08-2024 | Updated: N/A SUMMARY The Network Materials (NetworkMAT) (Simmons, 2023) series includes assets for building modern road networks in Sims 2. Use these items to enhance your city’s streets, walkways, highways, skyways, bridges, and so on. Enjoy 10 planters in various shapes and sizes. The larger landscaping blocks are designed to fit builds on 2-click/step foundations but will work with just about any space in general.

DETAILS Requires all EPs/SPs. §250 | Build > Architecture You need the BBNiche1Master (Buggybooz, 2012) and Element Repository - both are available in the Repository Pack (Simmons, 2023). Any recolors you have for these can be applied to items in this set (see #ts2rcolors, #co2recolors, #co2repo, and #co2repopack). If the 3x3 Grassy Round is too high poly for your liking, the Large Circular Landscaping Block is a great substitute. ITEMS Landscaping Blocks (141-284 poly) Nol22, 2x1 Grassy Strip (61 poly) Nol22, 2x2 Grassy Strip (73 poly) Nol22, 3x3 Grassy Round (1150 poly) DOWNLOAD (choose one) from SFS | from MEGA

CREDITS Thanks: Simming/Sketchfab Communities. Sources: Beyno (Korn via BBFonts), EA/Maxis, Grass Strip (Nol22, 2023; 2021), Grassy Landscaping Blocks (Gruny, 2019), Nooks & Niches (BuggyBooz, 2012), Offuturistic Infographic (Freepik), Stair Cover(s) (Khakidoo, 2013; 2007).

Converted content is for non-commercial use only. EA/Maxis own all content derived from their games, as do other game/content publishers whose work appears on this site in derivative form. Per the Valve Developer Community TOU, CS creators control their custom content – contact this site via private message re: TOU violations.

[blueiskewl]

A Major Tomb With Gold and Ceramic Artifacts Discovered in Panama

In an archaeological find in the El Caño Archaeological Park, located in the district of Natá, province of Coclé, in Panama, a tomb has been discovered that sheds light on the sophisticated Coclé society of pre-Hispanic times.

The tomb thought to belong to a Coclé lord and dating back to 750 CE, was found to contain a wealth of funerary offerings, including ceramic and gold artifacts.

The El Caño Archaeological Park is well-known for its necropolis of tombs and stone monoliths that date back to 700–1000 CE. American explorer Hyatt Verrill first realized the importance of the site in 1925 when he discovered ancient monoliths beside the Rio Grande River.

Linette Montenegro, National Heritage Director of the Ministry of Culture (MiCultura), explained that this discovery is part of the ongoing archeological project in the park.

The project, started in 2022 and financed through a cooperation agreement between the Ministry of Culture and the El Caño Foundation, aims to thoroughly explore Tomb No. 9 during the 2021-2024 campaigns.

The tomb’s contents, consisting of 5 pectorals, 2 belts of gold beads, 4 bracelets, 2 earrings in the shape of human figures, an earring in the shape of a double crocodile, 1 necklace of circular beads, two bells, bracelets, and a skirt made with dog teeth, and a set of bone flutes, is testimony to the cultural and social wealth of the Coclé society.

Dr. Julia Mayo, director of the El Caño Foundation and leader of the archaeological project since its inception in 2008, highlighted the importance of this discovery.

The collection, which probably belonged to a high-status adult male, represents a window into life and death in the Rio Grande chiefdom. The tomb, built around 750 A.D., is especially intriguing due to the presence of sacrificial attendants buried alongside the lord, indicating multiple and simultaneous burial practices.

Dr. Mayo noted that the excavation process is ongoing, making it difficult to determine the exact number of individuals buried within the tomb. She said that this type of burial, known for burying a variable number of people in the same tomb, provides valuable information about the beliefs and funerary rituals of the Cocle society.

Dr. Mayo explained that the Coclé lord was buried in a face-down position, a customary practice in this culture, often atop the remains of a woman.

El Caño Archaeological Park, built around 700 A.D. and abandoned around 1000 A.D., has yielded significant archaeological discoveries. In addition to the known monoliths, the site includes a cemetery and a ceremonial area with wooden structures. This discovery stands out for its uniqueness and the insight it provides into Cocle society’s funerary practices.

By Oguz Buyukyildirim.

[princessanneftw]

Zara Tindall’s best friend to be appointed as lady in waiting to the Princess Royal

NHS midwife Dolly Maude, who delivered Tindall child on bathroom floor, previously wore joky ‘lady in waiting’ badge on day at the races

By Camilla Tominey for the Daily Telegraph

She once turned up to the races with her best friend Zara Tindall wearing a playful badge bearing the words ‘Lady in Waiting’.

A spokesman for the royal was later forced to clarify: “It was a joke. Zara doesn’t have any sort of lady in waiting.”

But now Dolly Maude, an NHS nurse who helped to deliver Mrs Tindall’s third child, Lucas, on the bathroom floor at her Gatcombe Park home in 2021, has been well and truly welcomed into the royal fold.

Despite the high jinks at Cheltenham last January, the 51-year-old mother of four has been appointed as a lady in waiting to Mrs Tindall’s mother, the Princess Royal.

The Telegraph understands that Buckingham Palace will announce the appointment in the Court Circular on Feb 1, when Mrs Maude will be revealed as one of four newly appointed ladies in waiting to the King’s sister, to replace others who have retired.

A lady in waiting is an attendant to a female member of the Royal family who acts as a companion on royal engagements as well as helping with their day-to-day duties.

Mrs Maude was maid of honour when the Princess Royal’s daughter married Mike Tindall, in 2011, and helped to deliver Lucas when his birth did not quite go to plan.

Mr Tindall described the birth on his The Good, The Bad & The Rugby podcast, saying: “Fortunately Zara’s friend Dolly is, she’s actually more important than I am at making sure she’s been at all three of my children’s births. She was there and recognised that we wouldn’t have got to the hospital in time, so it was run into the gym, get a mat, get into the bathroom, towels down, brace brace brace!”

One of Mrs Maude’s friends said: “She’s such a great girl. For the Princess Royal, it’s a perfect fit because of their shared love of dogs and horses.

“She’s not only extremely close to Zara, she also gets on brilliantly with the Princess. She’s fiercely loyal and discreet. It’s a great match.”

Mrs Maude and her husband Chris have four children. Billy, 26, attended Swansea University; Nell, 24, studied at the Central School of Ballet; Ted, 17, is, like his mother, a keen skier. He was a page boy at the Tindall wedding and Mrs Tindall is his godmother. Their youngest daughter, Mary, 15, is studying for her GCSEs.

Mrs Maude is occasionally spotted looking after Mrs Tindall’s children Mia, who turns 10 this month, five-year-old Lena and Lucas, at equestrian events.

Three years ago it was revealed that the Princess Royal, who carries out the second highest number of royal engagements a year after the monarch, had 11 ladies in waiting, two of whom had worked for Her Royal Highness for more than 50 years, three for more than 40 years, and five for more than 30 years.

Traditionally, ladies in waiting would be the wives or daughters of peers but they can also be a cousin or close friend.

When Queen Elizabeth II died, it was announced that Queen Camilla would not have ladies in waiting but instead be attended by Queen’s “companions”, and that their role would be much more informal.

[dubmill]

Lordship Recreation Ground, Tottenham, London; 10.1.2021

[nasa]

Tour the Ocean through the Art of Sound

The ocean is one of the largest ecosystems on our planet. From eye-catching waves to the darkness of the twilight zone, it’s a place filled with mystery and rapid change.

For a scientist studying ocean color at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, there was one more question–what does it sound like?

Before long, a “symphonic ocean experience” was born, combining satellite imagery, ocean color data and programming expertise. Learn more about how data gets converted to music and sound here:

This World Oceans Day, enjoy a tour of the ocean set to sound. Here we go:

Bering Sea

This melody explores the phytoplankton blooms in the western Bering Sea along the coast of the Kamchatka Peninsula collected by Aqua/MODIS on May 15, 2021. The melody created for this image was aimed at capturing the movement of the eddies or the circular movements of water. Data came from the image’s red, green, and blue channels.

Rio de la Plata

This melody explores a spring bloom in the South Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Argentina, Uruguay, and Brazil, lending the water many different shades of green, blue, and brown. The Rio de la Plata estuary in the northwest corner of the above image gets most of its tan coloration from sediments suspended in the water. The melody paired with the data evokes the sediment plumes and swirls happening off the coast.

Coral Sea

Data for the sounds of the Coral Sea were collected over the course of one year from the Aqua/Modis satellite. The information was extracted from a series of 32-day rolling averages for the year 2020, displaying the movement of chlorophyll a data.

Chlorophyll a is a specific form of chlorophyll used in photosynthesis. It absorbs most energy from wavelengths of violet-blue and orange-red light. It is a poor absorber of green and near-green portions of the spectrum, and that’s why it appears green.

Western Australia

Off the coast of western Australia is the appearance of swirls in the ocean. To catch the movement of the Indian Ocean, data was collected from 31 days of imagery examining blue wavelengths of light. The information was gathered from the Suomi-NPP/VIIRS instrument aboard the Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) series of spacecraft.

More moments of zen

Looking for more moments of zen? Explore them with NASA’s Soundcloud page, where many are out of this world. Curious on how we get these breathtaking ocean images? Take time to read about Goddard Oceanographer Norman Kuring and how he helped create them.

[achillean-archives]

*Note: This post isn't about if this Ken in the Barbie movie is going to be queer but that he is inspired by a Ken doll that "accidently" became a queer icon. Ryan Gosling's Ken in Barbie(2023) is based on the famous best selling Ken doll, Earring Magic Ken, also know as Fey Ken or Gay Ken.

"Mattel had conducted a survey of girls asking if Ken should be retained as Barbie's boyfriend or whether a new doll should be introduced in that role. Survey results indicated that girls wanted Ken kept but wanted him to look "cooler". USA Today noted after the American International Toy Fair that the doll Soul Train Jamal was also wearing an earring that year. According to manager of marketing communications for Mattel, Lisa McKendall, "We tried to keep [Ken] as cool as possible." This generation of the Ken doll had blond highlights in his traditionally brown hair and was dressed in a lavender mesh shirt, purple pleather vest, a necklace with a circular charm and, as the name indicates, an earring in his left ear.

These clothing choices led to gay commentator Dan Savage joking that Mattel toy designers had "spent a weekend in LA or New York dashing from rave to rave, taking notes and Polaroids." He also suggested that little girls' idea of coolness was shaped by homoerotic MTV music videos, Madonna's dancers, and what ACT UP/Queer Nation members were wearing to demonstrations and parties. Donna Gibbs told the San Francisco Examiner in November 1993 that the team of (presumably straight) women who made the doll were surprised that gay men wanted him.

[...]

In July 1993, Dan Savage wrote an article on Earring Magic Ken titled, "Ken Comes Out." He noted in his article that, in addition to his outfit's perceived flamboyance, his necklace resembled chrome sex toys that queer people were wearing as charms at the time. Savage expressed feelings of ambivalence about Ken's new style, writing, "Queer Ken is the high water mark of, depending on your point of view, either queer infiltration of popular culture or the thoughtless appropriation of queer culture by heterosexuals [. . .] Queer imagery has so permeated our culture that from rock stars (Axl Rose and his leather chaps) to toy designers, mainstream America isn’t even aware when it’s adopting queer fashions and mores."

[...]

Kitsch-minded gay men responded to this press by buying the doll in record numbers, making Earring Magic Ken the best-selling Ken model in Mattel's history. The doll debuted in stores for around $11 (equivalent to $20.63 in 2021) and had completely sold out by the Christmas season, largely due to gay men buying the doll in droves. Due to high demand, Chicago's FAO Schwartz created a wait list, and, allegedly, some shops in San Francisco began to sell Earring Magic Ken for prices ranging between $17 (equivalent to $31.89 in 2021) to $24 (equivalent to $45.02 in 2021). (The latter claim was disputed in the Bay Area Reporter in October 1993 by the general manager of San Francisco FAO Schwartz. According to him, only a few gay men were coming into his store, and Earring Magic Ken was selling better in New York and Chicago than San Francisco.) Earring Magic Ken was also popular with gay men in the United Kingdom, and sold well at the toy shop Hamleys in 1993. Toy scalper Mr. Barger told the Wall Street Journal in 1996 that Earring Magic Ken was so popular that he was able to re-sell him to specialty shops at premium prices. Richard Roeper, writing for the Chicago Sun Times, referred to him as "The Cabbage Patch Doll of the summer of '93."

A major appeal of the doll for many gay men was that Mattel did not market it to them on purpose. Rick Garcia, director of Chicago's Catholic Advocates for Lesbian and Gay Rights, told People magazine in 1993 that the stereotypical dress was funny to him because he believed it was an accident, and that it would have offended him if it was purposeful. In 1993, many newspapers interviewed individual gay men in California to understand the phenomenon. San Francisco resident described Earring Magic Ken as, "a pariah setting foot in one of America's sanctuaries." Another California resident, Bill Harley, described Earring Magic Ken as, "A campy, funny thing to have." Laguna Beach resident Keith Clark-Epley had more reservations about the toy, saying that, "It's an uptight heterosexual male doll following gay fashion and who is still behind the times," and believed that calling the doll gay could potentially reinforce negative stereotypes about gay people." Source:

[cookies-and-music]

Ghost. - part 5: The Night We Met.

This chapter's musical suggestion is The Night We Met by Lord Huron.

Part 1 here - part 6 here

PAIRING: TVA!LokixOC

RATING: ALL

SUMMARY: Loki meets sombody at the TVA he once knew. Unfortunately she doesn't seem to remember him.

TVA, 2021

Loki knew what he had to do. He had seen fragments of her, the SHIELD agent, in Lydia, the consultant at the TVA. The one he knew was buried inside, somewhere beneath layers and layers of paperwork. He had seen her bright eyes when she stepped forward on a case, the satisfied murmurs when she took the first bite of cake, and how she played with the pen when she was bored. All he had to do was bring her out into the open.

There were no starry skies at the TVA, that was true, but he was the god of mischief, and creating one would be child's play.

"Lydia Princhett," Loki called from the entrance of the library, seeing her sitting with her back to a desk and earning some glares from others present.

"Loki... of Asgard?" Lydia asked, turning slowly towards him, confused by his use of her full name.

Loki crossed the room in long strides and positioned himself beside the desk.

"Come, I want to show you something."

"Uhm, can it wait? I'm working, and I'm about to close the case—" Lydia glanced from him to the documents.

"Nope, let's go," Loki gently grabbed her arm, lifting her from the desk.

"Come on, Loki, I'm serious," she whined.

"So am I," Loki flashed her a big smile, raising his eyebrows. "Let's go," he pulled her along towards the library's exit.

"But where?" Lydia asked as she was dragged through the TVA's corridors.

"It's a surprise."

"I don't like surprises."

"I know," he smiled, "but you'll like this one" he assured, opening a door that led to a circular room, completely empty except for a table with a couple of chairs and a computer.

"Wow," Lydia took a few bored steps inside, moving towards the center of the room, "an interrogation room, never seen one of them empty" she crossed her arms.

Loki closed the door behind him, approaching her and entering her personal space.

"Close your eyes."

"Why?" Lydia tried to muster a smile to hide the embarrassment of having him so close.

"Trust me."

It's not that she didn't trust him, but the voice he used, deep and calm, was akin to a command, yet reassuring. Lydia took a deep breath, trying to calm her heartbeat, before closing her eyes.

"Now open them" he whispered against her ear.

Lydia opened her eyes and saw that the walls and ceiling of the room had transformed into a vast starry sky. She looked at the ceiling with her mouth agape, taking a few steps around the room. She knew where it ended, and she knew it had to be an illusion created by Loki, but she feared that if she got too close to the walls, it would disappear.

When she turned her gaze back to Loki, she saw him settling down on a blanket that Lydia knew wasn't there before.

She approached him and sat down beside him.

"It's beautiful" she smiled then shifted her gaze to the sky and furrowed her brow slightly "but I can't find any constellations."

"You can't, or at least not the ones you know," Loki smiled, drawing her gaze "this is the sky of Asgard."

"Oh" she commented softly.

"You see, that's the constellation of the centaur” Loki smiled pointing to a group of stars“there's a whole legend associated with that,"

“Would you like narrating?” She smiled.

Loki was happy to oblige.

They spent a long time, not that it mattered at the TVA, talking about the stars, then about their worlds. Lydia was particularly curious to know about Asgard, and Loki wasn't particularly opposed to the idea of telling her everything (again). From there, they talked about their lives, funny anecdotes from childhood, Lydia dislocating her arm while jumping from tree to tree in her backyard, Loki as a snake trying to bite Thor, his battles alongside his brother, her training in SHIELD, and the discovery of her giant nature for him.

In the end, they laid on the woolen blanket, staring at the fake sky above their heads.

Loki realized there was so much about Lydia he didn't know, despite thinking he knew everything; while Lydia realized that, despite the perfect illusion projected on the wall, the brightest stars were Loki's eyes that shone when he talked about his home and dimmed when he talked about his family.

"Do you miss them a lot?" She turned on her side to look at him.

Loki lowered his gaze for a moment before bringing it back to her, brushing her hand with his. "I miss many people" he smiled sadly.

And Lydia saw it. The ghost on his face. It appeared often when he looked at her. She knew that, in his timeline, they knew each other, and she saw that sometimes when he looked at her, he didn't see her, but another person. One who resembled her. And she felt guilty, somehow, wearing her skin, which was such a sad memory for him.

"Loki," she murmured, hesitating and reciprocating the caress on his hand "who was I to you?"

He looked at their hands and furrowed his brows. "It's hard to explain. We were friends, I suppose, although that's not quite accurate. I... cared a lot about you, and you... cared about me too."

Lydia lowered her gaze, swallowing, taking a deep breath. "How did we meet?"

Loki would have preferred to avoid that conversation. "As you know... I've done things in the past I'm not proud of. One of them was," Loki wanted to dig a hole and bury himself in it "trying to invade Earth. And... you could say that you helped me."

Lydia widened her eyes incredulously before shaking her head with a little laugh "Impossible."

"No, no, it's true," Loki sat up. "We weren't friends at first, but then you understood. You understood why I had to do it, and you helped me open the portal for the invasion."

"Loki, I don't know what happened there, in the past or... well, in my future, but I'm certain of one thing" she sat up to his level "there's no universe, dimension, or time where I would betray my country, and the fact that we were friends doesn't change things."

Her words didn't please Loki, who looked at her with hurt eyes, as if she were a monster. They stared at each other for a moment before Loki stood up abruptly.

"Very well," he gestured with his hand, making the illusion surrounding them disappear and returning the room to its pale colours. He strode across the floor and reached the only piece of furniture in the room: a desk with an old-fashioned computer. "If you don't want to believe me, at least believe in yourself."

Loki started pressing keys on the computer, and a screen activated on the wall in front of them.

<Lydia Prichett - File 001>

"Or are you too afraid of the truth? Of finding out who you really are?"

Lydia met his challenging gaze with one of coldness. She stood up, approached the desk, and sat in the chair next to Loki's.

Without moving her eyes from his, she reached out a hand and, taking a deep breath, did the only thing she could do. She pressed "play."

----

I know that magic doesn't work at the TVA, but I didn't remeber that while writing this chapter. I promise this one is the only exception.

Happy days are gone my friends. He was a shitty being, she was too. Time to face that.

Again, thanks for the support!!!

The fanfic is finished, so I'll just edit the chapters and post them. Working on a possible sequel, once I have clearer ideas I'll write something down.