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[jcmarchi]

Combining forces, GSAP & Webflow!

New Post has been published on https://thedigitalinsider.com/combining-forces-gsap-webflow/

Combining forces, GSAP & Webflow!

Change can certainly be scary whenever a beloved, independent software library becomes a part of a larger organization. I’m feeling a bit more excitement than concern this time around, though.

If you haven’t heard, GSAP (GreenSock Animation Platform) is teaming up with the visual website builder, Webflow. This mutually beneficial advancement not only brings GSAP’s powerful animation capabilities to Webflow’s graphical user interface but also provides the GSAP team the resources necessary to take development to the next level.

GSAP has been independent software for nearly 15 years (since the Flash and ActionScript days!) primarily supported by Club GSAP memberships, their paid tiers which offer even more tools and plugins to enhance GSAP further. GSAP is currently used on more than 12 million websites.

I chatted with Cassie Evans — GSAP’s Lead Bestower of Animation Superpowers and CSS-Tricks contributor — who confidently expressed that GSAP will remain available for the wider web.

It’s a big change, but we think it’s going to be a good one – more resources for the core library, more people maintaining the GSAP codebase, money for events and merch and community support, a VISUAL GUI in the pipeline.

The Webflow community has cause for celebration as well, as direct integration with GSAP has been a wishlist item for a while.

The webflow community is so lovely and creative and supportive and friendly too. It’s a good fit.

I’m so happy for Jack, Cassie, and Rodrigo, as well as super excited to see what happens next. If you don’t want to take my word for it, check out what Brody has to say about it.

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[terrorcamp]

Terror Camp is hiring!

We are looking to expand our volunteer staff for this year’s conference.

We have two job listings based on our current needs, but if we receive a lot of great applicants there is the possibility we’ll split up these responsibilities into 3 or even 4 separate positions.

Terror Camp is a fully volunteer, remote, asynchronous workplace (with occasional sync meetings as schedules permit). We communicate over Discord and organize our documentation over Notion and Google Drive.

We are looking for people who can devote up to a few hours a week, depending on the time of year. Commitment increases around the times of Submission Opening (June 1), Submission Closing/Acceptances (September 1-Oct 1) and the conference itself (early December).

Terror Camp looks great on your resume. You can say that you volunteer for a successful community-led online history & heritage conference with an audience in the thousands!

You don’t need to match the job descriptions perfectly in order to apply. If your experience doesn’t match up but you think you’d still be good at the job, please apply anyway!

Here are the positions we're looking to fill:

🎨 Designer 🎨

Terror Camp is seeking a dedicated Designer who will:

Ideate and deliver a new evergreen brand identity for TC that can be revamped and reused each year

Including logo, logotype, color scheme, font families, and other brand assets for use on web, social media, and printed merch

Be an proactive team member with strong communication skills, able to quickly and regularly deliver new graphics for promotional use on social media and in email marketing

Help design an evergreen/permanent collection of merchandise as well as a limited-edition collection for this year’s conference

Assist our Webmaster in revising our website & email marketing templates to fully match new brand identity and meet best practices for UX

Potentially work on print layout for a Terror Camp book or zine (TBD)

This job would be a good fit if you:

Work or have worked professionally or semi-professionally as a graphic designer; or are a hobbyist designer with a standout portfolio

Have experience working with both digital and print assets

Have a working knowledge of web design best practices and HTML/CSS

Have experience with Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Canva (but not ONLY Canva, sorry) and Wix or similar WYSIWYG ESP/site builder

The Designer will report to our Assistant Director/Webmaster, & will also collaborate closely with our Marketing Lead on graphic assets for social media and with our Merch Lead on preparing designs for print.

To apply, please fill out this form.

💬 Communications Coordinator 💬

Terror Camp is seeking an enthusiastic Communications Coordinator who will:

Own Terror Camp’s main email inbox and oversee all direct communication with attendees and interested parties

Respond promptly to inquiries including:

Requests for past recordings

Requests to join the Discord

Questions about schedule, programming, submissions, guests, and other conference topics

Catch inbounds to social media inboxes (Tumblr, X, Bluesky, Insta) & answer or redirect to email as appropriate

Act as coordinator/assistant for Marketing Lead, with responsibilities including:

Scheduling pre-written content

Assisting with ideating and drafting content, proposing content ideas

Cross-posting content to multiple platforms

Consistently and frequently engaging with social audiences (finding content to repost, replying to people, etc)

This job would be a good fit if you:

Work or have worked in any digital customer-facing environment; have experience with support tickets and/or ongoing user communications; have run social media for brands or institutions; are an efficient and clear writer able to work creatively within brand voice guidelines

Have successfully and sustainably moderated Discord servers, Tumblr communities, social media for other fandom projects like fests, zines, and charity events

Can spare the time and attention to respond to inquiries and turn around new social media posts in a timely manner

Are prepared to represent the Terror Camp brand professionally and maturely in digital public spaces

The Communications Coordinator will report directly to our Marketing Lead.

To apply, please fill out this form.

If you have any questions about these positions, please email us at command [at] terror [dot] camp!

[mariacallous]

JERUSALEM — Welcoming children for a Purim celebration this week, the security guards at the official home of Israel’s president drew laughs when they asked a routine security question: Was there any metal in the children’s costumes?

These weren’t typical visitors. The children wore a costume designed around their mobility device – wheelchairs and walkers transformed into rockets, game consoles, and circus tents. Yes, there was metal inside.

Hosted by First Lady Michal Herzog, Monday’s event marked the 10th anniversary of an initiative that creates custom Purim costumes for children with disabilities. Organized by Beit Issie Shapiro, a nonprofit focused on disability inclusion, the project paired dozens of children with professional designers from the Holon Institute of Technology and, for the first time this year, website builder Wix.

Inside the main atrium, the usual decorum dissolved into an atmosphere of energy and spontaneity, with children wandering freely across the space and interrupting the proceedings with enthusiastic outbursts.

President Isaac Herzog made an unscheduled appearance, stopping to speak to the children and pose for photos. His wife, Michal, spent several minutes with each child. At one stage 9-year-old Oz Rappaport, dressed as Jett from the animated TV series “Super Wings,” yelled out, “Where’s the president?” Not missing a beat, Herzog raised his hands and identified himself.

Rappaport later shared details of his bright red airplane costume with the first lady. Midway through, he paused, fixated on the gold watch on her wrist. Without hesitation, she slipped it off and handed it to him. The two examined it together, Michal Herzog listening as he gave a running commentary on the watch’s features. As their exchange came to a close, Oz extended his index finger toward hers. Herzog met the gesture, and with a grin, he declared, “We’re getting electricity flowing between us,” mirroring the iconic moment from “E.T.”

Avital Grunberg’s walker had been transformed into a game of “Block Blast,” an online game that — as she patiently explained to Michal Herzog and some of the older generations in attendance — is not unlike Tetris. Unlike many participants who are less verbal and whose costumes are requested by parents or therapists, Grunberg had provided her designers with clear specifications for her design.

[ukagakadreamteam]

Ghost Jam 2024 results

The results of Ghost Jam 2024 are here!

This year we had a total of 24 ghosts submitted, by 36 participants! The number of overall ghosts continues to hold steady, while the number of people joining the event has increased!

Of the submitted ghosts, 5 completed the 72 Hour challenge (with multiple ghosts being submitted a day or more before the 72 hour deadline!), 10 completed the Add an Extra challenge, and 12 completed the New Assets Only challenge. We saw many wonderful interpretations of the optional celestial theme, as well!

Once again, we've seen a huge variety in the styles of ghosts released, and many new and interesting angles explored! Please give every single one of them a try if you can, I promise it will be worth your time.

The full list of ghosts will be under the cut, or available on the event's website. Please check them out and show the devs some appreciation!

押し売りとババア

Authors: netai98 Challenges completed: - 72 Hour challenge - New Assets Only challenge Download

Under the Stars

Authors: Galla, YudiDoodles, Zichqec, おもちよいち (OmochiYoichi) Challenges completed: - 72 Hour challenge - New Assets Only challenge - Add an Extra challenge Download Downloadable extra: Balloon "Reflections of Starlight"

Duck Overload

Authors: Ecclysium, Blue Challenges completed: - 72 Hour challenge - New Assets Only challenge - Add an Extra challenge Download Downloadable extra: Balloon "Carnival on Quack"

Block Builder 2000

Authors: SmokyCinnamonRoll Challenges completed: - 72 Hour challenge - New Assets Only challenge - Add an Extra challenge Download Downloadable extra: Shell "Pixelated Simpleated"

Long Leg Bird (with top hat)

Authors: Vita/yuyudev Challenges completed: - 72 Hour challenge - New Assets Only challenge Download

Celeste

Authors: WhatAPhantasia Challenges completed: - Add an Extra challenge Content warnings: Verbal abuse, fictional political conflict, more in readme Download Downloadable extra: Balloon "Closed Solar Captions"

VKLE

Authors: Rosenheim, idk, Blue Download

Stumbling talk

Authors: Salt Challenges completed: - New Assets Only challenge Download

Artoria Caster

Authors: Verse, KFC Content warnings: more details on the download page Download

Star Reader

Authors: Kipali Challenges completed: - New Assets Only challenge Server exclusive - this ghost is currently only available in our Discord server!

LOBO

Authors: Okuajub, oldmanhorseface Content warnings: Religion, Surrealism Download

Lost in the sea of stars

Authors: Zdzisiu Challenges completed: - Add an Extra challenge Download Downloadable extra: Balloon "Scriblloon"

Lunar Leporidae

Authors: Vita/yuyudev, Decomakke Challenges completed: - New Assets Only challenge Download

HSR Trash Can - YAYA

Authors: Jerry Download

Lux

Authors: dransnake Challenges completed: - Add an Extra challenge Content warnings: Murder, Death, and Nightmares Download Downloadable extra: Balloon "Stardust"

Credit where Credit is Due

Authors: KFC Content warnings: Strong Language / Swearing Download

The Hunter

Authors: Softie, Digi Download

Stray Dogs Bar

Authors: Venelona Challenges completed: - New Assets Only challenge Content warnings: Suicide, Drugs/Alcohol, Mentions of violence Download

hazy days

Authors: idk, SmokyCinnamonRoll Challenges completed: - New Assets Only Content warnings: Insects, insect bite mentions Download Downloadable extra: Balloon "Ice Cream Cone"

Error

Authors: Heartstitched, Robanilla, Haze, Onlyplatonicirl, Vicen_non Challenges completed: - Add an Extra challenge Download Downloadable extra: Balloon "ERRORTEXT"

Zana's Laws

Authors: Galla, Zichqec, 月波 清火 (Tsukinami Seika) Challenges completed: - New Assets Only challenge - Add an Extra challenge Content warnings: Eyes, mentions of death Download Downloadable extra: Balloon "Effortless Iridescence"

Nova

Authors: Amanda Challenges completed: - New Assets Only challenge Content warnings: Mentions of medical malpractice, mentions of death Download

Starwarden

Authors: WhatAPhantasia, Ecclysium, TechNekoKit, Autumnwrenvale, BlindedbyCreativity Challenges completed: - Add an Extra challenge Download Downloadable extra: Balloon "Connected Stars"

Galaxy Butterfly

Authors: Odie Download

Thank you so much to everyone who joined us! This event couldn't happen without so many people joining, inviting their friends along, supporting each other, and encouraging others along the way.

If you would like to help us continue to improve the event, we have a feedback form again this year! If you can spare a few minutes to fill it in, that information helps us greatly as we adjust things for next year's event.

Congratulations, everyone!

[cowgremlin11]

*grabs you by the throat (/j)* give me as many Wild West facts physically possible, and also if you know any good websites/videos on The Wild West possibly pretty please blinks eyes 🥺🥺👉👈

this is gonna be a doozy welcome to my autism.

my area of expertise relates to southeastern wyoming btw kisses. this is going to be very long. starts out rambly and then i busted out my actual notes that ive been compiling. if you have specific areas you wanna know about feel free to ask i love using my major for this stuff :D

before the cut im gonna include my fav websites i reference (i dont do much video research sorry, im the bitch with a bookshelf full of heavily annotated books and a fat google doc file)

for fashion: https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search?geolocation=North+and+Central+America&era=A.D.+1800-1900&material=Costume&showOnly=withImage

for navajo info (you can look at my comic if you wanna know why i focused on this tribe specifically): https://www.navajo-nsn.gov/

for dialogue/slang: https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~poindexterfamily/genealogy/OldWestSlang.html

OK TIME TO RELEASE THE AUTISM

so there were reservations right. wanna know the events leading up to the battle of little bighorn? basically in the 1850s the sioux tribe, crow tribe, and northern arapaho tribe (roughly speaking, these are the tribes most mentioned from this time) were all forced to live in the same range of territory spanning northern wyoming, around the little bighorn river. there was the fort laramie treaty which ensured that the tribes in this area would be provided help for 30 years and that nonnative settlement wouldnt be allowed. well they found gold in the black hills about 20 years later and that went out the window. miners rushed the area for gold and forced the natives to move again. tensions rose, the treaty was ignored by all parties and only mentioned when convenient, and then the battle of little bighorn happened

TRAINS!!!!! TRAINSTRAINSTRAINS. fun fact train robberies were actually very common in the 1800s! jesse james (yes that one) committed the first one in iowa in 1873.

bank robberies were very rare! cus when you think about it, yeah ofc thats gonna be hard. its in the middle of town, its one entrance, and theres safes you gotta either crack in 10 seconds or blow with dynamite, risking the cash inside.

most other crimes include larceny, burglary, home robberies, horse robberies, stage coach robberies, cons, etc.

buffalo :( they were hunted for many reasons. 30 million to less than 100 in the span of about 30 years. they were hunted to piss off the native tribes, since buffalo were sacred to many and when the government had them killed theyd take the skin, the tongue, and leave the carcass to rot before retrieving the bones to ship back to the east for production of stuff like glue. but also, they would be hunted due to the way the buffalo impacted the railroad industry. theyd damage the rails, and in lines going through mountains theyd actually huddle up on the track because its instinctively the safest place to be. this would cause days long backups

last names had some cool stuff happening! after the civil war when slaves were freed, a great deal chose their own names. some chose names after national heros, some would take their parents name, and some would take the name of their old masters as a very intentional way to make sure they could never wipe their hands clean of the cruelty they committed to the enslaved. so yeah thats metal as hell. on a related note, “Historians estimate that 20–25% of cowboys in the American West were African American. They worked as ropers, trail cooks, wranglers, and bronco busters. African Americans learned the cowboy way of life from Mexican or Spanish cowboys, Native American cattle handlers, or their former slave masters. African Americans also contributed to the West as miners, homesteaders, town builders, and entrepreneurs.”

BRIEF ART HISTORY TIME. AKA MY FUCKING MAJOR.

In 1886, American art was influenced by French Impressionism, and American artists began to experiment with the style

Impressionism reflected a modern reality that could be troubling

Impressionist artists expertly depicted the alienation that this new Paris proffered. An unfortunate symptom of such modernity was the loss of an intimate, knowable community; now citizens were strangers in an anonymous crowd.

During the mid-1880s, as French Impressionism lost its radical edge, American collectors began to value the style, and more American artists began to experiment with it after absorbing academic fundamentals.

and now, for some stuff im pasting over from my fat google doc

Country Witchcraft, Wisdom, and Lore

“you can sleep with a skeleton key under your pillow to increase your chances of flight during sleep. you can wrap a horseshoe in white cloth and place it under your pillow to speak with the devil’s wife during your sleep. you can leave a glass of water out and ask your ancestors for visions during your sleep.” (Oberon, 15)

“folkloric witches don't use circles the way most wiccan folks do. circles do pop up in folklore but not too often. circles appear almost always when something is being conjured.” (oberon, 16)

“it was a brass screw in a gun that prevents a witch from placing a curse on the gun” (oberon, 18.)

“piss in a mason jar, throw in broken glass, mirrors, barbed wire, sulfer, and bullets. bury it somewhere on your property. if a spirit or spell comes looking for you they will mistake the urine for you and get caught in the bottle.” (oberon, 19)

fashion

the Victorian tradition of wearing mementos in honor of deceased loved ones. Many of these items included ashes placed into rings or necklaces made out of human hair. However, over time mourning jewelry evolved and became more of a fashion statement, even though most jewelry wearers lived on and continued to struggle with their grief.

the items weren’t just mementos to wear around one’s neck, but were something that you carried with you 24/7, no matter how much you may have hated it.

https://gemgeneve.com/the-necklace-from-antiquity-to-the-present/

Precursor of the Bulgari ones by far, one of the most typical examples is the serpent necklace paved with turquoise. In the 19th century, turquoise stands for “forget me not”, and the colour of the Forget Me Not flower is, precisely, turquoise. Therefore, the stone itself means “don’t forget me”. With the snake biting its tail being the symbol of eternity, this necklace is actually a love jewel. The message of these serpents is not at all about evil, but it is a love message: “Don’t forget me. Love me forever”. As the symbolism of forms and stones is deeper, wearers in the 19th century are much more aware of this particular message.

The necklace remains at the base of the neck, but what changes are the motifs and the materials. In the 1860s and 70s there comes to be a craze for archaeological revival jewellery and women go to wear ancient-looking jewellery. Archaeological revival necklaces were copies of genuine ancient pieces. Jewellers like Castellani try to reproduce not only the design but also the materials, and the techniques. Sometimes, these necklaces are close replicas. Some other times they are pastiches: they look like antique in style but are an invention of the late 19th century jewellers, as no such necklace would ever have been created in ancient times.

Materials become unusual: from little shells to tiger claws, for example: this was a consequence of improved travel, of tourism, and people going travelling and acquiring souvenir jewellery in exotic locations and bringing them back to Europe.

Dances/musicians

https://www.learn2dance4fun.com/dance-classes/country-dance-lessons/western-waltz-dance-lessons/

https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/babel-a-o

“In the Houston city directory of 1881 he went by the name Alexander O. Babel and continued to be the musical attraction at the Solo Saloon. The Galveston Daily News later commented in 1885: “Whether he played by note or not, he tossed from the keys of the grand piano that stood on a stage at the side of the large hall every variety and shade of music from the most delicate to the most sonorous tones.” Babel also gave concerts in other towns and church festivals in Texas.”

From playing piano in texas to mining in new mexico. Played in chicago, then new york, 

Lots of papers making him into a myth. Writer from texas saw this and disproved it. 

“Despite the disparaging remarks from some Texas periodicals, Babel created a sensation across the United States to the delight of audiences in Milwaukee, St. Louis, Atchison, New Orleans, Cincinnati, Chicago, New York, and Bangor. He was hailed as a piano master who played more than 1,200 songs and even performed at times with a cloth over the keys. The “Texas Wonder” played at dime museums, concert halls, theaters, and other venues and sometimes gave hourly recitals.”

“By 1887 advertisements included mention of his musical partner, Mattie Babel, dubbed the “cowgirl cornetist.” Most accounts called her Babel’s wife (though at least one newspaper referred to her as his sister). Given that no one named Mattie appeared among the Babel household in early censuses, Mattie Babel was probably A. O. Babel’s wife and possibly the same Emma Rumpel mentioned as the spouse of O. A. Babel in Houston.”

Babel and his wife Mattie continued to give performances well into the 1890s and toured Canada and Europe.

research i did for a specific character whos gonna show up in chapter 4:

Freed people established all-Black towns, such as Bookertee, Clearview, Lima, and Pleasant Valley. These towns provided a market for African-American farmers and a sense of community.

The discovery of gold in 1867 at South Pass drew many immigrants to western Wyoming.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_slavery_in_Oklahoma#:~:text=The%20history%20of%20slavery%20in,state%2C%20with%20prominent%20racial%20issues. 

https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/mono/10.4324/9780203496756/slavery-cherokee-nation-patrick-neal-minges 

the Indian Removal Act was the reason for the movement of the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek, and Seminole to Oklahoma (not yet called that. With these nations moving to the west, they brought with them black people, including slaves. This was the beginning of slavery in the land of Oklahoma. 

When the Cherokees were relocating it was estimated that 10-15% of the nation were African Americans. This nation in particular brought not slaves, but freed blacks. This was one of the main reasons that they were forced out of their previous land. The nation had become a safe space for slaves to run away to and slave owners wanted to diminish that possibility for slaves in the south.

By 1866, the Cherokee Nation, once so proud, had been reduced to ruins

With the forced removal of the five nations into the land of Oklahoma throughout the course of time, slavery began and progressed in the Indian territory. Specifically, in the Choctaw and Chickasaw nations, slavery and the ownership of black people became common.

https://www.lib.utk.edu/cherokee/EvolutionCherokeePersonalNames.pdf

research i did for the chinese characters

1848: The California gold rush brought more Asians to the United States, especially Chinese people from the Guangdong region

The discovery of gold in 1867 at South Pass drew many immigrants to western Wyoming.

The Union Pacific Railroad's construction in the late 1860s brought settlers to Wyoming. The railroad created towns like Cheyenne, Laramie, and Rock Springs, and attracted cowboys and cattle drives.

The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 Many Americans on the West Coast attributed declining wages and economic ills to the Chinese workers who were only 0.002% of the population, Congress passed the Chinese Exclusion Act to placate worker demands and assuage concerns about maintaining white "racial purity." Repealed on December 17, 1943 

https://www.globaltimes.cn/content/565882.shtml 

During the 1850s, the first revolt of the Taiping Rebellion by the Hakka people took place in Guangdong. Because of direct contact with the West, Guangdong was the center of anti-Manchu and anti-imperialist activity. 

https://www.history.com/topics/immigration/asian-american-timeline 

https://www.history.com/topics/asian-history/taiping-rebellion 

In 1856, a second Opium War broke out with the west, continuing until 1861.

https://www.history.com/topics/19th-century/chinese-exclusion-act-1882

stuff for solveig

“The huge population growth between 1800 and 1900 led to overcrowding within the social structure of the day and was one contributing factor to the wave of emigrants leaving Norway for North-America.” 

“During the next centuries, much of the farmland was sold off to the previous leaseholders and became private property for the many. Owning your own land has been – and still is – an important part of the Norwegian identity.”

https://evergreenpost.eu/the-old-norwegian-farm-its-land-and-surroundings/ 

AND THATS ALL I CAN POSSIBLY THINK OF THAT I HAVE ACCESS TOO RIGHT NOW.... IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS OR WANNA KNOW ABT SPECIFIC STUFF TELL ME AND I CAN EASILY ANSWER THEM AND PROVIDE A GOOD DEAL OF INFO

[autumnslance]

FFXIV Housing Builds

Talking to a pal feeling bummed about their housing decorating, and it's one I hear a lot, that they aren't "good at it" and compare themselves to the builders showing off their fancy and cozy and très chic builds and...

Look. We all know the trouble with Gpose, right? Where PC players with a hundred mods and ReShade and Anamnesis/Ktisis and maybe some post-processing work (and also photography/artist skills/knowledge) take some killer screenshots, and anyone with a console--or even other PC players--who don't have or know how (yet) to use all those tools, wail and gnash their teeth about how their (perfectly glamoured, nicely composed, decently lit, imaginative situations) screenshots just don't compare?

Same things with housing.

A lot of those super fancy builds? They're using half to a quarter of the available space. They're blocking off entire floors, and making camera angles for character screenshots nearly impossible by lowering the ceilings and closing in the walls. They're using a dozen slots to make a unique bed that may be functional.

It's aesthetics. It's playing puzzles. It's seeing what they can do, and it's pretty to look at, and cool to figure out, and neat for ideas...

But it's also not a requirement. It's not workable for every player or their FC. Some are! But some are also just experiments, or art installations.

I have a couple pals who are really into the fancy builds, who even do commissions for their work. We have a decorator lizard in our FC who needs the enrichment, but a requirement I have for the FC spaces are that they have to use the whole space. It has to be functional. It has to fit multiple members of the FC when they want to hang out, maybe take screenshots for storylines and RP and such. Can we fit a couple dozen people the rare times we host events?

Does that mean not a lot of random clutter, a lot of open space? Sure! But I can swing my camera around, fit multiple Roegadyn in a shot, and still have a nice looking, homey space that gets across the idea of what our FC is about. In my personal apartments and house, they're spaces that my characters would live in, and there's room for them and for friends to move around, hang out, take pics together.

Take inspiration from the housing builders! Admire their art and the work they put in, the puzzles they create when making a toaster oven out of six disparate housing items I'd never consider using that way holy cow!

But just like one shouldn't get hung up on the ultra-modded and post-processed screenshots, don't get hung up on the super fancy designer artisanal housing builds. It's a different aspect of the game, and often for different purposes.

Use the Preview Indoor/Outdoor Furnishings options in the housing menu to see what's available, use the websites that list housing items, fiddle around, mix and match, and make something fun that suits your screenshot needs and/or your character's idea of personal space. I promise you; you're doing just fine with your apartment/FC room/house if you're making it for you, even if it takes time to figure it out.

[lectern-fullcauldron]

thinking about the development of server infrastructure again and how different members came in at different times and each offer the modern server new roles and inputs. The stories that they tell would not be the same without input from the hermits who shaped them, in their own special ways.

S1: Xisuma - technical admin and redstoner, Hypno - website dev, Keralis - hardware provider and community acclaimed builder, Joe Hills - democratic admin and wildcard, Bdubs - acclaimed builder and introducer of meeting powerpoints

S2: Cleo - armour stand master and administrative council member, Mumbo - redstoner and professional silly goose, TFC - grindy minecraft player with decades of wisdom to share, jevin - speedrunner with a love of the grind, false - acclaimed builder with phenomenal pvp skills, tango - community acclaimed farmbuilder (the iron titan) and server admin, xbcrafted - chill builder with a love of guardians

S3: impulse - farm builder and community organiser, etho - minecraft deity who justs wants to have fun, doc - technical groundbreaker and server lagbuster

S4: Wels - acclaimed builder and rap battle defender, iskall - game maker and rabble rouser and iskallman, scar - community acclaimed builder and event organiser, cubfan - grindy supportive troublemaker, rendog - event organiser and drama king, beef - game maker and builder

S5: stress - storyteller and builder, zedaph - wildcard redstoner, bdubs again - very talented silly goose and storyteller

S6: grian - builder and rabble rouser and storyline crafter

S8: gem - builder and headmistress of hermit get good training, pearl - builder and infrastructure worker

S10: skizz - vibe machine and zit emotional support, beans - builder and rabble rouser

[thegoodcultist]

I think tumblr communities could be very interesting but also from what I also understand they are also largely redundant?

They're basically subreddits or facebook groups, right? That's cool, I can see why they're adding them, maybe you want a post to only reach a very specific audience like if you're posting about a very specific aspect of a topic that you maybe don't want your regular followers to see (assuming you can post privately to a community and not your blog) or maybe you want a more distinct community around something. But how is that different from posting in tags or starting a side blog?

Like… if you're a hobbyist aquarium builder/keeper and your blog is an aesthetic blog or something else unrelated then that is when you'd post to a community right? But there is ALREADY a community for that and it's called aquablr. You can even follow that tag so that it shows up on your main dash or in your followed tags dash. And if you don't want to flood your followers feed with that, why not a side blog?

Maybe it'd be good if it's being used for a collaborative project like a zine and people can stay more up to date on things. It's hard to tell if this'll actually be any good or if this is just another 'tumblr wants to be every other website' event

either way, please lets continue talking about tumblrs mistreatment of trans women and POC users. Nothings been fixed there. like i know this hasnt really got much to do with the new feature and I'm sorry if it feels like I just tacked it on but I don't want chatter about this to over take the whole Matt Mullenweg & Co situation. It's still very serious.

[cheshiretears]

Are you a fannish person? A fanfic writer? Fanartist? Podficcer? Gather round friends as we talk about blanket permission (BP) statements!

BP is something you can put on your fannish profiles so others can easily see how you feel about transformative works.

Statements can be enthusiastic yeses, polite no thank yous, or somewhere in between. Some writers are always okay with some transformation but might want to take others on a case-by-case request, while feeling strongly against other types. And it's okay if that changes over time!

Some common types of transformative permissions you may want to consider is podfic, fanart, translations, remixes. How do you feel about these? When you're building your own statement, you can choose if you want to treat all types of transformation the same or not.

Also consider how you want to be credited, if you are giving permission. The associated works feature on ao3 will ensure your work is linked by default at the top of the inspired work. This is regardless of if you accept the associated work request. If you accept, it will also make sure the inspired work is linked at the bottom of your fic, as "Works Inspired by This One." But in addition, would you prefer the creator also comment, email, DM to let you know they made something? You can include that!

You can usually find a BP statement on a user's ao3 profile. In some cases, one might link to a carrd, LiveJournal, social media, or some other website where they have posted the statement so they don't need to copy it over.

But anyway, does anyone even look at profiles? YES! Podficcers in particular LOVE to peep at profiles to see if an author has already expressed their feelings about further transformation. And there is a tracker that works with a browser extension to literally highlight profiles with blanket permission statements so they are easier to spot when scrolling through ao3. Personally, one of the most stressful things about podfic is waiting anxiously for a response to a request. If an author doesn't have any transformative work policy listed on their profile, I am more likely to move on than send a message. (If I've sent you a message, I absolutely adore you and your writing.) And some folks don't want their work to be podficced, which is fine! But rejection can be hard to swallow no matter how nicely it's put. So if you've already made your stance clear, it can save us both some trouble! (Where are my introverts? I feel like we're probably the majority, or is it just me?) It's about accessibility, baby!

You can add a statement at any time, but writers, this is a great time to add a BP statement as there is a major podfic event, Voiceteam, currently underway! If you want us podficcers to know how you feel about your fanfic undergoing further transformation, it's never too late to post yours!

Here's my statement from ao3! Feel free to use any phrasings you like to help you build your own! It doesn't need to be as elaborate as mine, it can simply say something like, "If you want to make something based on my works, go for it!" It's yours to craft and make your own.

More resources:

Fanworks Permission Statement Builder by flamingwell

Blanket Statement on Fanlore

Fanwork Permission Statement List

Blanket Permission Highlighter Extension by brickgrass

Anyway, that's my spiel! Personally, I think BP is amazing, if you can't tell! It's super super helpful and I think everyone should have a statement on transformative works. If you end up making your own, please let me know, I'd love to see it! (And then optionally make sure you add yourself to the fpslist!)

Be excellent to each other, that's all from me!

[hoveringaboveuranus]

https://impossiblearchives.rice.edu/ufo-and-impossible

The UFO and the Impossible

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April 3-5, 2025

This is the third international conference in the Archives of the Impossible series. The series is functioning as a community builder, but a community spread out across nations and transcending any professional or private category. We have had physicists, physical anthropologists, and biologists speak, but also archivists, experiencers, historians, philosophers, and humanists from literary theory, American military history, and analytic philosophy to the study of Buddhism, African American religions, and American-Mexican history.

The first conference featured our archival donors and announced the collection to the world. The second conference, on transdisciplinarity and transnationalism, featured a series of models or theories of anomalous phenomena from the arts, sciences, social sciences, and humanities. This third conference will focus on a slice of the phenomenon that is much in the media today--the UFO, now called the UAP (for Unidentified Anomalous Phenomenon, since many such objects are "transmedium" in nature, that is, they come out of the water or ocean).

The conference will be guided by several questions: What might be the traces of the influence of UAP or NHI (Non-Human Intelligence, an acronym especially popular in political and legal circles today, including in Congress) in the religious traditions of the past? How does this possibility change our understanding of religion – not only its past but also its present and future? What kinds of intellectual, socio-cultural and existential shifts does such knowledge ask us to make? What does the inquiry lend to new conversations between science and religion?

The registration for the 2025 conference event can be accessed here. Because these events are very expensive to host, and because we want to have more of them in the future, we are charging a registration fee of $175. This will not cover the full costs of the event, but it will help us cover some of our food and venue expenses. We will close the registration after 200 commitments, as our auditorium only holds enough space for that number. We will also include a live on-line version of the conference, which is not bound in the same way.

Any and all financial gifts to the Archives of the Impossible are much appreciated and can easily be given via the "Give Now" button on this website, easily accessed here.

Conveners:

Prof. William B. Parsons, Rice University Karin Austin, Project Manager, Archives of the Impossible, Rice University Prof. Diana Pasulka, University of North Carolina, Wilmington Prof. Jeffrey J. Kripal, Rice University

[wandamfonseca]

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[yakopi]

True names; a Genshin theory

With the release of Natlan coming, and more and more information getting available, there is something that is bothering me.

Murata as the name of someone important in Natan and possibly of the origin Pyro Archon had been dropped in the oficial Genshin Impact webnovel on their website years ago. Almost immediatly the connection was made with the Himeko Murata, known to be in atleast one alternate universe to be the Herscher of Flames. Venti and Ei showed that there is a link between Herschers and Archons of the same Element, making things more solid of a theory.

Until now, we had gained some indications that Murata may not be the *current* Archon of Natlan. Venti mentiones he has no idea who the current Pyro Archon was, Murata or otherwise. It had also been stated by Ganyu ( I think) that of the original Archons, only Zhongli, Venti and the Dendro Archon were left some time in the past.

Then we got a look at the Natlan trailer and we see the one that seems to be the leader of Natlan, Mavuika. She certainly looks like Himeko a little, however is not her. Beyond the more meta reason of different VAs while HSR and HI3 Himekos do have the same VAs, their names do not match and the boob mole is seemingly not present.

Still within reason. Himeko, in Himeko fashion, died (plz dont come after me, it had to be said) in the past and passed on the torch to the next Pyro Archon.

But then I read that the name Murata is possible a translation mistake, and instead of Murata's (person) children, it should have been children from Murata (place).

I have not yet seen any official statements about this translation mistake, but I could be wrong.

However... maybe this was not a 'mistake', but something done deliberate? I mean, as far as I know, the translation has not been corrected yet, not even on the official site. And you would think that Mihoyo would correct it if only to not create confusing expectations for the fans in Natlan.

So maybe, they left this mistake in as a clue.

(Or maybe this translation error is just an error, however this theory still stands without it being a deliberate mistake)

Maybe this ties in with True Names.

I have watched some video assayists on YT and the role that True Names play. By giving someone a name, you are essentially giving them a role to play in Teyvat. Just like mini Durin in the current 4.8 simulanka event.

So what if you somehow lost your True Name. What if your role is now empty. What if this role was important like say the Pyro Archon. (Still, there are places named for you, however people dont know anymore why it is named like this)

Maybe, there had been a Murata. Maybe she lost her True name. Maybe her role of the Pyro Archon is therefore now either forever unable to be filled or needs a new player to take it on. Maybe first they tried to make another role to fill that void, a role similar to that (another god of fire, like say Mavuika), however that role is simply not enough.

Maybe, just like the Archon Wars years ago, this nation is in a constant battle to determine the next person worthy of being Archon of Natlan, creating a new True Name to override your current one/gifting a new True name, just like all other Archons have two sets of names.

And maybe when they say when you lose, you will lose your True Name, they actually mean that the winner will not actually be a winner in the end. For their True Name will be that of the Pyro Archon, not that of themselves... and who knows which role that is...

(Self sacrifice to safe Natlan for example? Maybe that is the reason why Capitano has not already won the war despite being so strong? Bc of the consequences this would have?)

However, until now this giving of a other True name has never worked. And maybe that is where we come in.

Naming is something that in general only creators of that thing does do. Parents, scientists, builders. Gods/Celestia. And in a story, a name can be used to forshadow, to signal, to compliment the role the character plays in the story. And as of now we have seen twice that the Traveler has influenced a name (naming the Wanderer) and a role (changing Durins role).

And the Traveller can do that because they are outside the story, and their True Name is not part of Teyvat, as we as players have already given them a True Name, our user name. This is possibly also what marks them as a Descender, a non Teyvat True Name.

As for their Sibling, I have the suspicion that the Sibling has been given a Teyvat True Name by the Sustainer of Heavenly Principles. However she could not with us bc our username already had been given to the Traveler by us.

And maybe the reason the Sibling is working with the Abyss is bc they are able to mess with True names. The same Abyss that is in constant conflict with Natlan and thus could easily have messed with the Pyro Archon. The same Abyss the bloodstaijed knight, which many speculate is Capitano, has connections with. The same Abyss order that could be reason the loser will loose their True Name. The same Abyss that is described as beyond and entirely different from Teyvat.

Just as we (Travelers) are from beyond Teyvat, and also able to mess with True Names and/or the role of someone.

Ad this would certainly threaten Celestia, an element they cannot control and cause havo everywhere.

TLDR; The role of Pyro Archon is empty and we Travelers will be able to help because we are not limited by Celestia.

Please correct me I am wrong somewhere, I am writing this sleep deprived and and only going of memory bc this thought would not leave my mind.

[akapollypocket]

My new portable synth rig! I can shut the lid, zip it up, and carry it wherever

I’m rockin’ a dual-USB power bank under a white “brand-less” Bluetooth speaker (one of those you get at corporate events with some random company’s name) powering the LED lights and the Retrokits RK-005 (now discontinued 🪦).

I’d like to get a similarly sized power bank, ~ 2.5” x 5” with such a slim and light profile, but have 3 USB type A ports instead of 2. I’d like to power my synth, the Roland Boutique JX-08, in case its 4 AA batteries ever die. The JX-08 is USB-C and RK is micro-USB. Hmmm. If not, I can just unplug the lights or use my AA battery-powered LED strip used for bicycles. Lights add a very fun component, especially lights triggered by sound!

If I’d go out in public, I’d swap that speaker with my JBL pill. As you can see, RED is my FAV color. ❤️ I also have a cable with a male aux to female 1/4” so I could plug in a guitar cable to connect to a louder amp.

The RK-005 syncs the master tempo of my Roland JX-08 boutique synth to the P0k3T0 splitter that sends to the Arcade and K.O! Pocket Operators.

More about the PO splitter:

https://p0k3t0.wordpress.com/tindie/sync-splitters-for-pocket-operator/

Peep the LA-based hardware builder! Their projects are incredible. Must have accessories for a Pocket Operator IMHO.

I’m able to mix the audio of all three instruments passively via the Little Bear mixer (find on Amazon). It does just fine being a low-profile passive mixer! The fewer batteries, the better IMHO. Thanks to the P0k3T0, I can independently mix each Pocket Operator too.

Lastly, the cool coiled AUX cables are called Candycords from an amazing (seriously) company called myVolts. Must-see website for power, cables, and so much more. They also keep a great Instagram profile…

More to come! Here’s a jam if you’re wondering how it sounds :)

[andmaybegayer]

Last Monday of the Week 2024-11-25

Getting Colder

Listening: I have been listening to a lot of Perennial for some reason.

Extremely yelling music. I like it when a musician sounds like they're on the verge of breaking out in tears which happens sometimes with Perennial.

Reading: Catching up on my enormous RSS backlog, which includes a very interesting aggregated feed run by Blackle Mori, Sortition. This is a website where, if you produce an RSS feed somewhere, you can add it, and at random your recent posts will be put into One Big Feed that anyone can subscribe to. It's a nice way to get a broad mix of people Doing Real Blogging On The Web into your feedreader.

I know a lot of the people in here from other places, fediverse, tumblr, twitter, IRC, even a few Weaguers, and it's a nice vertical slice of a particular corner of the blogosphere. Lots of furries.

Watching: Watched What We Do In The Shadows for the first time. Pointing at the screen going "I know that gif!"

It's a great comedy and it strikes me that comedy movies do seem to have quietly died, maybe because they now put a little comedy in all the mainstream movies? Unclear.

Playing: World of Goo 2 which I continue to do a little at a time. It's a really cute game. It feels floppier than I remember, but that might just be because it launches in at a much higher base difficulty than the original game, I think? It certainly feels that way, the efficient solutions feel much more marginal here, and they're challenging you with much taller, much more awkward structures much earlier in the game.

Also some Forza 5 which is because the Track Day event is on and I wanted some of the porsches. This week's Trial is ruinous, because it's a bunch of really technical twisty circuits with the "Super GT" class of vehicles, which are all big long high speed rear-wheel drive coupes, and if you try to mod your way out of this you tend to drop your top speed too much without gaining enough handling to make up for it. It doesn't help that with less-skilled team drivers they're very likely to cause terrible pileups in corners.

Making: Spent a while printing and pricing out upgrades for my printer and came to the conclusion that a much better refurb printer would cost less, and also that because of the absurd deal I got on my printer literally just the motors are worth more than upgrading it.

I am gradually getting Pissed Off at my big PC speakers which are really annoying and boomy and too loud and I fell down the rabbit hole of the Speaker Builder types and it's unfortunately exactly my shit. I love obsessing over frequency dynamics. There are some really weird little speaker drivers out there in the world and 3D printing allows you to fabricate incredibly complicated enclosures for them, so I am doing the legwork of figuring out how to model some of these.

Tools and Equipment: OpenSUSE AutoYasT is a system for automatically setting up and even changing the configuration of existing OpenSUSE and SLE systems. I'm doing a bunch of orchestration stuff at work and I needed a way to quickly set up a bunch of servers without doing it manually, and this is a handy way to approach it. You can even execute ERB templating rules within the rules file to do specific-to-device config.

You can deliver the instructions in a lot of ways, but I just patched them into the install CD with mksusecd. I'll talk about Distrobox next week.

[olivia2672892]

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[little-saw]

LMAO me and my platonic partner go thru the 2 week MC phase every couple months or so (at least whenever I can pay for their PlayStation+) but it’s actually SO fun. They’re typically the builder but we both yearn for the mines (and always use cheats because keep inventory + teleporting is NECESSARY.)

Oh my god one time my platonic partner & a mutual friend of ours played a prank on me by using a potion to make themselves invisible while I was afk, and then when I got back I was being mysteriously hit by an unseen enemy 😭😭 was SO confused until they told me what was up after I died and it was REALLY FUNNY hearing how they had to hold in their laugh. Luckily, again, teleporting and keep inventory is a MUST in our worlds so I didn’t actually lose anything and I doubt they’d have done it if I couldn’t get my stuff back easily, so it was really silly.

I love MC but only when I’m with buddies otherwise, same thing with Animal Crossing. Need missions to keep me focused otherwise I get bored LOL

and Destiny + Halo are pretty good at lore keeping, I think! Bungie does a good job at doing their lore, and Destiny I like because there’s little lore bits, you can find them in weapons, armor, literally anything. There’s a website called the Ishtar Collective that has literally every single lore bit from both games, + a put together time line of everything that’s happened in the lore. Usually I’m not into sci-fi or lore heavy things like that. But, the thing is sometimes these lore bits are so packed full with what makes Destiny what it is: the hope of humanity.

Like, you can read lore bits that are just people being people, even in a rough time. These lore bits show that humanity has faced MULTIPLE almost extinction level events, to the point where most of humanity resides in a place called “The Last Safe City(usually shortened to just The City),” and yet there’s so many lore bits of people being silly, spending time with their family, there’s even a few articles you can find from the local journalism. You know when you’re looking down into it from the Tower, as far as the eye can see, you are looking at hundreds of people weaving fabrics, eating warm meals, caring for their young, doing their passions. That’s what Destiny is about, fighting for that hope!

In the Tower (where the players/Guardians reside/find work), you can see lanterns almost everywhere in the sky during any kind of event. I like to headcanon that the City below has a huge festival/party culture, started due to needing morale boost and a reason to celebrate. Like, “hey, we’re still here, let’s have fun!! Even if the road ahead is scary, and we lose more than we win, we still win!! Let’s throw a party for that!” and a big part of them is making floating lanterns, so the Guardians have something pretty to look at too.

LORD, I IS IMPRESSED!! You knows your stuff!! Minecraft with cheats is so true!! It's no fun without teleporting