"What the fuck is that guy doing?"

You turn to your friend and turn to the direction they're facing. A hooded figure is walking through the lab without any sort of equipment or even a badge. From what you could see under the hood as they passed by, you saw their pale skin, freckles placed all over their face. Their dirty blonde hair looked messy and unkempt from being under that hoodie. It probably looked worse with it off, so you didn't blame them. As they went into the next room, you got a glimpse of the bright yellow logo on the back of their hoodie, the letters escaping your memory as the door shut silently.

"Oh, that guy?" you inquire, looking back at your friend as you point at the door he just exited through. "Yeah, he's been here a lot recently."

"But, I've never seen him... Does he even work here?"

"Somewhat. From what I've heard, he got hired by Gabriel from some YouTube loser group to monitor something they've found recently. Something inside the facility."

"The fuck does that even mean?!"

They stare at you with large, confused eyes. Their hands rested on their hips, and that only reminded you of your mother, questioning you on where you went after 6 pm and getting home just after 11.. You shrugged.

"Not too sure to be honest. But he is working under Gabriel, so we don't really need to worry. If we did, we probably would have already lost our jobs."

You turned back to your work station, filling a small tube with water from the stingray tank. Someone from one of the other departments said something about possible contamination due to someone trying to get in it the other day, so you had to do a check up on it. You also had a sneaking suspicion it had to deal with whatever is lurking within the facility. Whether or not it's a threat you'll never know.

"Yeah, you're right. Sorry I'm just paranoid I guess. Especially with what you said abut something 'lurking' here," your friend relaxed their arms before reaching a hand behind their head to scratch at something.

"It's alright man. I get that. Hey, could you help me with this real quick?"

"Oh, sure!"

Their smile gave you hope, it always did. It always gave you a sense that maybe things were gonna be okay. You smiled back at them, looking back at your current work.

That smile faded quickly as you heard clanging from the other room.

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@localvoidcat

nirvana is SUCH a fun character to me. why are u even here in the FONDEST way possible. just some librarian now 

[ID: Digital fanart of Nirvana Moebius from Omnisceint Reader’s Viewpoint. They are a brown skinned person with long white hair tied into a very long braid and a pair of very long dangly earrings. They have dark eyes with a mole under their left eye and a V-shaped smile. There are three images of them in the one picture, one chibi-ish version with their hands clasped and eyes closed with an open grin wearing a lanyard. The second of them looking to the side with a calm smile wearing a shirt that says “staff” and a lanyard. The third is a profile of them sitting and reading from an open book, looking content. /end ID]

The ways in which I feel accomplished are weird, I have not accomplished anything great, hell I haven't even got a job yet, but my room is finally starting to look like how I've always wanted it to, I'm starting to look like how I've always wanted to, it's weird but it does make me feel accomplished in some weird way

Hi it's auggie👋🏼

Let's have a yarn about the hidden disability sunflower lanyard 🌻

The hidden disability sunflower symbol is an accessibility tool for those with, a hidden disability.

It's most common form is a lanyard but you can also purchase badges and bracelets.

The sunflower is used to let staff and other members of the public know that you might need a helping hand, easy bathroom access, a quiet space or anything else.

I love my lanyard, it's covered in funky badges.

Wearing it in public makes me feel confident and more secure. Unfortunately very few people in my area know what it means so I often am educating.

Remember if you see some else werining one to be respectful and limit your questions. That goes both ways, if someone asks you a question that you don't feel comfortable answering, you don't need to answer.

I'd love to hear if you wear a sunflower lanyard and what your experiences have been like.

Have a lovely day!🪩🧼🏳️‍🌈🦃🌻🍊🧽🚢

DARIGAN PETS

made these pets into a funky lanyard that’s up for grabs in my shop!

hey guys remember those wheel of time tweets I made ages ago well I made au designs for them and will now ramble because fuck it I love modern aus

I tried to keep the general outfits/colour palettes aligned with the canon show costuming and basically plucked as many details as possibly from the books to shove in there. the amount of detail makes my favourites apparent but shush x

mat:

-hearing aid from damaged hearing due to a freak lightning strike (he’s deaf totally in one ear, because he was closer than rand)

-missing eye from an infection after he got glass behind it mucking about. he usually wears either a clear or brown prosthetic but has funky ones and an eyepatch too

-his remaining eye is very light sensitive and weak due to the lightning so he carries a sunflower lanyard because he just Cannot Exist on his right side

-lots of patched up, baggy clothes that he usually fixes up from second hand shops

-he/it agender because fuck it look at him

-his sisters painted his nails pink <3

-caked in mud almost 24/7 because he likes dragging rand and perrin out on adventures

rand:

-matching hearing aid to mat, only in one ear because his hearing is better as he was further from the lightning

-lost his hand in a car accident that also left him chronic pain from a badly healed abdominal wound. he supports himself when standing/walking with the cane, and the pain is inconsistent and triggered with strenuous movement or random

-eyes are similarly sensitive as mat’s but again, less so

-stickers <3 there’s a heron one on that cane somewhere trust me, the scale was just too small

-he’s such a jumper guy look at season one, and double denim but it’s allowed because he’s cute

-mud caked due to mat

perrin:

-perrin I’m so sorry darling I struggled with you so much

-burns on his arms and over his hands from apprenticing as a metal worker

-equally mud caked from mat

-he has a wolfhound rescue called hopper, who follows him around everywhere

Weekly Press Briefing #68: October 8th - 14th

Welcome back to the Weekly Press Briefing, where we bring you highlights from The West Wing fandom each week, including new fics, ongoing challenges, and more! This briefing covers all things posted from October 8 - October 14, 2023! Did we miss something? Let us know; you can find our contact info at the bottom of this briefing! 

Challenges/Prompts:

There are no open challenges/prompts that we know of this week. Do you have a challenge or event you’d like us to promote or know of one we’re missing? Be sure to get in touch with us! Contact info is at the bottom of this briefing.

This Week in Canon:

Welcome back to This Week in Canon, where we revisit moments in The West Wing that occurred on these dates during the show’s run.

Season 1, Episode 4: Five Votes Down aired on October 13, 1999.

Season 3, Episode 1: Manchester Part I aired on October 10, 2001.

Season 4, Episode 4: The Red Mass aired on October 9, 2002.

Season 5, Episode 3: Jefferson Lives aired on October 8, 2003.

Season 7, Episode 3: Message of the Week aired on October 9, 2005.

Photos/Videos:

Here’s what was posted from October 8 - October 14:

Amy Landecker posted an edit of Brad by Twitter user @schiff0rd. 

Josh Malina posted a video of Nathan Salston playing Hatikvah, the Israeli national anthem, on piano. 

Josh Malina posted a thoughtful text post about the war between Israel and Hamas. 

Josh Malina posted photos of himself and Bradley Whitford (and one trolling him) for Brad’s birthday on October 10th. 

Marlee Matlin posted a photo of herself with Piper Laurie in memory of her after her recent death. 

Peter James Smith posted a selfie from Screamfest. 

Donna Moss Daily: October 8 | October 9 | October 10 | October 11 | October 12 | October 13 | October 14

Daily Josh Lyman: October 8 | October 9 | October 10 | October 11 | October 12 | October 13 | October 14

No Context BWhit: October 9 | October 10 | October 12 | October 13 | October 14

@twwarchive: October 8 | October 12 | October 13 | October 14

Editors’ Choice:

Here are a handful of fics with cozy, fluffy, or funny fall vibes! Some are here for the first time, some we’ve recced before, but they’re all fun reads for this time of year. Please feel free to reblog with your own favorite cozy autumn reads!

How Pumpkin Carving and Twins Lead to Practice by mdrgrl1 [archived by westwingfanfictioncentral_archivist]  | Rated T | Josh Lyman/Donna Moss | Complete | Josh and Donna spend the day before Halloween carving pumpkins and babysitting. Not Quite Pumpkin Pie by fictorium | Rated G | No Pairings Listed (Gen Fic) | Complete | Another retreat to Manchester, another... incident. I Knew You by jeaniecregg | Rated G | C. J. Cregg/Toby Ziegler | Complete | A cozy Saturday in the West Wing has CJ reminiscing about her past with Toby. 31 Days of Halloween by sam_writes_fics | Rated T | Josh Lyman/Donna Moss, Abbey Bartlet/Jed Bartlet, Josh Lyman/Sam Seaborn, C. J. Cregg/Toby Ziegler, Josh Lyman & Mallory O'Brien, Zoey Bartlet/Charlie Young | In Progress | 31 individual Halloween themed ficlets revolving around everyone's favorite senior staffers. Chapters will be posted once a day, every day, for the entire month of October at 4pm EST. Enjoy.  absolutely smitten (never let you go) by JessBakesCakes for fairwinds09 | Rated T | Josh Lyman/Donna Moss | Complete | Josh feels all the air whoosh out of his lungs when he sees the teacher standing on the other side of the door. She looks at the group standing outside her door, puzzled for a moment, until her blue eyes lock with Josh’s. Her blonde hair is tucked neatly behind her ears, and pumpkin earrings dangle from her earlobes. She’s wearing a copper-colored fall sweater, adorned with leaves around the collar that match her bulletin board. Her ID badge dangles from her neck, one of those ink pens in a bright, funky color clipped to her lanyard. “Miss Moss,” CJ says. “This is Mr. Lyman from the high school."

Due to tumblr character limits, this week's fic updates will be reblogged to this post momentarily!

Being as he is a creepypasta oc I should kind of explain myself.

Ghost Boy is a 20 y old in these drawings, but he had originally been 15 when he made contact with Slenderman and 18 when he finally made the deal. His story is particularly dark, dealing with bullying about his sexuality (he's gay) and how he got revenge on those bullies after a tussle they all got in.

His story is slightly sad. And the reason I won't be writing it here is because I want to make a different post that contains his story so I can make sure no one feels uncomfortable by my posts. I want to keep them all filtered correctly :]!!

Oh, and this book was made by MilkyTomato on Etsy. They were the inspiration for Ghost Boy I mean look.

Isn't it cute? I love the order I got from them. Tons of stickers and pocket books. I even got a lanyard from them! I love their art it's cute and a bit funky! Check em out! (The pin and key didn't come with the pocket book)

I love you weighted blankets I love you plushies I love you stim toys I love you comfy socks I love you earphones I love you oversized hoodies I love you encyclopedias I love you stickers I love you pillows I love you bean bags I love you streaming platforms I love you disco lights in the shower I love you pastas I love you chocolate I love you neurodivergent and queer friends I love you glasses with colored lenses I love you shoes with lights I love you funky keychain I love you lanyards I love you armchairs I love you little bag with my favorite rocks I love you house plants I love you cats I love you supportive teachers I love you smiling passer-by I love you stars I love you car rides I love you parallel play I love you hugs from my favorite people I love you

Dry Cleaning — Stumpwork (4AD)

Photo by Guy Bolongaro

Stumpwork by Dry Cleaning

The defining lyric of Dry Cleaning’s excellent debut album, New Long Leg, was probably “Scratchcard Lanyard”’s “Do everything and feel nothing.” Florence Shaw’s words wandered far and wide, gathering up fragments into an intoxicating jumble, settling most often on the topic of food. On this second album, Stumpwork, the music roves more freely, while Shaw’s words zero in on more prickly subjects such as politics, violence and COVID lockdowns. The defining lyric here probably comes from within the jaunty Smiths-esque jangle of “Kwenchy Kups”: “Things are shit but it’s gonna be OK.” Bleak but hopeful sums up Dry Cleaning in 2022.

Given that Shaw’s deadpan vocals are no longer a novelty, Stumpwork is inevitably more of a grower than their debut. The band’s more expansive and patient approach is writ large in opener “Anna Calls from the Arctic.” Lewis Maynard delivers a characteristically loping bassline, while drummer Nick Buxton gradually builds his rhythm track from the ground up, starting with electronic drums then gradually introducing a crisply played kit. Tom Dowse’s guitar is more textural than riff-focused, culminating in a looped, droning coda. 

On the album’s finest moment, “No Decent Shoes for Rain,” Dowse’s guitar is warbly and metallic, seemingly holding itself together like a smile stretched too thin, only for it to shatter into shimmering arpeggiated shards during the song’s second half. Maynard also diversifies his approach on the bass on several tracks, employing a funky filter effect on “Hot Penny Day,” introducing plangent Tortoise-like chords on “Liberty Log,” and seeming to reference Slint’s “Good Morning, Captain” on closer “Icebergs.” 

It’s not all growers and reinvention, though. “Driver’s Story” could easily have been plucked from their debut, and the band keeps things catchy and direct on singles “Don’t Press Me” and “Gary Ashby.” Though Shaw tries her hand at some tentative singing here and there, it’s the degree of nuance in how she enunciates her words that’s most surprising and gratifying. This results in some wonderfully funny lines, such as the title track’s inexplicable “Woah, I just killed a giant wolf,” or the reference to mask wearing on “No Decent Shoes for Rain”: “I’ve seen your arse but not your mouth / That’s normal now.” 

With Shaw’s vocals as the pivot, Dowse, Maynard and Buxton flex, weave and dance around her, resulting in a nuanced listen that extends the band way beyond their pigeonhole of “post-punk.” Hard to pinpoint where Dry Cleaning belong now, which can only be a good thing. 

Tim Clarke

Check out this listing I just added to my Poshmark closet: VTG Ice Blue Lucite Funky Beaded Lanyard w Black and White Seed Beads.

Funky foot watch necklace watch ladies watch green pendant necklace timepiece green necklace watch for girls watch beaded lanyard watch gift by OohlalaBeadtique

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Check out this listing I just found on Poshmark: Leopard Lanyard.

Peter Pan Crocs Crocband Clog

If you're looking for a fun and quirky pair of shoes to add to your wardrobe, Crocs has just what you need! The Peter Pan Crocs Crocband clogs are perfect for any whimsical outfit. Made with lightweight Croslite material, these shoes are easy to wear and highly comfortable. Plus, the playful design is sure to put a smile on your face. So why not add a pair of Peter Pan Crocs to your collection today? You won't be disappointed! KEY FEATURES: - Crocs have become a popular shoe choice in recent years, and it's easy to see why. They are comfortable, versatile, and easy to slip on and off. And with so many different styles available, there's a pair of crocs to suit everyone's taste. But crocs aren't just for the beach or the pool. They are also perfect for those days when you want to relax at home or run errands around town. In fact, crocs are so versatile that they can even be worn in the winter. With their thick soles and cozy lining, crocs are ideal for keeping your feet warm and dry when the weather outside is cold and wet. So if you're looking for a shoe that you can wear all year round, crocs are a perfect choice. -   - "I was given a pair of crocs to try out and I have to say, I was really impressed! They are so comfortable and I don't have to worry about them falling off when I'm wearing them. The lanyard is a really handy tool and I can't believe how much easier it is to operate without the fear of falling. Overall, I would highly recommend crocs to anyone looking for a comfortable, safe, and easy way to operate their device. Thanks, crocs!" - Crocs are the perfect gift for that special someone in your life who seems to have everything. They're unique, fun, and practical - what more could you want? crocs come in a variety of colors and styles to suit any personality, and they're comfortable enough to wear all day long. Whether your recipient is an avid gardener or just likes to lounge around the house, crocs are sure to be a hit. So next time you're looking for that perfect gift, don't forget about crocs! PRODUCT INFORMATION: - Material: 100% EVA, waterproof ability. - Crocs are a type of shoe that is known for being very comfortable and durable. They are also resistant to the impact of weather, such as rain and sunshine. In addition, crocs are resistant to the destruction of chemicals. This makes them a popular choice for people who need to wear shoes that can withstand tough conditions. crocs are also available in a variety of colors and styles, so you can find a pair that suits your taste. Whether you need shoes for work or play, crocs are a great option. - Lightweight. PRINTS: Dye-sublimation printing WASHING INSTRUCTIONS: Machine Wash PRODUCTION TIME: 15 Business Days Note:    - Please allow a slight dimension difference from 1-3 cm. - Due to the different monitor and light effect, the actual color of the item might be slightly different from the visual pictures. Conclusion paragraph: If you're looking for a fun and funky pair of shoes to add to your wardrobe, Crocs has just what you need. The Peter Pan Crocband clogs are perfect for summertime style. With a bright green design inspired by the story of Peter Pan, these shoes will make you stand out in a crowd. And at only $35, they're affordable too! So don't wait – buy them now and enjoy the good weather in style. MORE OF THIS: CROCS FROM ALISHIRTS.COM Read the full article

The World of Lanyards

The lanyard; that beautiful, printed, colored band around your neck to which an identity card is attached, has come a long way since its invention more than 500 years ago by the French.

Back then, the French called it the “laniere” which meant a strap or thong made of rope or cord or hemp and was used to keep their weapons in position especially whilst climbing a ships' rigging, entering combat or riding a horse.

It was the ship Captains who first began using the laniere around their neck with a whistle attached. The British beat police found this useful and adopted it, calling it the lanyard. Gradually the use of the laniere or lanyard spread throughout Europe and eventually, the rest of the World.

These days, only the armed forces continue to use the lanyards made from cord and are used to hold the ceremonial sword or pistol in place during official events.

The rest of the World uses the lanyard around the neck and it has a spring-loaded metal clip to which an identity card or tag can be attached. The lanyard serves a dual purpose – make the identity card easily available and visible, and more importantly, since the lanyard is custom printed with the logo and colours of the establishment issuing it, the lanyard itself acts as a security tag. Anyone sporting a differently printed lanyard can be immediately spotted. Moreover, the lanyard can be colour coded for each department, floor, event, function or nature of the work of the individual wearing it.

The lanyard therefore, has become more than just a tool to hold the identity card or tag – the lanyard itself provides visual information to the security staff.

When it comes to cultural events, lanyards can become as funky as you like. With luminous ink, you can have lanyards which not only look cool in the daylight, you can have them glow in the dark and made from UV yarn material. Switch off the lights for a second and security staff watching the cameras will spot any collar that does not sport the glowing lanyard. Funky with a serious purpose.

Today, lanyards are made from a variety of material and are broadly classified into ‘plain’, ’sublimated’, ‘Polyester’, ‘Woven’ and ‘Nylon lanyards’.

Essentially, there are two types of lanyards - ‘plain’ and ’sublimated’. ‘Plain’ obviously means non-printed. It is generally a simple, single-colored lanyard. ’Sublimated’ is where the fun is. Here, anything can be done and the sky is the limit. Logos, text, color matching, luminous paint or ink – you name it, it can be done. The best place to order is at https://www.irelandlanyards.com/. Select the type of plain lanyard you need, upload your artwork (for sublimated type lanyards), and mention the quantity required. It can be done and shipped to you as quickly as you require with a lead time generally of about two weeks for production.