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[preservationofnormalcy]

[The office is crowded when I make it in. A few dozen people in the waiting room of the simply-furnished building, weary eyed. Some waiting patiently, some not so patiently. As a slender man speaks tersely with a receptionist, I am unsure where to go. After I hesitate a moment, a man at the end of the desks waves at me. 

He is short, barely over five feet tall. He is bald on the top of his head, with bursts of frizzy hair on either side above his ears. His eyes inspect me from behind huge and thick glasses rimmed with a brassy metal, above a  brown corduroy suit with a green tie. When he speaks, he has a slight lisp and a heavy stammer.] 

F] Hello. Uh. Yes, h-hello madam. 

M] Ferdinand Mills? 

F] Yes. Yes, co-come here. May I have a word?

M] Yes, of course. 

F] I ch-choose the word, uh, ‘interview’. 

M] What? 

F] Nothing, nothing madam. Come, come.

[I am led back behind the counters, past small cubicles and offices. It looks like any other office building I’ve been in, if furnished a little more…vintage. Kelly greens and dark brown woods dominate the furniture, and brassy metal fixtures catch the somewhat dimmer light. I’m led into Ferdinand’s office, and immediately I see piles and piles of paperwork, stacked almost impossibly high in some places. His computer is buried in it, and for a moment I wonder about the heat. He sits at his desk and laces his fingers together.] 

F] I, umm. Was told of your c-coming, madam. What….what is your purpose here? 

M] I’m here to conduct a….to….. 

F] Mmmh? 

M] To….conduct a….what is happening, why can’t I—

F] You may, uh, have it back. 

M] Interview. Interview, interview. What the hell, I….oh. 

F] A p-parlor trick. Nothing, uh, more, Ms Hendricks. 

M] Why did you do that? 

F] Some, uh, new agents don’t quite understand the ru-rules. Think it’s a g-game. Until they’re uh….

[He gestures with his palm down and fingers wiggling.] 

F] On the end of a…string, madam. M-marionette. 

M] So you just…take something from them? 

F] B-better it be me, than, ah. Something else. Please. Y-your interview, madam. Your questions? 

M] As long as you don’t do that again. 

F] Queen’s, uh, honor. On the Court. 

M] ….what is your name and position?

F] I am called F-Ferdinand Mills, and I am the director of the Legal Extranormal Persons Office, as well as, ah, liaison to the North American Seelie Court. 

M] What do you do in either position? 

F] In the f-former, I am a social worker, ah. Mostly. We oversee the process of g-gaining legal personhood under the Office and the work that entails. It’s a little like….im-immigration. 

The latter position is m-mostly ceremonial. I help the Office train its staff on issues related to the Fa-Fair Folk and…perhaps the, ah. Challenges. 

M] What is legal personhood? 

F] B-before the 1937 Tom-Tommyknocker Accords, it was Office policy that non-humans were not g-giv–ah, extended the rights and privileges afforded to h-human citizens by the US constitution. Not, not that they applied to humans equally either…b-but I digress. The Accords provided a legal f-framework for providing citizenship and thus legal p-protection to non-human or sufficiently str-ah. Abnormal persons. 

M] Why is it called the Tommyknocker Accords? 

F] The camp-cam….effort was led by Tommyknockers, an ethnic group of Fair Folk that w-were among the first to im-immigrate with Cornish humans and took up residence mainly in m-mines. Their presence was, ah, of course never officially re-recognized by American authorities, but they often had union cards, paid for by their human c-coworkers. This s-sort of solidarity led the Tommyknockers to seek some kind of rights from the g-government, which gained the ear of the Office in the nine-ninetee-ah. In the 30’s. In return for the local S-seelie Court’s cooperation in protecting humans from the actions of r-rogue fae, fair folk would receive legal p-protection and citizenship, and c-considerations for those that can, ah, pass as human.

M] And this has been extended to…more than just fae?

F] V-very soon after it was started, work began on expanding it to lycanthropes, the undead, demons…by now there are art-artificial intelligences, homunculi, extraterrestrials…

M] Do you think the department is successful in its goals? 

F] Our g-goals are to help promote a culture of protection for those who may not have had it in the past. It’s a matter of civil rights. The astoundingly vast majority of people that come through here….all they want is to live p-peacefully and be left alone, more or, ah, less. 

I hope you-you can agree that people of all stripes should have a fundamental right to exist without legal d-discrimination or fear. Of course, given the Office’s secrecy standards, certain concessions have to be made. 

And, to be cyn-cynical, there’s also the goal of providing those people a route of, ah, legal redress. If we didn’t ex-extend certain protections to the extranormal population, they’d riot. And they’d be justified in, ah, doing so. 

M] That seems like an important point. What about your position as fae liaison. How did the Office’s cooperation with the NASC begin?

F] As the Accords were being f-formed, it was determined, primarily from the T-Tommyknockers, that enough Fair Folk had, ah, immigrated to North America that they had formed their own C-court. This would allow the local f-fae to determine their own law, culturally influenced by but separate from o-older Courts. The culture of this court was still diff-different than many in Europe and elsewhere, of course, and this probably contributed to the success of the Accords. M-many wanted a fresh start, for them-themselves, and with mortals. Some of them were half-human themselves. My f-father was among those present at the Accords, ah, in fact.

M] And this has been a successful relationship, in your opinion?

F] I know s-so. The country would be a very different place if we had powerful groups like the NASC opp-opposed to us.

M] I did want to ask about the, uh. Recon team—

F] I won’t s-s-speak on that without an ethics r-r-representative being p-present. 

M] I just wanted to know what their—

F] If LEP is imm-immigration, Recon is immigration en-enforcement. I have my i-issues with how the R-r-recon team conducts its— no, no, no, I won’t speak on it further. 

M] Are they the main enforcement and security agency in the Office?

F] I said I wouldn’t— nnnhf. F-first line. F-first contact. If it seems like too much for them, we call O-Sec. Then it’s out of our h-hands. Now if you please, if you’d like to kn-know more about R-recon, speak to someone in Recon. 

M] Do their operations bother you?

F] Ms Hendricks, I–

M] Or are they a necessary evil? 

F] N-n-no evil is necessary, Ms Hendricks. I won’t speak f-f-further on it. In fact, ah, I, uh, I believe we are done t-talking. Reschedule another interview if you m-must. 

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[girlsdressingrooms]

"Street Art"

Credit: Ana Otta

[taevayu]

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[interranetworks]

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[duffbert]

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[samvadprakriya]

सीएसआईआर-एनआईएससीपीआर ने सीएसआईआर का 81वां स्थापना दिवस मनाया

सीएसआईआर-एनआईएससीपीआर ने सीएसआईआर का 81वां स्थापना दिवस मनाया

वैज्ञानिक और औद्योगिक अनुसंधान परिषद की स्थापना 26 सितंबर 1942 को हुई थी। इस वर्ष, यह भारत के सबसे बड़े अनुसंधान एवं विकास संगठनों में से एक अपना 81वां स्थापना दिवस मना रहा है। देशभर में फैली 37 प्रयोगशालाएं इस विशेष  दिन को अपनी-अपनी जगह  पर मनाती हैं । दिल्ली स्थित सीएसआईआर प्रयोगशाला राष्ट्रीय विज्ञान संचार और नीति अनुसंधान संस्थान ने इस माह की 27 सितंबर 2022 को राष्ट्रीय कृषि विज्ञान परिसर…

[nigsims]

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[pgfone]

Milioni di euro spesi in cuccette e lui dorme sulla scatola della coop tra il casino.

[aiteanngaelach]

Beidh ríl againn - Fionán Mac Coluim

Ó, beidh ríl againn, beidh ríl againn, Beidh ríl againn Dé Domhnaigh, Beidh ríl againn cois taobh an chnoic Is an cailín deas á foghlaim.

Táimse in grá le cailín deas, Táimse in grá gan dabht léi Táimse in grá le cailín deas, Is pósfad í Dé Domhnaigh.

[alessandroiiidimacedonia]

[preservationofnormalcy]

Halo halo - bha mi airson conaltradh a dhèanamh riut guys, oir tha cùis caran “neo-àbhaisteach” agam. Chan eil a h-uile rud a tha mi a’ feuchainn ri sgrìobhadh a’ tighinn a-mach sa Bheurla, ach an àite sin seòrsa de dhualchainnt Ghàidhlig. Agus chan eil e fiù’s a’ tighinn a-mach gu math – tha caraid agam a’ toirt sùil air (a’ sgrùdadh beul-aithris na Gàidhlig airson bith-beò, an aon adhbhar a b’ urrainn dhomh aithneachadh sa chiad àite), agus a rèir choltais tha a h-uile seantans air a droch chur ri chèile agus meall gràmair. Rinn e coimeas eadar e agus a bhith air a chuir tro google translate. Tha seo air a bhith a’ dol air adhart airson na trì latha a dh’ fhalbh, agus b’ fheudar dhomh tòiseachadh a’ cur dheth obair. Comhairle sam bith?

Sure hope this means you can read english.

Did you get approached by someone weird asking if they can have your "idiolect"? Fae will sometimes use large words to obfuscate the nature of their request. I've heard of this before, where someone will lose their ability to speak their native tongue, and it typically gets replaced by something kind of half-baked.

Send your contact info to the NASC, they'll take it from there.

[ragazzoarcano]

“Attimi a volte rubati

Sfiorati in penombra

Tra brividi e sospiri

Sperando in un sempre

Stretto in un forse

Alle soglie di un tempo

Che nasce e sempre muore.”

— E. Barbara De Sanctis

[sofysta]

Le voci girano nella mia città ed arrivano fin qui in Sardegna. Quei 7 non so se staranno meglio in carcere o fuori dal carcere. Hanno un pò paura. Rido. Che la paura sia con voi allora

AMEN

[interranetworks]

Join us live at the Seed Connect Conference & Expo 2022 on Monday 28th November 2022. Don’t miss out!!!! Hope to see you there .☺️ #interranetworks #nasc #seedcouncil #seedconnectexpo2022 #agriculture #seeds #qualityseeds #eventcountdown https://www.instagram.com/p/Clan8C5ME7R/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[altar-ov-plagues]

Kanye and goatmoon split when

[nigsims]

The common varieties of rice known worldwide are the Basmati and Jasmine rice. Log on to www.nigsims.com to see and get information on other varieties of rice.