#est. 1 April 2023

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9 Out-of-This-World Moments for Space Communications & Navigation in 2023

How do astronauts and spacecraft communicate with Earth?

By using relay satellites and giant antennas around the globe! These tools are crucial to NASA’s space communications networks: the Near Space Network and the Deep Space Network, which bring back science and exploration data every day.

It’s been a great year for our space communications and navigation community, who work to maintain the networks and enhance NASA’s capabilities. Keep scrolling to learn more about our top nine moments.

The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying the Dragon spacecraft lifts off from Launch Complex 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023, on the company's 29th commercial resupply services mission for the agency to the International Space Station. Liftoff was at 8:28 p.m. EST.

1. In November, we launched a laser communications payload, known as ILLUMA-T, to the International Space Station. Now, ILLUMA-T and the Laser Communications Relay Demonstration (LCRD) are exchanging data and officially complete NASA’s first two-way, end-to-end laser relay system. Laser communications can send more data at once than traditional radio wave systems – think upgrading from dial-up to fiber optic internet. ILLUMA-T and LCRD are chatting at 1.2 gigabits per second (Gbps). At that rate, you could download an average movie in under a minute.

NASA’s InSight lander captured this selfie on Mars on April 24, 2022, the 1,211th Martian day, or sol, of the mission.

2. Data analyzed in 2023 from NASA’s retired InSight Mars lander provided new details about how fast the Red Planet rotates and how much it wobbles. Scientists leveraged InSight’s advanced radio technology, upgrades to the Deep Space Network, and radio signals to determine that Mars’ spin rate is increasing, while making the most precise measurements ever of Mars’ rotation.

TBIRD is demonstrating a direct-to-Earth laser communications link from low Earth orbit to a ground station on Earth.

3. We set a new high record! The TeraByte InfraRed Delivery (TBIRD) payload – also demonstrating laser communications like ILLUMA-T and LCRD – downlinked 4.8 terabytes of data at 200 Gbps in a single 5-minute pass. This is the highest data rate ever achieved by laser communications technology. To put it in perspective a single terabyte is the equivalent of about 500 hours of high-definition video.

A 34-meter (112-foot) wide antenna at Canberra Deep Space Communications Complex near Canberra, Australia.

4. This year we celebrated the Deep Space Network’s 60th anniversary. This international array of antennas located at three complexes in California, Spain, and Australia allow us to communicate with spacecraft at the Moon and beyond. Learn more about the Deep Space Network’s legacy and future advancements.

An illustration of the LunaNet architecture. LunaNet will bring internet-like services to the Moon.

5. We are bringing humans to the Moon with Artemis missions. During expeditions, astronauts exploring the surface are going to need internet-like capabilities to talk to mission control, understand their routes, and ensure overall safety. The space comm and nav group is working with international partners and commercial companies to develop LunaNet, and in 2023, the team released Draft LunaNet Specification Version 5, furthering development.

The High-Rate Delay Tolerant Networking node launched to the International Space Station in November and will act as a high-speed path for data.

6. In addition to laser communications, ILLUMA-T on the International Space Station is also demonstrating high-rate delay/disruption tolerant networking (HDTN). The networking node is showcasing a high-speed data path and a store-and-forward technique. HDTN ensures data reaches its final destination and isn’t lost on its path due to a disruption or delay, which are frequent in the space environment.

The Communications Services Project (CSP) partners with commercial industry to provide networking options for future spaceflight missions.

7. The space comm and nav team is embracing the growing aerospace industry by partnering with commercial companies to provide multiple networking options for science and exploration missions. Throughout 2023, our commercialization groups engaged with over 110 companies through events, one-on-one meetings, forums, conferences, and more. Over the next decade, NASA plans to transition near-Earth services from government assets to commercial infrastructure.

Middle and high school students solve a coding experiment during NASA's Office of STEM Engagement App Development Challenge. 

8. Every year, NASA’s Office of STEM Engagement sponsors the App Development Challenge, wherein middle and high school students must solve a coding challenge. This year, student groups coded an application to visualize the Moon’s South Pole region and display information for navigating the Moon’s surface. Our space communications and navigation experts judged and interviewed students about their projects and the top teams visited NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston!

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket soars upward after liftoff at the pad at 3:27 a.m. EDT on Saturday, Aug. 26, from Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39A in Florida carrying NASA’s SpaceX Crew-7 crew members to the International Space Station. Aboard SpaceX’s Dragon spacecraft are NASA astronaut Jasmin Moghbeli, ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Andreas Mogensen, JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Satoshi Furukawa, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Konstantin Borisov.

9. The Near Space Network supported 19 launches in 2023! Launches included Commercial Crew flights to the International Space Station, science mission launches like XRISM and the SuperBIT balloon, and many more. Once in orbit, these satellites use Near Space Network antennas and relays to send their critical data to Earth. In 2023, the Near Space Network provided over 10 million minutes of communications support to missions in space.

Here’s to another year connecting Earth and space.

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/SPECGRU INTELLIGENCE - PRICE MASTERLIST

CONFIDENTIAL PERSONNEL FILE — JOHN PRICE THIS IS AN IMPORTANT RECORD. SAFEGUARD IT.

SPECGRU OPERATOR AFFILIATIONS: BRITISH ARMY (FORMERLY), SPECIAL AIR SERVICE, TASK FORCE 141, COALITION, ARMISTICE (DISBANDED), GHOST TEAM, SPECGRU

NAME: (LAST, FIRST, MIDDLE): PRICE, JOHN, G. SERVICE NUMBER: 05389026 RANK: CAPTAIN (EST. 2011) ALIASES: PRICE, JOHN, BRAVO 0-6, GHOST 0-1, BOSS, ACTUAL, CAP, OLD MAN (BY FARAH & GHOST) STATUS: ALIVE D.O.B: APRIL 18TH, 1985 GENDER: MALE NATIONALITY: BRITISH ETHNICITY: WHITE (CAUCASIAN) LATERALITY: AMBIDEXTROUS (LEFT AND RIGHT) HEIGHT: 6'3"ft (1.91m / 190.5cm) WEIGHT: 202lbs (91.63kg) VISION: 20/20 BLOOD TYPE: O- EYE COLOR: BLUE HAIR COLOR: BROWN LANGUAGES: ENGLISH (FLUENT), ARABIC (BASIC), RUSSIAN (BASIC), GERMAN (MINIMAL), SPANISH (MINIMAL)

HOME ADDRESS: XXXXX XXXXX XXXXX, XXXXX, UNITED KINGDOM BIRTHPLACE: HEREFORDSHIRE, UNITED KINGDOM — CITIZEN — NON-CITIZEN RELATIVES: GERTRUDE PRICE (MOTHER - DECEASED), CLARENCE PRICE (FATHER - DECEASED), ROBERT PRICE (BROTHER - DECEASED) MARITAL STATUS: SINGLE CHILDREN: JOHN MACTAVISH (ADOPTED SON - DECEASED)

SPECIALIST FIELDS: - CLOSE QUARTER COMBAT - SNIPER TECHNIQUES - HOSTAGE RESCUE - COUNTER TERRORISM - KILL-CAPTURE MISSIONS - WEAPONS HANDLING (KILD 141) - WEAPONS TACTICS - SEEK-AND-STRIKE OPERATIONS

SKILLS AND SPECIALIZATIONS: - PHYSICALLY ACTIVE (HIKES, SWIMS, BIKES - ON LEAVE) - TWO DOGS

TECHNICAL RECORD BRANCH OF SERVICE: - BRITISH ARMY (2003) - SPECIAL AIR SERVICE (2009) - TASK FORCE 141 (2020) - GHOST TEAM (2022)

DATE ENLISTED: - 2001 (INFANTRY) - 2003 (ARMY) DATE DISCHARGED: N/A

MEDICAL RECORD INJURIES AND HOSPITALIZATIONS: - STAB WOUND (2002 - 3X, 2003 - 1X, 2004 - 6X, 2007 - 2X) - BULLET WOUND (2002 - 1X, 2007 - 1X, 2008 - 1X, 2010 - 1X, 2011 - 2X, 2012 - 1X, 2012 - 1X, 2013 - 1X, 2017 - 1X, 2023 - 1X) - ABRAISON (2003 - 1X, 2005 - 2X, 2009 - 1X, 2014 - 1X) - CONCUSSION (2002 - 1X, 2009 - 1X, 2019 - 1X) - SPRAINED ANKLE (2012 - 1X) MEDICATION LIST: - AMOXICILLIN / CLAUVANIC ACID (INFECTION - 2004) - MORPHINE (PAIN - 2002, 2007, 2010, 2013, 2017) - KETAMINE (PAIN - 2023) - PARACETAMOL (PAIN - 2002-2022) - BUPROPION (SMOKING CESSATION - 2002) PERTINENT MEDICAL HISTORY: - ASPIRIN ALLERGY - SMOKES OFTEN - 30 PACK-YEARS - (+) FH OF CANCER - (-) FH OF DIABETES, HTN, HYPERTENSION

SAS FITNESS TEST PUSH-UPS: YES SIT-UPS: YES JUMP FROM 10M TOWER: YES 2.5KM TIME: 7MINS 2SECS 25KM WATER SWIM: YES 200M SWIM/TREAD: YES UNDERWATER OBJECT RETRIEVAL AND DIVE TEST: YES 13KM HILL RUN TIME: 51MIN 39SECS — HARDLY BROKE A SWEAT. IMPRESSIVE

AUTHOR'S NOTE: this is PURE headcanon (85%) so please please make your own assumptions about price (unless you want to from this post!!!). yes price adopted soap some random time in the canon. idc what y'all say. yes the other boys are sons to him—but soap is THE son. it hurts me. good god. i love you price.

PRICE MODEL: @661ave

INSPIRATION: @shadow0-1 & @mistydeyes (pulled some info from here too!!!)

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✨HOOVESANDFLOORPAWS' TAGLIST

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Pro Wrestling Illustrated: April 2024

WOMAN OF THE YEAR

RHEA RIPLEY

50%

WHETHER IT WAS in the Women’s division, her own faction, or WWE as a whole, Rhea Ripley asserted her dominance throughout 2023 in a manner that made her the runaway winner in reader votes for this category.

In a year that saw her take the #1 spot in our expanded “Women’s 250” ranking, “The Nightmare” haunted the dreams of opponents and firmly established herself as one of the biggest stars in the business, regardless of gender.

At the Royal Rumble, the Australian powerhouse outlasted 29 other women on her way to winning the Women’s Rumble match and secured a title shot at WrestleMania, where “The Eradicator” put an end to the championship reign of Charlotte Flair (a bout that was voted 2023 Match of the Year by PWI readers). The victory signaled a role-reversal of the encounter the two had on the same stage in 2020–and showed just how far Ripley had come since then.

For the remainder of the year, “Mami” held court over much of Monday Night Raw, along with a vise-like grip on the Women’s World heavyweight title belt (a prize she has yet to relinquish).

[2023 WWE, INC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED] 

TONI STORM 7%

With two AEW Women’s World championship runs to her name this year, it would be reasonable to say that Toni Storm was recognized here for her in-ring accomplishments. That may not be totally accurate, however. For as good as the Australian ace was in the ring, it’s fair to say that we have never witnessed a Toni Storm like the one we did in 2023. Since premiering her “Timeless” persona, Storm has been pure box office, elevating herself to starlet status. While she will be hurt not to win the top spot here, being the best supporting actress isn’t so bad.

[PHOTO BY SCOTT LESH]

BIANCA BELAIR 6%

Still one of the finest pure athletes in all of wrestling, Bianca bagged enough votes to be placed in this category for a third year in a row. Sure, 2023 wasn’t quite as good for “he EST” as the prior year. But our readers were still impressed enough by her work that Belair gave Toni Storm a stiff challenge for the top runner-up spot. It’s easy to forget that the former world champ is still only seven years into her career. And with championship reigns and big wins on the scorecard yet again, 2023 was another impressive one for her CV.

[PHOTO BY JERRY VILLAGRANA]

ATHENA 5%

“The Fallen Goddess” rose above her competition all year … and gained the respect of many of our readers in the process. There are many who felt that Athena was the best thing about Ring of Honor in 2023. Despite her bluster, she more than backed up that sentiment each time she stepped into the ring. Her stellar ROH Women’s World title reign put the Texan at the forefront of women’s wrestling and landed her the #6 spot on our “Women’s 250” ranking. Based on the feedback of PWI readers, perhaps she ought to have placed even higher.

[PHOTO BY GEORGE NAPOLITANO]

32% VOTES FOR OTHERS

Some of the top vote-getters who did not capture a runner-up spot include: Masha Slamovich, Kamille, Trinity

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2023 BL/GL/QL Round-Up Post

I thought for posterity I'd post a reflection on everything I watched that completed in 2023. For me, that means anything that started in 2022 but the last episode was in 2023 is on this list, but anything that will still be airing after 31 December 2023 11:59 my time (EST) is not on this list, even if the bulk of the show did air in 2023.

A few stats:

110 discrete pieces of content (series/films)

clocking in at est. 600 hours of NEW BL/GL content only

from 9 different countries (Cambodia [1], Philippines [3], Hong Kong [1], Japan [18], Korea [19], Myanmar [1], Taiwan [6], Thailand [56], Vietnam [7])

~50% of the content I watched on this list is from Thailand

~85% of my content was on YouTube [40%], GaGaOoLaLa [23%] and iQIYI [21%].

[Note that this year a lot of older GMMTV shows moved off of YouTube and onto Viki so if you're looking at these stats to decide what to pay for, this won't account for that.]

This doesn't include re-watches or catching up on old shows [e.g. I re-watched Love Sick, My Ride the Series, Semantic Error, ITSAY/IPYTM, Our Dating Sim at least 3 times lol, and anything with a s2 I re-watched s1 to prep, among others, watched Fujoshi Ukkari Gei no Kokuru (2019) for the first time] or non-QL [e.g. Heartstopper s2, Our Flag Means Death s2, Taskmaster s. 15 & 16, Uncanny Counter s2, One Piece s1, etc.] but does include films as well as shows, though I don't count special episodes separately (so Wedding Plan counts once, though I watched both the show and the special).

I hope you all appreciate that with this much content, and with my general brand of being unable to make decisions, I really struggled to narrow down a top 10 list. What follows is the best I could do lol

Top 20 Shows I'd Recommend From This Year:

Moonlight Chicken

Our Dating Sim

Bed Friend

The Eighth Sense

La Pluie

Sing My Crush

Tokyo in April Is...

Wedding Plan

Laws of Attraction

I Cannot Reach You

I Feel You Linger in the Air

What Did You Eat Yesterday S2

I Became the Lead in a BL Drama

If It's With You

Love in Translation

Our Dining Table

My Personal Weatherman

My Beautiful Man: Eternal

My School President

Be My Favorite

+10 I liked but I would only recommend with caveats:

Love Class 2

The New Employee [for the Rainbow Rice Cakes]

Let's Eat Together Aki and Haru

Never Let Me Go

Kiseki: Dear to Me

Unintentional Love Story

The Day I Loved You

End of the World with You

A Breeze of Love

Jack O'Frost

Bonus: Not a BL but worth calling out:

One Room Angel

Midnight Museum

Grand Guignol

The Warp Effect

Sadly, of the GLs that aired this year, I wouldn't recommend any of them. The best one was Show Me Love, which was not actually good but had very gorgeous women and a LOT of flirting.

The other huge thing that happened this year was that I stopped lurking! Thanks specifically to @lurkingshan and @bengiyo demanding everyone start talking about La Pluie, because they got me to post my first meta post. And because I started actually talking to people, I started making actual friends, and participated in organizing things like the Be My Favorite clown checkpoint for ep 11. I also disappeared a month because of life, and am still catching up on everything I intended to write this year. But it's been really rewarding finding this corner of tumblr with likeminded people who like good shows, like to think about these shows, and who are interested in talking about them in a way that's insightful and respectful.

It's been a long time since I felt comfortable enough participating actively in a fandom, and I just want to say to everyone I've interacted with this year: Thank you!

Full list under the cut for anyone curious! [Mostly in order it aired but may be slightly off].

Love Bill

Director Who Buys Me Dinner, The

Star Always Follow You, The

Cutie Pie 2 You

Between Us the Series (Hemp Rope)

Reason Why He Fell in Love with Me Special & S2 [international release]

New Employee, The

I Will Hit You/I Will Knock You

Individual Circumstances

609 Bedtime Story

GAPYuri / GAP the series

My School President

HitBiteLove the Series

Never Let Me Go

Moonlight Chicken

History 5: Love in the Future

Oh My God (ToDo) the Series

Warp Effect, The

End of the World, With You

My Blessing the Series

Our Winter (miniseries)

All the Liquors

Once in Memory: Let Me Be Yours

Shoulder to Cry On, A

Jack O'Frost

Our Dating Sim

Midnight Museum

Me, My Husband, and My Husband's Boyfriend

My Colleague at BL Shop might be My Meant-to-Be

Unintentional Love Story

Chains of Heart

Bed Friend the series

Bad Brother the Series

Stormy Honeymoon

Eighth Sense, the

Bad Brother the Series

Future Series

Tin Tam Jai the series

Crush on You

House of Stars the Series

Happy Merry Ending

Boss and a Babe, A

Pastsenger the Series

Love Mate

Love Syndrome the Series

Promise the Series, The

Day I Loved You, The

Our Dining Table (Bokura no Shokutaku)

Our Skyy 2

My Story the Series

Starstruck

Love Tractor

Naked Dining

Luminous Solution, The

Omai Series / Is My Roommate A Foreigner

Stupid Genius

Step By Step

La Pluie the series

Tie the Not

Sing My Crush / Follow the Wind

Tokyo in April Is .../ Shigatsu no Tokyo wa

Senior Love Me?

Be My Favorite

Show Me Love

Dinosaur Love

Low Frequency

Stay Still

Stay By My Side

Jun & Jun

Wedding Plan the Series

Laws of Attraction, the

Love Class s2

Minato's Laundromat S2

Hidden Agenda

Bon Appetit

Why RU the Series [Korean adaptation]

Be Mine Superstar

Star, The Season 2

Love In Translation

My Beautiful Man: Eternal

My Personal Weatherman

Bump Up Business

Naughty Babe Series

Only Friends

Grand Guignol

Dangerous Romance

If It's With You / Kimi to Nara Koi wo Shite Mite Mo

Y Journey: Stay Like a Local

I Feel You Linger in the Air

Venus in the Sky

Kiseki: Dear to Me

I Cannot Reach You

You Are Mine

Breeze of Love / Weather Forecast of Love

Mr. Cinderella 2

Let's Eat Together Aki and Haru

One Room Angel

Marry My Dead Body

Lucky My Love the Series

Pure Vanilla: Recipe for Romance

Absolute Zero

Memories, The

My Dear Gangster Oppa

Shadow

What Did You Eat Yesterday? S2

Middleman Love

Beyond the Star

Bake Me Please

You and My Stars

I Became the Lead in a BL Drama

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The 1,000th F-35 Has Been Built

Delays with a key upgrade program mean Lockheed Martin has yet to deliver the 1,000th F-35 and others to their customers.

Tyler RogowayPUBLISHED Jan 10, 2024 1:28 PM EST

Lockheed Martin has built the 1,000th F-35, but delays with a key upgrade program mean it is parked away awaiting delivery.

A newly produced F-35 is seen in its primer colors in Fort Worth, Texas. Lockheed Martin capture

Lockheed Martin has hit a huge milestone in F-35 Joint Strike Fighter production. However, that accomplishment, while outstanding, is complicated by the ongoing saga surrounding the development and testing of Tech Refresh-3 (TR-3) hardware configuration. TR-3 underpins the F-35's future capabilities, known collectively as Block 4. Delays with TR-3 mean that F-35s are being parked and not delivered after they are constructed, waiting for these features. So is the case for the 1,000th F-35.

Lockheed Martin

We asked Lockheed Martin about the status of deliveries of F-35s, including the 1,000th example, and they gave us the following statement:

"We continue to produce F-35s at rate and have jets in various stages of the final production process. Once these jets receive the necessary TR-3 hardware and final TR-3 software is available, they will continue through the production process, including parking, until they are delivered."

Regardless, hitting the 1,000 mark is really an incredible accomplishment for the controversial program that has struggled significantly at times.

As of early January, the F-35 enterprise has amassed over 773,000 flying hours, trained over 2,280 pilots and 15,400 maintainers across 14 flying services around the world, and flown more than 469,000 total sorties. There are now 32 bases and 11 ships hosting or capable of hosting F-35 units. As of now, there are a whopping 17 countries participating in the international Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) program.

Current and expected future F-35 operating bases/ships. Lockheed Martin

Demand for the F-35 has never been higher. Recent geopolitical events and shifting threats have spiked orders. For newer customers or existing ones that are ordering more jets, getting TR-3 jets and potentially Block 4 capabilities will be of significant value. They will be receiving a far more mature aircraft and one with drastically expanded capabilities and growth potential than past versions.

Block 4 will include many new features, including much-expanded processing power, new displays, enhanced cooling, new EOTS and DAS electro-optical sensors, and a slew of additional weapons that will really unlock the F-35's potential. Above all else, the jet's new radar and electronic warfare suite should give it its biggest boost. The electronic warfare aspect alone is the biggest advantage Block 4 will bring, according to the Air Combat Command's top uniformed officer.

Some of the unclassified upgrades are expected to be part of Block 4. The exact configuration is not publicly disclosed just yet. DOD

The current issue is that F-35s need a new hardware backbone and associated baseline software, collectively called TR-3, to handle the various demands of the Block 4 upgrades. TR-3 has and continues to suffer numerous delays in its development.

The increasing age of the F-35 program's current fleet of test jets and other limitations in existing test infrastructure, especially with regard to software labs on the ground, have compounded these issues. The first flight of an F-35 test jet with a version of the TR-3 backbone took place in January 2023 and efforts are underway to create a dedicated TR-3 test force with a total of six Joint Strike Fighters.

A US Air Force F-35A test jet. USAF

As of December, the expectation is that the development of TR-3 will be finished sometime between April and June of this year, according to Defense News. If that schedule holds, this work be done between a year and 18 months later than expected.

The delays have also translated into significant added costs for the F-35 program. At a House Armed Services Committee hearing in December, Representative Donald Norcross, a Democrat from New Jersey, said that problems with TR-3 had led to a $1 billion cost overrun. The full estimated cost of the F-35 program though the end of its expected lifecycle in the 2070s is currently pegged around around $1.7 trillion, according to the Government Accountability Office (GAO).

USAF

At the House Armed Services Committee hearing last month, Air Force Lt. Gen. Michael Schmidt, the current head of the F-35 Joint Program Office (JPO), seemed less than optimistic about the likelihood of there being no further TR-3 delays.

"Relative to the stability issues that were that we're seeing, we are working through them. ... I wish I had all of the solutions in place that prove to me that when I do something in the lab, it's going to show up that way in the air," Schmidt told the assembled legislators. "We have a number of fixes addressing the stability challenges. We will get to a stable, capable, maintainable airplane here."

However, "the data tells me it will be in the middle of spring, but I would have had a more positive answer six months ago ... so I don't have a super solid 'I can guarantee you this date,'" he added.

After the completion of the development of the TR-3 package, these improvements will still need to be integrated into existing jets. The F-35 program is separately pursuing upgrades to the Pratt & Whitney F135 engines that power all variants of the Joint Strike Fighter, as well as power and thermal management systems, which will also be critical for enabling Block 4 capabilities. The issues surrounding the F135 engine have become a very hot topic of debate.

In the meantime, the U.S. military has made clear that it will not accept any new F-35s until the TR-3 issues are ironed out. This is ostensibly because the necessary checkout flights cannot be conducted on the jets until the hardware and its core software work reliably.

So, for at least another few months, the 1,000th F-35, and many others, are set to stay parked away waiting for work on the core TR-3 upgrades to be finished.

Contact the author: Tyler@thedrive.com

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2:21 PM EST December 14, 2023:

Syd Barrett - "Word Song (Take 1)" From the box set Crazy Diamond (April 26, 1993)

Last song scrobbled from iTunes at Last.fm

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Hello There Readers,

The theme poll has closed and the votes are in! For our 36th month of April, we're happy to announce that the theme is FRESH!

The novel and comic polls are now live in our Discord Server, and you have until 7pm GMT (2pm EST, 11am PST) May1st to vote for what books we'll be reading together. Our options are listed below. 

NOVELS

1. Path of Deceit by Tessa Gratton and Justina Ireland 2. Shadow of the Sith by Adam Christopher 3. Crimson Climb by E. K. Johnston

COMICS

1. Thrawn: Alliances (2024) 2. The Nameless Terror (2023) 3. Darth Vader – Black, White & Red (2023)

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Stalemate at Busan global plastics treaty meet

Not surprisingly, the negotiations at the fifth – and what was supposed to be the final – session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to arrive at a legally binding global plastics treaty (INC-5) ended in a stalemate with stakeholders deciding to meet again for INC 5.2 in 2025 for further talks.

More than 3,300 delegates – including members representing more than 170 nations and observers from more than 440 organizations – met in Busan in South Korea from 25 November to 1 December in mainly closed-door negotiations. INC-5 follows INC-1 in Punta del Este in November 2022, INC-2 in Paris in June 2023, INC-3 in Nairobi in November 2023, and INC-4 in Ottawa in April 2024.

According to reports and updates Packaging South Asia has been receiving from various sources in Busan, a sticking point has been the demand from anti-pollution campaigners to cut virgin plastic polymer production, plastic production and to regulate hazardous chemicals – which oil-and gas-producing countries such as Saudi Arabia and Kuwait have been vehemently opposing.

India clearly stated its inability to support any measures to regulate the production of primary plastic polymers, saying, “It has larger implications in respect of the right to development of member states.”

However, India admitted the hazards of plastic pollution and listed the measures it has taken to address the problem – a single-use plastic ban, an EPR regime on plastic packaging, a push for sustainable packaging, and reducing the use of virgin material. “Our approach to finalize the draft instrument should be based on mutual trust, cooperation, and the spirit of consensus,” India stated.

Campaigners say there was a lack of transparency in the negotiations, which they allege were held hostage by petro-states and like-minded lobbies. Sources closely observing the negotiations in Busan said the INC chair and member states were locked in closed-door talks while important stakeholders such as frontline communities, waste-pickers, and the Indigenous Peoples nations and groups were left out in the cold.

According to one report, more than 220 fossil fuel and chemical industry lobbyists registered for INC-5, the largest single group at the talks, which dwarfed every other delegation.

“The lack of transparency in these discussions sparked outrage, with many stakeholders questioning the legitimacy of decisions being made in closed-door settings. These decisions, after all, directly impact the lives of billions, particularly those in vulnerable communities. Yet, their voices were excluded in a process that seemed to prioritize political expediency over accountability,” writes Siddharth Ghanshyam Singh of Delhi’s Centre for Science and Environment in Down to Earth.

The text, seen by Packaging South Asia, defines terms such as plastic, plastic pollution, and plastic waste as well as refers to increasing levels of plastic pollution, including in the marine environment, and the serious environmental and human health problems it causes.

Civil society groups, however, say the chair’s text falls short of expectations on core obligations such as plastic production and object to referring to a reduction target as “aspirational.” They also say the chair’s text has stripped away systematic controls on toxic chemicals and chemicals of concern.

Rahyang Nusantara, deputy director, Dietplastik Indonesia & Convenor of Asia Reuse Consortium, says the current text missed the opportunity to advance real solutions. The prospective agreement must have a dedicated article with ambitious reuse targets financed by a new and dedicated financial mechanism to enable the establishment, operations and scaling up of non-plastic reuse and repair systems, Nusantara says. "This is key for a safe and toxic-free just transition away from plastics to truly end plastic pollution."

According to Joan Marc Simon, founder of Zero Waste Europe, the good news is that the campaigners have succeeded in shifting the conversation to addressing the entire plastics lifecycle. "From pointing fingers at the victims of plastic pollution 10 years ago, the world is now discussing a treaty that goes to the root causes of plastic pollution," Simon said in a Linkedin post, adding the slow progress is because of the 'delay and derail' tactics by oil and plastic producing countries.

Ana Rocha, Global Plastics policy director of the Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives (GAIA) – a worldwide alliance of more than 1,000 grassroots groups, non-governmental organizations, and individuals in over 90 countries – sums up the mood at the talks, “...The ambitious majority needs to do whatever it takes to get these negotiations back on track and reclaim the spirit of multilateralism. Now is not the time for timidity. It is time to fight for our collective survival.”

Explaining the delay in the negotiations, Inger Andersen, executive director of the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), says there is, “Persisting divergence in critical areas, and more time is needed for these areas to be addressed.”

While there is no denying that plastic and allied products are present in almost every sector be it packaging, pharma, FMCG, electrical and electronic equipment, or household products, and play an important role in our lives – the impact of plastic pollution on the environment, human health, and the socio-economic burden it causes, is too big to ignore. As such there is an urgent need for all stakeholders to find a way out of one of the biggest crises of our times. Else INC 5.2 might just lead to INC 5.3 and so on…

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I sent in this ask back around March 18-20 (can't keep track of what day exactly) with the following points.

I decided to go back and look at Gen's posts going back a few years maybe Dec 2020 (another strange hunch) like a month or so ago. Do note this was before I started following his mom and sister out of curiosity, and realized a few things. Jared used to like her stuff a whole lot more, maybe miss a few weeks worth of stuff here and there but then start liking multiple posts in a row... until about Dec 2022. After that, Jared's likes on her posts greatly declined to become more or less a handful and is still the same today (will now go months between liking her posts now).

Posts liked by Jared in 2022 (41 posts total)

Notes: Jared was in a car accident sometime during either the third week of April or late in the second week of April. Notably so, Gen made no posts about it on Instagram but had a "♥" post on Twitter about it

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Posts liked by Jared in 2023 (9 posts total)

Notes: The Writers strike began 5/2/2023 and ended 9/27/2023; the actors strike began 7/14/2023 and ended 11/9/2023.

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Posts liked by Jared in 2024 (13 posts total)

Notes: I sent this ask to that blogger back around March 18-20. See how the likes were more sparingly up until the 22nd of April this year?

[2/16/2024],[4/22/2024],[4/23/2024],[4/30/2024],[5/1/2024],[5/3/2024],[5/7/2024],[5/9/2024 NOT a like but "a comment "LEGO 🦶🏻💀 survivor!!!"],[5/15/2024],[5/20/2024],[6/4/2024],[6/11/2024],[6/12/2024],[6/21/2024],

Onto the red flags I've noticed that tell me there might be some family stuff going on here. Jared's sister follows Jared on Instagram but guess who does NOT? His mom. Yes, you read that right. Jared's mom doesn't follow him on Instagram. I also found his dad follows Jared on Facebook who by the way doesn't follow Gen.

Oh how funny, his mother suddenly started following him not too long after I submitted this ask around March 18 or so. Gotta love it when these people give away the fact they clearly read the blogs, ya know?

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Author and presenter Linda Falcone speaks with lead co-curator Peter Trippi, on location at 'Pre-Raphaelites: Modern Renaissance', an exhibition comprising over 350 paintings, sculptures, drawings, prints, and decorative artworks. Hosted at San Domenico Civic Museum in Forli, Italy, this 'Restoration Conversations' broadcast is sponsored and organised by the Calliope Arts Foundation. It spotlights women artists featured in the exhibition who modelled for, worked with, or responded to the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. From the Botticelli-inspired paintings of Marie Spartali Stillman to the dramatic mythological depictions of Evelyn Pickering De Morgan, enjoy the art that built upon the movement founded by the original rule-breaking Pre-Raphaelites, whilst discovering the women artists who honed their own talents, as they explored Italy's Old Masters, Britain’s best-loved stories and their admiration for Florence's idyllic Primavera, on and off canvas.

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UFL RENEGADES at STALLIONS HIGHLIGHTS FOX SPORTS- Alan Alford Sports Talk Show!

Thank you, Head Coach Skip Holtz, DE Ronnie Perkins @__perk7 for answering my questions tonight, during the Post Game Press Conference for the @alanalford_ Sports Talk Show! Thank you, @ufl @uflrenegades @uflstallions for this amazing opportunity to be included via Zoom in the Post Game Press Conference! Thank you, to all the Alan Alford Sports Talk Show Fans who stayed until the very end of my show to see the Live Post Game Press Conference! They were able to see me in action, asking questions during my Live Stream! On behalf of the Alan Alford Sports Talk Show, I tremendously appreciate you all! The Arlington Renegades come up just short against the Defending 3x Champs Stallions 10-9. Stallions win. The Renegades (2-1) return home next Saturday (April 19th) to face the top-seeded XFL conference team, the @uflbattlehawks (2-0), on ABC at 11:30 a.m. CST/ 12:30 PM EST. POSTGAME NOTES For the third time this season, the Renegades have held an opponent to three points or less in the first half. The last time the Renegades held an opponent scoreless in the first half was on March 5, 2023, against the Orlando Guardians during the 2023 XFL season. This was the first time in franchise history that the Stallions have been shutout in a half at home. QB Luis Perez threw 208 passing yards, throwing completions to eight different players. He posted a 68-percent completion rate as he connected on 26-of-38 passes. P Marquette King has six punts marked inside the 20-yard line this season, with three being inside the 10-yard line. He has punted inside the 10-yard line at least once in every game this season. TE Sal Cannella led the team in offense this game with six receptions for 52 yards receiving. CB Ajene Harris led the defensive with nine total tackles, which included seven solo takedowns, and added a recovered fumble. S Joe Powell recorded his first interception of the 2025 season, his eighth career interception with the Renegades. #alanalford #alanalfordsportstalkshow #ufl #luisperez #joepowell #arlingtonrenegades #arlington #birmingham #birminghamstallions #nfl #football #fox #foxsports #fridaynightlights🏈

[lgcmanager]

NOVA MISSION 009

SCHEDULE TYPE: TRIMESTER SCHEDULE RESTRICTIONS: cannot be paired with another trimester schedule, unless stated otherwise. for reference as to whether your muse is eligible for this event, please click over HERE.

FOREWARNING

we are currently experimenting with a new mission format to make things easier for you and us. nova is one of the groups that will get to test this new format. your feedback and comments are appreciated! note that additional information are to come

SPRING 2025

early morning, on JANUARY 7, the members of NOVA are met by their manager, GEUM SHINHYE, straight in their practice room. she's accompanied by her assistant, JI NAEUN. this morning, each girls' favorite caffeinated drink greets them at the dining table as soon as they join the others in their dining room.

"alright, the schedule this time is quite busy, but mostly behind the scenes. those of you interested in joining LGC GIRLS SUMMER, make sure to advise the management quickly. participating could be fun, however, you'll have little free time until july.

first, i want to announce that we'll begin recording your AUGUST COMEBACK in the next few days ! the songs are very nova, but show some growth, i'm sure you'll like them. in fact, the production team was having a hard time picking which other b-side to promote and want your opinion on the matter.

rehearsals for your 2ND ANNIVERSARY CONCERT will also begin this week. and i'm very proud to announce that it'll be a THREE DAYS concert (JULY 9, 10, 11) held at INSPIRE ARENA ! the setlist is almost finalize; we're just missing solos for MIYU and SENA. since you two are the only ones without solos in nova's discography, i'll ask you to pick THREE songs that you'd like to perform. the theme of this anniversary is 'celebration', so keep that in mind while selecting your songs.

still on the topic of your anniversary, legacy will open commemorative POP-UP STORES in SEOUL, TOKYO, SINGAPORE, BANGKOK, TAIWAN, HONGKONG and BEIJING from MAY 20 to JULY 8. the usual merch will be available in stores, but the main event will be the launch of your official NOVADOLLS. they will come in two versions; I✰DOL (accendio clothing) and SPACE✰DOL (iuventa anime season 1's uniform). the dolls will be based on this design.

speaking of the animated series, a SECOND SEASON has been confirmed, and recording of the korean version will begin mid-may. as i said, a lot going on behind the scenes. thankfully, you will be attending KCON JAPAN on MAY 10 and 11 and WEVERSE CON on MAY 31. for kcon you will perform ACCENDIO and RIGHT NOW as well as BLAZING'S CANDY as your special stage. for weverse con, you'll perform GIRLS NEVER DIE, ACCENDIO, SUPERWOMAN and MY WORLD.

finally, it'll be business as usual for NOVASCOPE. due to your extremely tight schedule SUPER✰NOVA will make its return only in AUGUST.

AUGUST COMEBACK

AIN'T NOBODY (b-side)

PRETTY MOB (b-side)

POSE ! (b-side)

PINBALL (title track)

PASSIONFRUIT (b-side)

LOOP (minseo's, b-side)

you may find lyrics distribution HERE and nova's detailed calendar HERE

REQUIREMENTS

SUMMER BSIDE: make a choice between 'PRETTY MOB', 'POSE!' or 'PASSIONFRUIT' for promotions

SOLO (sena and miyu): send a selection of 3 songs for your muses' solos. the songs must either be a legacy entertainment release OR any song released before JANUARY 2023

please submit the following forms ONCE on the manager blog before APRIL 19, 2025 11:59 EST.

MUSE NAME ∙ SUMMER BSIDE - CHOICE:

MUSE NAME ∙ CONCERT SOLO - CHOICES:

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