#especially if it involves Jully

[my-world-my-stories]

Random Yautja: You're a loose canon!!!

Sam'Wa: Damn straight!

Random Yautja: You should be kicked out of the clans!!

Sam'Wa: Heard that before. Can you try to be more original?

Random Yautja: You have no honour!!

Sam'Wa: *Yawn* Can we wrap this up? I actually got more important shit to do right now.

Random Yautja: And that filthy Ooman you call a friend it's nothing more than prey!

Sam'Wa: Say hi to Cetanu for me.

Random Yautja: W-

Sam'Wa: *Swings her mace and sends him into the stratosphere*

[fans4wga]

[ID: A tweet from Amy Berg (@ bergopolis) reading:

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Included in the tweet is a screencap of text, expanded in the second image, which reads in full:

Big Tech companies like Amazon have taken advantage of changes in the industry business model to hollow out the middle class of our profession in pursuit of growing profits. With the rise of streaming, writers are asked to do more work in less time for less money.

We are seeking reasonable protections that will guarantee that writing remains a sustainable career for current and future writers. For Amazon, the cost of our proposals is just $32 million per year, 0.006% of the conglomerate's annual revenue.

On July 11-12, we will takeover "Prime Day" to shine a light on Amazon's exploitative business practices.

Here's how you can get involved:

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With Prime Day coming up, here's one way fandom can help writers! Even just boosting stories on social media can be helpful. All fandoms can help with this, but Amy Berg, strike captain and writer for Warrior Nun, reached out to the #savewarriornun movement especially!

[my-world-my-stories]

Mmmhhhh.... Interesting question.

In my fic, i made it so that my main Yautja ocs come from a clan that never had much interst in humans in the first place. While you still have other Yautja clans going out of their way to hunt humans as prey/cattle, their clan as actually never seen them as that worthy the struggle. Like, there's much more dangerous and challenging preys out there in the galaxies than just an hairless ape that happens to be intelligent to some capacity and can use tools, so a lot of their members don't even consider them a target. So their policy is basically 'Don't bother with Humans and hunt something better to prove your strenght'. The few stories they even have of hunts taking place on earth come from their first Elders and even then, they're very scarce.

Wy'ld was very indifferent at first. She only came to earth for other animal prey and the curiosity towards humans only became a thing once she was interested in Cat. Even then, it was just to gather info on how to best court her and be close to her human, since most of her own info is extremely surface level, but she's always willing to ask questions when she can't understand things. After all, a good hunter has to learn in order to hunt better, even in term of courtship. She's definetly not impressed by their strenght or prowess, often even wondering how they've managed to survive so long as a species, but their ingenuity in the little things and hidden talents is quite fascinating. Especially when it involves her wonderful Cat.

Sam'Wa has actually had a sorta of fascination with them in some aspects. In fact, her armor is partially inspired by Viking warriors as in her training days, she saw a video of them and instantly she was hooked. Straight up vibing with their erratic energy and brutish force. So when she does meet Jully, she's very intrigued by this energetic and zany human, whom she feels a sorta kindship with for being seen as a bit of a 'weirdo' by her own peers. They learn a LOT from each other. Once she learned the 'human ways of cussing', it was over for everyone else.

Sav'Kat was initially just as disinterred as Wy'ld. His only focus in life is looking after his hunt hounds and build badass weapons, so he was never that into hunting them. Then both his hunt sisters start seeing humans and he just... goes along with it because he knows them well and honestly, they've done way crazier stuff that fraternizing with supposed 'prey species'. Then through wacky events too long to explain here, he ends up looking after his own human Cletus and the more he interacted with him, he went '.... Oh i get it now'. Still not that terribly into humans in general, but his acquired human friends are the expection because they're neat. And the hounds like them too.

And that's the best i got, both because i don't want to spoil too much future stories but its also the best my brain could come up with in terms of lore.

For those in this fan space who have Yautja OCs paired with human OCs, how has the traditional view of humans* and humanity as a whole that many Yautja have impacted that relationship? If not, why?

*Aka as weaker beings that even with their sentience don't get the same level of respect to life/ in general that a Yautja would

[collectivemusicnation]

A Conversation With ..Honey Jam's Ebonnie Rowe

New Post has been published on https://collectivemusicnation.com/a-conversation-with-honey-jams-ebonnie-rowe/

A Conversation With ..Honey Jam's Ebonnie Rowe

TALENT Sep 30, 2020 by Bill King 0

The past few weeks I’ve spoken to numerous artists and those from the business side of the arts who’ve found a unique way to avoid falling through the cracks or tumbling into despair. Festivals and long-running events have been the lifeblood of the music industry and day to day operations are running mostly on fumes. Fortunately, sponsors like Slaight Music, TD Bank, FACTOR and government entities like Ontario Creates have contributed mightily keeping these year-round happenings in play. Tonight, it’s all about the 25th anniversary of Honey Jam. I spoke with event founder Ebonnie Rowe – but first this background.

“In 1994, while running a mentoring programme called Each One, Teach One, Ebonnie Rowe approached DJX of the Power Move Show to talk about misogynist lyrics in Hip-Hop at the time that were having a negative effect on the way young men were behaving towards women. He offered her an opportunity to explore these issues and she produced a 3-hour radio special Power Move show to discuss how women were portrayed in Hip-Hop lyrics and videos. As a result of being heard on the radio show by the magazine’s editors, she was asked to edit an all-female edition of the now-defunct Mic Check entertainment magazine. The celebration party for that issue in May 1995, intended to be a one-off show, was called “Honey Jam.” The success of the show pointed to a void in the artistic community.

Necessity is the mother of invention, and in 1995, after recognizing the need to do something about the lack of exposure and promotion given to local female artists, as well as the lack of female representation on the business side of the industry, particularly in Urban music, we came up with ideas on how to provide a safe space for, give exposure to and encourage more women in their careers in the music industry. The first show was supposed to be the only show, a celebration of the publishing of an all-female special edition of an entertainment magazine, but the enthusiastic audience wanted more.”

Bill King: 25th anniversary of Honey Jam – what times we live in.

Ebonnie Rowe: Indeed, and we are excited we are still able to have a concert in a beautifully renovated legendary venue, The El Mocambo. Our spirits are definitely up.

B.K: When you say live – is it live virtual or in-person?

E.R: It’s going to be live-streamed.

B.K: The Elmo is fantastic for this.

E.R: It is and totally set up for that. The protocols allow fifty people inside because businesses aren’t affected by the recent reductions, but it is going to be virtual.

B.K: Mainstage, main floor?

E.R: Yes, the main floor.

B.K: You are gifted with 4K video, superb audio – how did you land this?

E.R: It would have never crossed my mind, but someone suggested it to me. I saw what they did for the city’s Canada Day Celebrations and I thought I should reach out and I did, and we got a deal.

B.K: You would need a serious deal for this space.

E.R: I would never be able to do it. I almost fell over when I heard what the regular fee was. But with it being our 25th anniversary, with us being a non-profit, the history of Honey Jam and this historic occasion, they were willing to work with us. They believe in emerging talent and we feel very, very blessed.

B.K: It’s good for the Elmo too, the place has been mostly vacant. To have something artistically exciting in place is a chance for them to utilize all the hi-tech equipment and on-site talent. They have a technical advantage over most facilities.

E.R: It’s getting a ton of buzz as well and that’s a good thing.

B.K: Did you audition talent online?

E.R: I decided from last year we were not holding auditions this year. This year was just going to be about celebrating this amazing milestone and doing amazing things we’ve never done before. The artists thing all came crashing down because of the Covid-19 and because it all involved travel, either international artists coming to Toronto or us sending artists outside of Toronto. None of that is going to happen this year. The concert was always going to be – not here is a new artist but the anniversary party and celebration of iconic women in music in all genres. Each of the alums who are performing – 21 alums and 15 performances all chose artists that had some meaning to them and inspired them in some way or influenced them.

B.K: Who are some of the most prominent alumni performing?

E.R: All are emerging artists. The most well-known out of Honey Jam are Nelly Furtado, Jully Black, Melanie Fiona. Last year it was our hope to have some of them grace the stage again but with travel that wasn’t possible. We have alums like Haviah Mighty, Chatta, Jordan Alexander, who got tapped for the lead in Gossip Girl and has now moved to New York. Those performing – Elise Mariah, Emily Schultz, Chole Jene, Malaika Khadijaa, Jet Lyse and others.

B.K: Will all activities centre around the El Mocambo?

E.R: All around the El Mocambo. If we had time, we could have done more. What would normally take me a year of planning had to be done in a matter of weeks. I’m just trying to get through in fifteen-minute segments. It’s a lot. I feel like I’m in a pressure cooker.

B.K: Did you have any blow-back from sponsors who decided to sit this season out?

E.R: One sponsor who committed last year said they couldn’t, they just didn’t have the money. Another sent out a note saying what we committed to you we will do even if you can’t do what you asked for the money to do. Even if you just need the money for your organization’s survival, we have your back. That was amazing to hear. I went aggressively trying to find other money because we missed a bunch of deadlines. They would have been in March and April when nobody knew if we’d be able to go outside. I had to really pull on people’s heartstrings and ask for some grace. We couldn’t submit for something we were uncertain could occur. We didn’t know until August.

B.K: Most all events have been virtual and for sponsors is was something new. I think now most see the value of ad placement within the event on-line. Especially, for you and that connection with the Elmo.

E.R: There was also time for them to put something together. It all had to come together quickly. I would have loved to have arranged “watch parties,” so people can still have a small gathering and have a big screen where they could watch it and sing along. Hopefully, we won’t ever have this issue again. We are not able to do everything, but we are doing the best that we can. I was very clear I wasn’t doing a Zoom Honey Jam. I’d get one of those big Caribana trucks and load it up and drive down the street before I did that.

B.K: This calls for being very creative.

E.R: Yes, it does. Too many people have given up I find. I was like no, I work too hard. People would say “just celebrate your 25th next year.” No, that would be so inauthentic.

B.K: You’ve got to keep your event alive and breathing.

E.R: You have too. We did some in-person live events and it was mentally helpful to the artists. As soon as we moved into stage three, we got the three in-person workshops. All socially distanced and all safe. People were fatigued by the virtual space and everything through a screen. Even for the live concert, it’s important that the artists play for people in the room even if it is the other musicians. I want them to connect with human beings as well as the broader livestream audience.

[atlanticcanada]

N.B. RCMP release photos of truck suspected in fatal hit-and-run collision

The Richibucto RCMP is releasing photos of a truck suspected to be involved in a fatal hit-and-run collision in Saint-Charles, N.B. last month.

Police responded to a report that a vehicle had struck a pedestrian on Saint-Charles South Road around 9:30 p.m. on Feb. 24.

Police say 22-year-old Brady Francis had been standing on the side of the road, waiting for a drive home, when he was struck by the vehicle. Francis, a member of the Elsipogtog First Nation, died at the scene.

Investigators say the vehicle had fled the scene before police arrived, but officers seized a pickup truck on Feb. 25. The truck was returned to the owner after police gathered the information required for their investigation.

Police are now releasing pictures of the truck and are asking anyone who may have seen the vehicle in the hours leading up to the crash to contact them.

"Investigators have spoken to many people and now would like to speak to anyone who has information about where the truck was on February 24, but have not yet spoken to police," says RCMP Cpl. Jullie Rogers-Marsh in a statement.

"We're asking people to look closely at the pictures we have released in the event they may have seen the vehicle that day and can provide us information on the vehicle and who was in it."

Police believe the grey 2003 GMC Sierra pickup truck was in and around the Richibucto area, primarily in the communities of Saint-Ignace, Saint-Charles and Saint-Louis-de-Kent, the day of the crash. They would especially like to speak to anyone who spotted the truck in the Richbiucto area between noon and 10 p.m. on Feb. 24. 

The truck has a camouflage-coloured wind deflector on the hood, camouflage window deflectors over the driver and passenger side windows, a "Browning" decal over the front windshield, and several camouflage decals on the tailgate and rear windows.

Anyone with information about the truck or the incident is asked to contact the Richibucto RCMP or Crime Stoppers.

from CTV News - Atlantic http://ift.tt/2prQQ28

[olitaregnlovender]

I’m not always proud of our country or our people. Sometimes I feel really disappointed in it, especially of the all things that’s been happening recently. I won’t get into it though because it mostly involves politics, and I’m not very knowledgeable on that. But whenever I think about all these negative things, I often try to remind myself of how lucky I am for living in this country, having a good life, how awesome and accepting my family is of me and others, how I have a decent amount of food and water, and how many of my loved ones are willing to help me succeed and give me a happy life.

With all that being said, happy 4th Of Jully, everybody!

[mightbedamian]

#TMIishTuesday #44 - Weird Sayings in English, German, and Dutch

Hey there, first off: I tagged some of my posts. You can find an overview of the tags I used on this page. So, if you are interested in certain topics like my life in the Netherlands, my coming out story, or posts about YouTube, you can now just click those tags and see only those posts. The page also includes a description of what #TMIishTuesday is. How handy, right? Oh and I also did some tagging for pics. There are like 10 pics of 3 people that I know and all of them are YouTubers, so… still check it out, if you want to? :D Let's start with the actual thing now, shall we? Hey there mighty people of the internet! And welcome to issue #44 of #TMIishTuesday - my weekly Tumblr post about what goes through my weird mind and what you guys want to know more about. It can be something very personal, it can be something political, it can be completely pointless - but in 99.9 % of the cases, it involves opinions. And mine as well. // Last week I went quite cliché - again and reflected on my personal year 2016. Veeeeeeery long post but totally worth reading, if you want to know more about me! // In other news, I held the first poll of 2017 and the first poll in like… 4 weeks or so (?) for you to decide today's topic on Twitter. And you guys were interested in what I have to say about those "Weird Sayings". And... you guys, I just love languages! Languages are everything: Strange, very straightforward, not logical, ridiculous, inventive, confusing, never the same, I could go on forever. This is probably gonna be a long post again. #ifyoucouldnttellalready I'll take some bits and bobs from my experiences of speaking three languages - within a minute at times - and bring up some examples from that. If you don't know German or Dutch, don't you worry. I got you! I'll translate to English. As best as possible. #notyetaprofessionalinterpreter Let's start with the initial reason why I came up with the idea to write about this topic: The word "fangirling". If you are not a fangirl yourself, you probably don't have a clue what I'm talking about. Let's take a look into the urban dictionary for help (that's a very handy website for checking what slang means btw, it has saved my life numerous times! Else I wouldn't have been able to understand a lot of videos). Urban dictionary defines "fangirl" as: "A rabid breed of human female who is obesessed with either a fictional character or an actor. Similar to the breed of fanboy. Fangirls congregate at anime conventions and livejournal. Have been known to glomp, grope, and tackle when encountering said obsessions." ...and "fangirling" as: "v. 1. the reaction a fangirl has to any mention or sighting of the object of her "affection". These reactions include shortness of breath, fainting, highpitched noises, shaking, fierce head shaking as if in the midst of a seizure, wet panties, endless blog posts, etc. 2. a gathering of two or more fangirls in which they proceed to waste endless amounts of time ogling, discussing/arguing, stalking, etc. the object of their "affection" " I first learned about "fangirls" on YouTube watching some international YouTuber. Might have been Tyler Oakley, who himself has probably more fangirls any YouTuber will ever have. Looking to the word "fangirl", it makes me notice two things: 1. It's an absolutely brilliant neologism! Perfectly descriptive of its meaning. A "girl" who is a big "fan" of someone: "fangirl". "Fangirling" then is just the act of being such "fangirl". 2. Why is the term "fangirl" so common, while I haven't even heard of a "fanboy"? Why do I have to be "fangirling" when I like to go crazy about a celebrity? Shouldn't I be "fanboying" instead? And thinking inclusively: What about non-binary people who I identify as neither "boy" nor "girl" but somewhere along the spectrum instead? It's that slightly discriminative thing that exists in lots of languages when they just use one word that has an attribute of one gender attached to it to mean both genders. As far as I have noticed, it's not that prevalent in the English language as it is in German and Dutch. Well done, you creators of English! When you talk about a hair dresser that is neutral. It can be either gender. In German ("Friseur" for male; "Friseurin" for female) and Dutch ("kapper" and "kapster" respectively) you don’t have a unisex form: "I went to the hair dresser's to get a haircut yesterday. She did an awesome job!" would be "Ich bin gestern beim Friseur gewesen. Sie hat es richtig gut gemacht!" in German and "Ik ben gisteren naar de kapper geweest. Ze heeft het heel goed geknipt!" (That’s probably not translated too well, but you get my point, right? :D) Notice how both languages use the male form instead of the (correct) female form. Just because you refer to the hair dresser's place instead of the hair dresser herself. Obviously the English language discriminates as well. Think about police men or post men. Have you ever heard someone say "police women"? No, you probably haven't. Granted, I've never lived in a country where English was the native language. But I think it's ridiculous that we have that separation in so many terms, especially with professions. If you want to use the politically correct form, it sounds incredibly unsophisticated. When I read German flyers that are published by governmental organisations, I'm close to puking. "Die Schüler_innen" - yes, there are not only male students in that class (and this form of writing also includes non-binary people - as opposed to “SchülerInnen”). But why make such a mess of it. I think we should introduce a neutral form to use in such occasions. We have neutral pronouns, even to describe people (think of they/them or ze/zir). Why don't we use them for these occasions as well? But alright, I can tell you are getting bored of my political correctness talks again. Let's get on with this post. How about false friends? You may have some in real life (though I hope you don't), but I'm talking about words that sound similar in different languages, but have a completely different meaning. First one that sprang to my mind: The German "Handy". I mean… I have to give you that: A mobile phone is indeed handy. But I've seen lots of people using the word in English to refer to a mobile phone, when native speakers would probably have no idea what they are talking about. Or take "actual" which is actually a great example! actual ≠ aktuell. The English word "actual" is translated to German as eigentlich, tatsächlich; the German "aktuell" means current or up-to-date in English. And there are obviously some with Dutch as well. Take the German word "allemal" and the Dutch word "allemaal". "Allemaal" is often added to a plural pronoun: "wij" (we), "jullie" (you), or "zij" (they), to underline that everyone is involved. And without a doubt it is one of the most frequently used words in Dutch. The German "allemal" is slightly old-fashioned and not used much anymore. It means “certainly” or “for sure”. Another example: The German "fahren" (to ride or to drive) is obviously used very often, while "varen" in Dutch isn't. It sounds very similar, but only refers to "travelling by boat" instead of including pretty much any means of travel, like the German “fahren”. Dutch and English are more fitting. In a way... For “actual” it’s the same story as with German (called "actueel" in Dutch). For the rest: "map" exists in both English and Dutch. But the Dutch word means “folder”, while the English word translates to Dutch as "landkaart". And finally: "room". If you ask a receptionist of a hotel for a "free room" (or a "vrije room") in Dutch, you'll probably get very puzzled and confused looks. Why would you look for free whipped cream? I mean... I'm sure you could get some at a hotel, but… The word you were looking for is "kamer". (And while we’re on it: The Dutch “room” is pronounced with a long “o” sound) When I write a post about languages, I certainly have to address the "Schmetterling" issue. The moment you leave Germany and start talking in a different language, everyone will make remarks about how harsh and really NOT smooth German sounds. And on the one hand you're right! German certainly won’t win the "Best sounding language" award. But on the other hand: Which language should win that award? Dutch also sounds very rough at times. Just think about the "harde G" (hard G) in Friesland and how it sounds to strangers. Let me tell you first hand: It sounds freaking scary! I mean… you'll get used to it, but at first it's very frightening! And English… I mean you basically get to choose between the incredibly posh British English and the American version that - sorry to you Americans out there - quite honestly sounds very wishy-washy to me. And at times the pronunciation is a little too drawn-out for me. Talking about drawn-out things: In an attempt to not draw out this post any more, I'll leave you with this. Tell me something cool in your language! What about "I really enjoyed this post"? :P Okay, kidding. But if you did enjoy it, please let me know anyway. You know the means to get to me: place a comment, tweet me, dm me, or do what else you can think of. And while you’re in it, share it around! Before I go, I'd like to introduce something new to these posts: The “TMIish Queer Shoutout” or so? (That's a working title - tell me, if you can think of something better, please :D). Long story short: In these posts I'd like to tell you about a cool queer thing that I discovered over the last week. This week: Jongens. A Dutch coming-of-age film about Sieger, a fifteen year-old who's forms 1/4th of an athletics team. The four will run at the Dutch championships shortly and over the course of the now intensified trainings, Sieger gets close to his best friend Stef. It's a great plot which shows the struggles of a gay relationship when one partner doesn't fully live up to it. Okay, enough of the spoilers! I suggest you find yourself a site that shows English subtitles with it and watch it! :D And if you know Dutch and don’t need subtitles, you can just head over to npo.nl. As far as I know, it's available world-wide. It surely is in Germany. So have fun! As always: Next #TMIishTuesday next Tuesday. If you have any questions in the meantime, just ask away. Whatever you’re curious about - I don’t bite. :) Until then: Stay mighty! Links for the stuff used/refered to in this post: - Urban Dictionary: Fangirling: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=fangirling - Urban Dictionary: Fangirl: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=fangirl - “Jongens” on npo.nl: http://www.npo.nl/jongens/03-08-2014/VPWON_1229280

Oh, and here’s some self-promo: - Last #TMIishTuesday: http://mightbedamian.tumblr.com/post/155355662606/tmiishtuesday-43-16-things-i-learned-in-2016 - More #TMIishTuesdays: mightbedamian.tumblr.com/tagged/tmi - Poll to decide next week's topic and more very cool stuff: www.twitter.com/mightbedamian - Even more very cool stuff: mightbedamian.tumblr.com