#lasco

[wtfgaylittlezooid]

Agent gijinka + some other merc concepts

[juls-art]

Birthday gift for @nightexcision commissioned by @littlehatofhorror of their characters, Lasco and Vic. -- More about my commissions here. *✧Tip me for a job well done! ✧*

[pixoplanet]

It's September 12th. 🎨 On this day in 1940, 18-year-old auto mechanic Marcel Ravidat took his dog, Robot, for a walk near his home in Montignac, France, and made one of the most stunning archaeological discoveries of all time. During the walk, Robot ran into the entrance of a hole created by a fallen tree. Ravidat threw some stones into the hole and was surprised when they seemed to travel a long ways down. He returned later with a teacher and some friends, and they climbed down the hole. They soon discovered what are now known as the Lascaux cave paintings – 17,000 to 20,000 years old and described by experts as “the cradle of art.”

The cave holds more than 2,000 painted and engraved images of animals and abstract symbols. A watertight protective layer of chalk has remarkably preserved the artwork in vibrant blacks, browns, reds, and yellows. The paintings are almost all of animals. There is only one human depicted and no flowers, trees, or landscape. The meaning of most of the abstract symbols is unknown.

Ravidat became an official guardian of the cave and a guide who, until the day he died in 1995, never lost his initial awe of the artwork he discovered. Lascaux was named a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1979, but is now closed to the public for its own protection. Only a few hundred meters away, though, lies Lascaux II – a virtually identical replica with 80% of the original images reproduced. It attracts about 250,000 visitors a year. ☮️ Peace… Jamiese of Pixoplanet

[atelierlasco]

LASCOMIGRANT

[aldocerandaz]

SOHO CHASES THE TAIL OF AN ASTEROID

SOHO PERSIGUE LA COLA DE UN ASTEROIDE El observatorio SOHO ha anulado 14 años de pensar en el extraño ‘cometa de roca’ que bordea el Sol conocido como Phaethon que podría reabrir el misterio de cómo nació la lluvia de meteoritos Gemínidas Comparación de imágenes del asteroide Phaethon tomadas con diferentes filtros en el coronógrafo LASCO de SOHO. Izquierda: el filtro naranja revela el…

[ovnihoje]

"OVNIs" ao redor do Sol geram mais perguntas do que respostas

“OVNIs” ao redor do Sol geram mais perguntas do que respostas

Não é de hoje que vários objetos anômalos são fotografados/filmados ao redor do Sol por satélites da própria NASA. Mas o que seriam esses estranhos objetos? Anomalias ao redor do Sol. Nos últimos anos, há dois tipos de objetos que vêm aparecendo nos dados capturados pelos satélites SOHO/Lasco da NASA. Um deles se parece com um paralelepípedo e o outro, talvez ainda mais intrigante, se parece…

[cavgators]

destin lasco is the CEO of babyism

[arkipelagic]

The threat of crime and violence, both actual and perceived, has lingered in our societal imagination, perpetuated by "moral panics" over, for instance, the kidnapping scares and dramatic rape cases of the 1990s and the constant hyping up of drugs as an exceptional, existential threat to the country. In places like Davao City where leaders have appealed to people's sense of fear and their felt need for protection against crime (in other words, penal populism), checkpoints serve to dramatize a sense of safety. And, of course, homeowners associations also look for the sense of security, especially with reports of theft and other crimes.

Thus, the appeal of "gated communities" plus the fact that for many Filipinos, they remain an important symbol not just of one's status but of success in one's career.

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Perhaps what's unique is the pervasiveness of this phenomenon in our country. Even with the threat of school shootings in the US, campuses have remained open—you can easily walk into Harvard Yard and even enter its buildings. In contrast, in Ateneo de Manila University, visitors have to book an appointment in advance and even within the same campus, one needs additional authorization to go to other buildings. Numerous gates and checkpoints abound elsewhere, making valid IDs essential-and further exclusionary (see "Our fetish for valid IDs," 07/22/22).

Now, I do not seek to downplay the need for security, nor to dismiss the trauma over past events that led to such responses. Indeed, violence is an everyday reality for many Filipinos, and while empathy for others is always in short supply—think of Jemboy Baltazar—the impulse to protect one's family and community is ever present and fully understandable. From an organizational standpoint, there is a cost in opening up in the public; University of the Philippine Los Baños' Vice Chancellor Roberto Cereno, for instance, laments the amount of trash they have to deal with after each weekend.

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The downside of gated communities is that they engender a sense of mistrust, perpetuating the "othering" of people who do not belong to our imagined communities. Already unreachable to many Filipinos, private universities become even more distant, and in the process of locking people out, they also lock people in, limiting the perspectives of their students and faculty; making them not just out of reach but out of touch. As Low warned, "adding walls, gates, and guards produces a landscape that encodes class relations and residential… segregation more permanently in the built environment."

by Gideon Lasco

[womanlalaboy]

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If you feel reduced for being a Filipino, especially these days, try reading The Philippines Is Not A Small Country by Gideon Lasco. You just might regain that Filipino pride along with widening your perspective. Nonetheless, this is a good read.

[wtfgaylittlezooid]

hazard n primal....blease

ignore how i still dont have a design for primal... but they are besties in my head

[juls-art]

Second commission for @littlehatofhorror of their and @nightexcision's characters, Lasco and Vic. -- More about my commissions here. *✧Tip me for a job well done! ✧*

[rubyredfortsopposite]

Inspired by a post from Loveday55

Clancy: ARE YOU

Del Lasco: fucking

Clancy: STUPID?!

Ruby: You have to stop to say fuck for Clancy

Del Lasco: Why, I'm just helping him

Ruby: I think you just really like to say fuck

Del Lasco: Nah, thats your word

[reportwire]

A Mandola Family Trio Closes Today, Revival Market Makes Way for Lagniappe

A Mandola Family Trio Closes Today, Revival Market Makes Way for Lagniappe

Nino’s, Vincent’s and Grappino di Nino, 2817 W. Dallas, will close August 5 after the final dinner service. The three concepts were part of Tuscan Villa, a two and a half-acre development owned by the Vincent Mandola family. The development has been bought by an affiliate of the Oxberry Group and TKG Capital Partners. The co-developers plan to turn the buildings into a new dining destination…

[whirld-of-color]

stp au beast route thoughts. tbh this one just works out great. you're telling me there's a route where the princess becomes a feral animal and it's called the beast route? man i wonder if there is perhaps an aspect of chosen that could perhaps be related to this concept

similarly, the voice of the stubborn and paleo/primal/lasco are absolutely the Same Type Of Guy. and primal would be so down to try to stab beast!chosen with a spear

anyway. beast route + a bonus conversation (click on the images to expand to full size)

[kathanglangit]

The Fifth Blade: Kampilan - Warrior Made

Down to the last three days before Gubat Banwa launches on Kickstarter! Moon-eating titans, sword-souls and bullet devils, giant flying crocodile mounts, sparks arcing off clashing blades like lightning- Gubat Banwa is an action-packed martial arts TTRPG where you play as warrior Kadungganan in a Southeast Asian-inspired fantasy world afire with wonder and violence in a thousand colors.

Counting down the days to the KS launch on October 10 comes with anxiety and anticipation in equal measure, and I thought maybe posting the weapons I've drawn for the game would help cut through it all. These were meant to be posted for Swordtember, but the game needed a bit more time to pick up speed. 5/7 blades done, let's start off the final three with the KAMPILAN

Yet another large weapon from south of Luzon, the kampilan is a long-bladed sword with a unique "trapezoidal" shape, sometimes sporting a small spike at the tip, often with a figural hilt. "Figural hilt" just means the hilt depicts a certain abstracted figure of something, usually a creature or a beast of some kind. The sharpened edge is on the long side of the blade. I repeat: The sharpened edge is on the long side of the blade. You would not believe how frequently people get that wrong. This useful diagram is one of the first things you see when you do a Google-search for "kampilan", so there is truly no excuse for anyone to be depicting it with the sharp side pointing the wrong way.

(Diagram by Lorenz Lasco) The most common examples of kampilan figural hilts depict the Bakunawa- a giant moon-eating serpent of legend- and are decorated with hair or with roots. The angled protrusion on the hilt usually points away from the sharpened edge, and may have been used for added leverage when maneuvering the blade.

(Photos from the collection of Ron Zambarrano) Other creatures commonly depicted in the hilts are crocodiles, cockatoos (what collectors call "kakatua" handles), or- in the case of this somewhat rare example- a horse.

(Photo from the collection of Richard Hudson) The kampilan is surrounded by a rather popular story: That it was the blade used by Lapu-Lapu himself to slay Fernando Magallanes on the shores of Mactan. One of Pigafetta's writings recounts how Magellan was wounded on the leg by a large blade, akin to a scimitar. Whether or not this was describing a kampilan is anyone's guess, and whether it was in the hands of the hero of Mactan is foggier still. While it is difficult to verify the authenticity of this claim, the legend of Lapu-Lapu quickly grew, taking the story with it- and it kind of just stuck.

(Photo from Lapu-Lapu City LGU) Most Philippine blades generally vary in size make depending on where they're from, but the distinctions are even more apparent for kampilan. The two-handed ones shown so far are often referred to as Moro kampilan. The Lumad peoples have kampilan of their own.

(Photo from Iniingatang Talim At Kaluban.; Taken by Ramon H. Bathan) I'm not an expert on identifying these blades, and this is by no means an exhaustive list (as the kampilan was used widely across Visayas and Mindanao), but I will try to show and identify a few select variants. Starting with this "NICE SHOT"

(Various Moro kampilan; Photo by Richard Hudson) Following up with some antique Bagobo kampilan. Notice the difference in size relative to the Moro variant. This seems to be built for one-handed use. You will also notice that the shape of the blade is different, without the spike, and with the sharp edge on the other side.

(Photos from Raymundo Lucero) A more useful comparison; These next three blades come from the same collector.

Bagobo kampilan

T'boli kampilan or kefilan

Moro kampilan (Photos from Dennis Andrew Golez) Sometimes these blades stray far from home. This next one is a T'boli kampilan inherited by a collector.

(Photos from Hege-Eileen Ottem Lund) Rather than hair or roots, the Lumad seem to prefer adorning their hilts with brass bells. When you see examples of these blades in museums for up for auction, the bells tend to be absent. I purposefully included examples with bells to show them off in their full ornate glory. "Lumad" is a collective term for indigenous peoples in the south of the Philippines. Another T'boli kampilan, with a closeup on the hilt to show the brasswork.

(Photos from JC Nolas) This one's a headscratcher for me- supposedly this unique find from the 1800s has a hilt made of whalebone. The blade looks to be of the Moro variant, but I could very easily be mistaken. It looks to have been adorned with bells as well.

(Photos from Ron Zambarrano) One more thing to note is that the kampilan is not a tool-turned-weapon, nor a multipurpose blade. They are made to be used as weapons. I won't fault anyone for subscribing to the belief that Philippine native blades were mostly farming implements, which just happened to be repurposed for combat sometimes. It is true for many blades which functioned essentially as multi-tools, and the languages sometimes don't help when they use the same word for any kind of blade- be it a tool or a sword. Dispel your myths. Our ancestors were not ALL farmers-turned-fighters. They faced our colonizers as warriors.

(Photo by Ramon H. Bathan) The veritable force of nature that is Sam'baha (the smug-looking badass in the art at the top of this post) stands as the face of Gubat Banwa, wielding a kampilan in one hand and a karambit in the other. Challenge her legacy! Be a part of all the tide-churning, sky-burning, world-rending action by supporting the game on Kickstarter!

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