#istc

[jamesgraybooksellerworld]

9 incunabula not in NYC Part TWO

This week’s blog is descriptions of a few more incunabula not represented in NYC libraries #1 Two Incunabula bound together. One Very Rare, printed at Vienne by Eberhard Frommolt. Both rubricated at the same time and both signed by the Rubricator!  https://data.cerl.org/istc/_search?query=+ig00654800&from=0 https://data.cerl.org/istc/it00553000 444J Guillermus…

[molalom]

got a call about the test results. it's not a salmonid burn and it's not tentacle rot (thank cod),,, but the bad news is that they have no idea what it is...

[xxtko-rulezzxx]

No bro, I'm so fucking anxious that this coffee is expired like....what the fuck man, it tastes bad now..I just....I can't let it go to waste but I also don't want to dri k this and feel sick again. Or drink it only to look into the container and see mold or some shit. [I have looked in the container and there is no mold but like...what if I just didn't see it that time??] I'm still gonna drink it though.

[sirtbhopal]

REEL-ISTIC - Technosaga 2K24

Showcase your filmmaking skills!🤹🤹‍♀️🤹‍♂️

Technosaga 2K24 presents REELISTIC!

Entry Fee: ₹60 per person🤹‍♀️✨

Create, innovate, and win exciting prizes!🏆🏆

[creator-indy]

HGGGRRR DEL BRAINWORMS

[ukdamo]

Today's Flickr photo with the most hits: from the Vize tumulus finds - a 1stCE Roman parade helmet. Istanbul Archaeological Museum.

[a-sh1pping-complex]

me desperately fighting my reflexes trying not to typing homostuck when infodumping:

[captain-price-unofficially]

Italian Rangers using an unconventional pose to shoot at NATO ISTC, Germany, 2020s

[simpy-simpers]

Day 1 part 2 (Part 1)

Prompt - Favorite Animatronic

Day 2 (will be linked)

AAA!!! 10 minutes left!!! ok ok ok I have got to type fast

Contrary to popular belief, and a shock to myself, even, Mangle is my favorite!! I love this girlie so bad. She's very nostalgic to me because she was how I got into fnaf. I remember being 8 years old on my friend's bed at a sleepover, watching those cringy little videos of Foxy x Mangle on youtube (yes I am ashamed thank you for asking)

Managed to get this out in just under 2 hours, crazy imo! Been on some type of stimulant istc.

I haven't really developed the toys animatronic's lore, and I don't know if I truly will go all that much into it. I've never been truly enveloped by the idea of them the same way I loved Mangle, so I don't have much on that. Anywho, hope you guys liked the drawing!

Stay Simpin! I am going to be haha

[eyedruple]

i appreciate the fish puns

-an avid enthusiast of replacing god with cod (oh my cod, coddammit, cod knows, istc, etc)

ty. I actually have it set as my autocorrect. observe

now I have this opportunaty to show this I wanna say there’s a lot more than this, but I don’t want to scroll down to sea all of them. id be squidding if I went through all that trouble. sealriously I just dont feel like showing rest. i ran out of seaweed yesterday

[jamesgraybooksellerworld]

Inc's not in NYC

This week’s blog is descriptions of six incunabula not represented in NYC libraries. 284JBurley 1500. https://data.cerl.org/istc/ib01301000 Boston Public,  Newberry Library, Library of Philadelphia, Uof Illinois, 4658J  Eusebius 1487https://data.cerl.org/istc/ih00257000 The Walters Library,  Huntington Library2305JPelbartus de Themeswar 1501. https://data.cerl.org/istc/ip002525000238J Peregrinus…

[yawnderu]

📂Military Personnel Profile — Stray

File #28907

Name: Katharina Müller 

Citizenship: Austria

Status: Active

Affiliations:

KorTac (Former)

SpecGru

Task Force 141

Katharina, callsign ''Stray'' is protected by a redacted past. Little to nothing is known about her early life, remaining a mystery even to those who get their hands on her file.

After volunteering for the Austrian army at an early age, she successfully completed training with the ISTC Sniper Branch, remaining the first female to complete the course.

In 2022, her affiliation with KorTac ended due to unknown reasons. By 2023, her affiliation with SpecGru as a member of the Task Force 141 was announced.

Growing up with a single parent is never something easy— especially when the same person supposed to protect you is clinically insane. Often beaten like a dog by her mother and left alone for extended periods of time, Katharina learnt how to be extremely independent at the ripe age of eight. More emotionally mature than her peers, she grew up with a feeling of never belonging anywhere, oftentimes hanging out with much older people to drink, smoke and party.

By age fourteen, Katharina had seven failed suicide attempts, most of them caused by high stress, hopelessness regarding her living situation and undiagnosed mental health issues. It wasn't until her last attempt that she was forced to attend mandatory psychology sessions. She quit attending after three sessions, dealing with her issues in the way she knew better: destroying herself.

Katharina found shelter in someone just as troubled— König. The socially anxious giant was her rock growing up, often taking her to his fights and house just to prevent her putting herself in danger by going out with questionable ''friends.'' He was always there for her, finding comfort in their friendship to the point she became a second family to him; the only person who never judged him for his appearance, personality, or side. König's family welcomed her as one of their own, his mum and nana taking in the small girl as if she was a daughter to them, unknowingly helping to heal the internal wounds her own mother left.

Many first times were shared together between them; first kiss, first time cuddling, first time making love, simply enforcing their bond ever further, making them even more inseparable than before. While they never defined their relationship, they were mutually exclusive and never held any physical or romantic interest in anyone else during their time together.

Oftentimes skipping class to smoke behind school, Katharina and König shared many conversations about their future together. At age fifteen, they wanted to live in apartments next to each other in Vienna. By age sixteen, they wanted to live together. By age seventeen, they volunteered for the army, putting any conversations about their life together aside and focusing on staying alive during the hard training that pushed them both physically and mentally.

Given the callsign ''Stray'' by her teasing teammates after getting lost in the forest for a hot minute during training— she carried it with pride and humor, rather than humiliation and shame. It became a fitting name for her, more used to people calling her that rather than Katharina, taking Stray as a new beginning of her life as a soldier, leaving her past behind.

Following rules was the biggest challenge for the two outcasts, not used to people yelling in their face without being able to do something about it yet like with anything life threw at them; they adapted. Their sole focus was becoming the best soldiers, often staying behind at the gym and sparring. What Katharina lacked in height, she made up for in drive, being able to take down the 208cm behemoth of a man a few times during their sessions.

At age 19, after superiors evaluated her marksmanship and height advantage, Katharina was chosen for a training course with the ISTC Sniper Branch. While König grew slight resentment over his best friend being able to live his dream while he was rejected, he pushed those feelings aside, focusing on his training as a foot soldier. Tensions grew in their friendship for the first time ever, with Katharina often feeling unable to tell him much about her sniper training in fear of his resentment growing, and König always too busy in the field.

For the first time ever since they met, they both lost their only support, feeling lost yet being too prideful to apologize first. They spent two long years this way until the team went to a pub to celebrate a successful deployment. Drunk feelings were shared in the privacy of a nearby forest, sloppy kisses and the need to hold each other again, shared promises and words of praise coming out of each other, tear-stained cheeks hurting from smiling so much by the time the team decided to go back to base.

By January 2022, König received an offer he couldn't refuse— the chance to join a PMC named KorTac with a salary in the low six figures, yet he was still indecisive, not wanting to let go of his best friend after years of becoming inseparable again. Letting the Colonel know he was a package deal with the small sniper, Katharina received a matching contract shortly after.

Excited for this new opportunity they signed together, nervous yet looking forward to what the future has to offer for both of them. Joining KorTac was... an experience, plenty of different people together in a fancier base than the army provided for them. The masked soldier fit right in with other men who kept their identity a secret, while she drifted towards the rowdier soldiers— the feeling of belonging being there for the first time ever. Horangi and Nikto quickly became some of the closest soldiers to her, despite the latter being rough around the edges. She took it as a personal challenge to break down his walls enough to become his friend.

In early 2023, Katharina was contacted by Station Chief Kate Laswell, offering her a contract with a new fraction, a salary in the high six figures and the promise of redacting her early life from her file, making sure no sign of her past could ever be found by enemies or allies. While the decision took her months and late-night conversations with König, a much more mature and older version of him did nothing but encourage her to accept the offer, knowing how important a brand-new beginning without people knowing about her past was for her.

By May 2023, her contract with KorTac was cancelled and a new one with SpecGru as a member of the Task Force 141 was signed. Saying goodbye to her peers was one of the hardest things— letting go of the first group where she felt like she belonged, and the goodbye was just as tough despite being encouraged by all of them, some even teasing her about joining ''the enemy'', though it was all in friendly banter.

The first member she met was John ''Soap'' MacTavish, a rowdy and capable Sargeant. The pair instantly clicked, dropping together with the marines to greet the L.T, Ghost. A masked soldier whose identity remained a secret for his own safety, having a redacted past just as her own. While they didn't immediately get along and rarely had time to get to know each other unlike Soap and her up until Las Almas. After Grave's betrayal, she saw a side of Ghost she never even knew existed after he put a protective arm in front of her and shielded her with his burly body.

They both navigated Las Almas together, taking down any shadows they saw with great synch, as if it was meant to be that way despite Ghost being a lone wolf for most of his career. Ghost never told her, but he was left impressed with her skills the most after they waited for Johnny in the church and took down enemies with their snipers.

Her paranoia went off the charts the one time she tried to get off her medication, still needing it heavily to function despite the great help she gets from the provided psychologist. Even with medication, she often wakes up to nightmares about her early life, looking around her quarters as if her mother could be hiding in any corner or furniture no matter how tiny it is. She holds herself together despite the C-PTSD and disclosed mental health issues, always passing her psych evals and attending weekly therapy sessions.

While Stray is not overall an unpleasant person, she can be too difficult for people with more dominant personalities, often clashing with people who act condescending or look down on her for being a woman in the army, despite her being a member of the 141 saying enough about her skills as a soldier.

She's oftentimes seen exchanging awful jokes with Simon, much to the dismay of anyone unlucky enough to be within earshot. The pair is practically joined at the hip, unknowingly trauma bonding and finding comfort in each other's company. It became a habit for both of them to drink tea at late hours of the night, either staying in silence or talking about their experiences as soldiers. They very rarely talk about their families, often leaving details behind or being vague about it on purpose.

Stray bonded with the whole team very quick, knowing they see her as a soldier worthy enough of being in the Task Force, the best of the best, fills her with pride. John Price is the father figure she never had and he recognizes that easily, giving her the guidance she may need and having long conversations with her. Besides Laswell, Price is the only person in the Task Force she talks about her past with.

While she still has a long way to go, Stray has a strong support system and knows she can go to any of them for help if she ever needs it, including her peers back at KorTac and the army.

Trivia:

Stray has plenty of tattoos, with most of her limbs, especially her legs and torso, decorated with black ink. She has a shitty stick and poke tattoo on her ankle that she got done with König when they were sixteen, a small crown and a K next to it.

Unknowingly to both of them, Ghost and Stray have tattoos in remembrance of each other. Ghost's is a small black cat on his thigh, while hers is a skull on her hip.

She quit smoking after turning 21, though she drinks quite a lot when she's off duty. She avoids beer like the plague, much to König's annoyance since he loves it.

She likes to dye her hair a subtle shade of dark red whenever she's off duty for extended periods of time, though her natural hair color is dark brown.

Stray and König remain best friends to this day, talking to each other whenever they get the chance to have their phones with them and their schedules match. If they have the chance to request time off, they meet up as much as possible.

If they're not deployed, they spend the holidays with König's mum and nana, enjoying the feeling of having a place to call home and being welcomed with delicious homemade food.

She cut contact with her mother after joining the army and has never looked back. Whether her mum is alive or not remains none of her business. She deleted all social media and accounts linked to her past, creating new ones with different aliases so she cannot be found by her.

Stray's body is defined by strong muscles, working out five to six times a week to maintain her physique, her more defined muscles being her upper body and legs.

While she struggled to build connections in her early life, she opened up more easily after joining the army, often being teased about being brooding and quiet by her platoon until she started letting loose.

She listens to music together with Simon back in their quarters, and while he never told her, he enjoys listening to Siouxsie and the Banshees the most with her, seeing her dance and sing along, as his mum used to listen to them. She sometimes forces Simon to dance Spellbound with her, holding his hands while she jumps around and sings. While he doesn't dance, the way he looks down at her while she does shows just how much he values moments like these.

Stray has elvish features accompanied with light brown skin, as her father has indigenous blood.

Her hair is a curly c3 and long, though she always keeps it braided or tied up in a neat bun during deployments to avoid it getting in the way.

She's crazy good at cutting hair, coming from the habit she had her whole early life; chopping all her hair off whenever she was too stressed or depressed and didn't know how to cope. Sometimes cuts the hair of the 141 boys whenever they don't have access to the barber.

Friendly reminder that all my fics are x Reader, and the only thing used from this OC is the callsign and parts of her past. No physical description will ever be used in my fanfics.

[chipbags-splatoonrp]

So everyone knows how you can write a esnail or letter to the idols (or really their agencies) for some fresh gear.

Istc my letters to Shiver and Frye are getting lost because I got a response from big man ages ago! Maybe I’d be better off with esnailing instead.

[stoplookingup]

Another little piece of fandom history: Back in the day, when you wanted convention info, this was one way to get it. I received this letter in response to an inquiry I'd sent to the Star Trek Welcommittee, a fan-run information clearinghouse. I found out later that Sandy Yingling was also editor of the zine The Halkan Council, which famously put the slash in Kirk/Spock.

December 31, 1975

Dear ____.

Thank you for your letter; convention information is my specialty! I'm a volunteer worker with STW. Since there is so much mail being directed to Helen Young, she has a staff of strong, dependable crew members (ahem) to help answer letters.

The information you want that George Takei was advertising: There is a convention in January called the International Star Trek Convention. It runs from January 16 through the 19th. It is being held at the Statler-Hilton Hotel. The confirmed guests are James Doohan and Nichelle Nichols. They will have a dealers room, where you can pick up all sorts of ST things, and auctions, a costume show, art show, autograph sessions, ST episodes, etc. Unfortunately, you missed the deadline for lower rates, so it's $18.00 at the door. The convention address for further information is: ISTC Headquarters, 280 Kipp St, Hackensack NJ 07601.

Ther is also going to be a convention in February at the Commodore. A flyer about it is enclosed. Please note it's FIVE days long!

If you want to help out, there are always helpers at conventions, and you can ask at the information desk about becoming one.

If you're interested in helping out with STW, I suggest you subscribe to the monthly newsletter, become acquainted with many aspects of ST and its fandom, then write to Diana Watson, _________ and tell her you want to join STW. I'm sure she'd be interested in hearing from you!

Please let me know how the conventions work out (I'm going to the one in February; maybe I'll see you there!)

Live long and Prosper,

Sandy Yingling

[corruptangelsfall]

Some of yall need to find twilight sparkle istc (I swear to Celestia)

[jey-chan]

Surprised Brother part 1 . (Vased on this proppt i made the other day)

Rinr rin rin rin rin rin

"Reb, that's your phone..." the former Kanto champion mumbled sleepily as he settled back into bed.

"Mmmn," was the other former champion's response, fully intending to let the phone continue ringing until he could go back to sleep.

However, this was the third time in less than four seconds that the phone hadn't stopped bothering him.

With a tired face, the young man, approximately 20 years old, picked up the phone... which wasn't making any noise.

Confused, he looked at the nightstand, searching for what was making the noise. The home phone was silent, Blue's was also silent... however, noise and some light were coming from one of the drawers.

Raising an eyebrow, he opened the drawer to find his old Pokenavi, which still had credit and battery, because it was the only way he'd agreed to give his number to Lance and his men of justice, or whatever that silly thing he did in Johto was called when Gold was doing his job.

Without thinking twice, he decided to answer.

"Red here—"

"Oh, Red…" Professor Oak's voice sounded somewhat heavy with emotion and pain. He seemed to be about to say something else before a strange sound, similar to that of a medical monitor, interrupted him. "I'll leave you with the lady. I have to attend to the emergency."

A sound characteristic of a phone switching device took over the line for a few seconds before a familiar voice took over on the other end.

"Hi, Josheyla Joshelyna Joy here. Regarding legal services and trainer custody, I am speaking to Red Ketchum?"

A lump formed in Red's throat.

ISTC was the division of the league in charge of ensuring that trainers had legal backing, and they also acted as child protection services for underage trainers… like most of Kanto.

He quickly put the Pokénavi on speakerphone and shook his bedmate to wake him up.

They had both enrolled in the foster parent and rehabilitation program. It was more for Pokémon, but every now and then there were child protection cases that required hiding until their attacker was caught, and what better way than in the super-remodeled house at the back of the cave where Red had taken refuge during his hermit days? That, and the care of two Champion GMan elite trainers?

"Yes, is this a call to action or a call to refuge?"

Green sat down quickly upon hearing the tension in Red's voice, quickly pulling his faithful evolutions out of their Pokeballs.

"I'm afraid it's a bit of both and... that you'll have to take on a slightly more permanent role than usual... Red Ketchum, could you come to the high-security specialty hospital at the peak of the union? I'll give you the details and forms to sign, but we need you to quickly sign the transfer of custody of your brother to you, as indicated in Delia Ketchum's will."

"Of course, we'll be there in a moment."

Red hung up, quickly finished getting ready, and together with Green, they went directly to the international airport. With luck, Alola was relatively close to Kanto.

And it wasn't until they were on the private plane Lance had lent them that what the agent had told him dawned on him.

"Did Joshelyne Joy say my brother's custody has been transferred?"

Gren stared at him for a few seconds.

"Yeah, I'm worried about that too. Delia has been with Arceus for several months now, and Ashli ​​had been in my grandfather's custody. I'm wondering what happened that made us have to go into service and take him into custody. I'm texting Gary."

"Gren... who's Ashli?"

"What do you mean, who's Ashli? Is Ash. You know, Satoshi Ash Ketchum from Pallet Town. Your younger brother? You told me nothing happened to you on your trip to Mount Silver after Delia's death. How come you don't remember him? He's about Gary's age..."

Green turned to look at Red.

Red's eyes were full of surprise and fear.

Red Tajara Ketchum, who apparently didn't know he had a brother.

"Oh my god." You were missing when Ash was born... and every time we managed to reach you, Ash was either fighting for his life or saving the world... oh Arceus. We never told you about him, right?

Red's response had been unnecessary.

Just then, Green's cell phone displayed Gary's response.

Coma.

Ash was in a coma after saving Kalos.

And the man who had tortured him was seeking custody even from prison.

Red closed his eyes.

A brother.

Red had a younger brother.

A little brother who now occupied him like never before.

With some regret, he took out his Rotomphone and accessed the league data.

It was better to start learning from his little brother.

"If you want to know his full profile, you should log in to your Intrinsic Champion account."

Red could only nod.

"Oh, Arceus... Ash, wait, I want to meet you."