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gothhabiba · 6 months

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When my life journey took me to Italy, even the mere glimpse of an Israeli flag flying over a food stall in the city of Varese would provoke me. “This is our food!” I told my colleague. “Israelis can sell mujaddara, hummus, maqlubeh and falafel, but they cannot declare them their property!” As if stealing the land, water, and air were not enough?! This food is part of our identity and culture. For me as a Palestinian, each plate has a story that relates to my people, the state, and the fragrances of my homeland.

Israel uses food to claim ownership of the territory and encourage tourism, not only internally but also abroad, featuring it in advertisements and in articles published in international newspapers and world-famous magazines. Israeli chefs present huge events in which they appropriate Palestinian cuisine and our cultural foods, denying the origins of these foods and pretending that they are theirs. As Israelis proclaim ownership of plates whose origins lie in the Middle East, the Levant, or even Egypt, they deny the existence of the people who live on this land and whose dishes and recipes are much older than the state of Israel.

Someone as tenacious as I cannot let this go by unchallenged. Instead, I have decided to use food as a soft power tool to fight the occupation. Food has become my means to speak about Palestine.

Historically, cuisine has been a mirror of civilization, culture, heritage, and the economic status of a people. Likewise, Palestinian dishes reflect all these aspects and elements. Take musakhan, for example, a Palestinian farmer’s dish that traditionally has been cooked during the olive harvest season: tabun bread is drenched in olive oil, covered with onions that have been caramelized in olive oil, and topped with sumac. All these ingredients are the fruit of Palestinian land. As living standards rose, chicken was added, then toasted almonds and pine nuts were sprinkled on top. But despite these changes, the dish has kept its original flavors as its essence has been passed down from generation to generation, preserving the authenticity of the dish.

Our occupiers can take possession of our food in the material sense, as they have done and continue to do with our land. But they cannot transmit its history, traditions, and associated sentiments because we Palestinians consider our food to be a thread that brings us together and connects us to our homeland – especially those of us who live in the diaspora.

It is no coincidence that many Palestinian poets and writers talk about food when they express their longing for their homeland. The famous Palestinian poet Mahmoud Darwish, for example, wrote while in exile, “Dearly I yearn for my mother’s bread, my mother’s coffee.”

Food is part of Palestinian identity wherever we go. It reflects our culture, heritage, and personality.

– Fidaa Abuhamdiya, "The Soft Power of Palestinian Food." This Week in Palestine Issue 286, February 2022. Palestinian Cuisine: From Tradition to Modernity. p. 57.

#Palestine #food #quote #readings

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zegalba · 11 months

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Lara Croft for High Fashion Magazine (1999) issue 286 'Japan Futuristic Mind'

#high fashion magazine #tomb raider #lara croft #japan #lowpoly #1999

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tetrix-anime · 3 months

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Megami Magazine March 2024 Issue (#286) - Dungeon Meshi (Delicious in Dungeon)

#dungeon meshi #delicious in dungeon #marcille #megami 2024 03 #megami magazine #anime scans #official art

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coffeeadict61 · 9 months

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Humans Are Weird: Auditory Processing Disorder

Report # 306

Topic: Auditory Processing Disorder

APD: disorder of the auditory (hearing) system that causes a disruption in the way that an individual's brain understands what they are hearing.

Four days ago I was doing my monthly meeting with the electrical department, receiving updates on our monthly usage, needed parts, and checking up on general morale. (The transcript of that meeting is already turned in.) After the meeting we had refreshments and I discovered Lucy (previously mentioned in report #286) pouting in a corner. I inquired what was bothering her. She said, "The ship's head medic just diagnosed me with APD but he wasn't trained to treat it." I asked for further information on the condition. She listed several of her personal symptoms. "It means I don't always catch what people say. It feels like my brain doesn't want to listen. In one ear and out the other making me look stupid to however I talk to. It's connected to my misophonia, and the fact I was born really premature."

I was unsure how to comfort her so I made no effort. This seemed to work for Lucy kept speaking.

"And what's worse is there's nothing I can do! We don't have a speech therapist aboard or even any research materials! Its starting to affect my work performance. On top of decoding, hypersensitivity, and prosodic problems, I have integration issues which mean its really hard for me to focus on what people are saying when I'm doing something. Which freaking sucks when you're part of a team!" I had no clue what she was really talking about but gave her a hug (human gesture of enveloping one in your arms as a sign of comfort or safety), and she apologized for "venting" to me.

She then spoke on how her crew mates just thought she was "slow" or wasn't good at her job. They questioned if she was capable because she would follow directions incorrectly and she was worried she'd be replaced with someone "less problematic". I tried to assure her that I would help anyway I could on her behalf. Never again will I doubt a human's sincerity.

After some of my own personal research I have made a list of the different types and their definitions for your education on the subject:

Hypersensitivity – Hypersensitivity to sound is often diagnosed as misophonia or hyperacusis. Misophonia is when people have adverse physical reactions to sounds, such as becoming nauseated by the sound of chewing or slurping. Hyperacusis, on the other hand, is characterized by a sensitivity to sounds. For some, this means that white noise can be deafening, even causing physical pain.

Decoding – Decoding difficulties involve a lack of figuring out words that are spoken. They hear the sounds, but their brains do not process them as words.

Integration – Integration applies to those who struggle to do multiple things while listening. Such multi-tasking may be writing notes and listening, or having conversations while typing an email.

Prosodic – Prosodic refers to people who have trouble with tone, inflection, and implied meaning. A question and exclamation are processed identically in their brains. Their speech is also often monotone.

Organizational – Finally, organizational, or output, is often characterized by not recalling information in a specific order or having difficulty with noisy situations.

Honestly, Humans are so diverse and unpredictable. To think that different "problems" or " abnormalities " within their mind or body can lead to even more similar issues astounds me. They are so intricate in a way my species has never been. Despite the struggles that their disorders, and conditions being, I think it's strangely beautiful. Maybe that's just me, but I have a new appreciation for them.

I am requesting the presence of a speech therapist, whether physically or digitally, to be readily available to our crew. We must also add APD onto our medics research requirements. It is not an overly complicated subject to be fluent in. I also request that Lucy's diagnoses be added to her list of wrongful termination along with her gender, age, and race. No one should feel their position is at risk because of a disorder or disability. I also request that a written copy of daily instruction be printed for her if necessary. She is one of our best electricians and I mean to keep her employed here as long as she wants.

Human Observer #5743

#humans are weird #humans are space orcs #APD #auditory processing disorder #its an educational one folks #Lucy #Human Observer #Human observer5743 #Lucy is back #space #science fiction #sci fi #aliens #hope you like this one guys

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workersolidarity · 3 months

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(subtitles are autogenerated and may not fully represent the meaning behind the words being spoken)

[ 📹 Scenes from nearby the besieged Nasser Medical Complex in Khan Yunis City where Israeli occupation forces surrounded the compound, with snipers firing from the rooftops. Zionist forces target any civilian that moves in the vicinity of the hospital.]

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💥ISRAEL COMMITS 12 NEW MASSACRES IN 24-HOURS, FIRES ON CROWD NEAR HOSPITAL💥

The Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) continue to wontonly slaughter civilians in 12 new massacres in the previous 24-hours of the 123rd day of Israel's war of genocide.

Occupation Forces committed 12 new massacres, killing upwards of 107 Palestinians and wounding an additional 143 civilians over the previous day. At the same time, thousands remain trapped under the rubble of their homes and shelters.

At dawn, IOF warplanes bombed a residential apartment belonging to the Al-Khatib family in Hamad Town, located to the northwest of Khan Yunis, in the southern Gaza Strip, resulting in the deaths of six Palestinian civilians and wounding several others. Occupation gunboats also continue to fire on the coastline near Khan Yunis from the sea.

Meanwhile, Zionist soldiers opened gunfire on civilians in Khan Yunis repeatedly, killing six civilians and wounding others in the southern Gaza city.

At the same time, IOF drones, tanks and armored vehicles continue with intensive shelling of Khan Yunis for the third consecutive week.

West of Khan Yunis City, occupation Merkava tanks fired artillery shells into a civilian vehicle in the Buraq neighborhood, killing five Palestinians, while another female civilian was killed after IOF snipers fired on her in the al-Mawasi neighborhood, also west of Khan Yunis.

Additionally, at least 10 civilians were killed, and several others wounded, after occupation warplanes bombed four homes in the al-Sabra and al-Zaytoun neighborhoods of Gaza City.

Similarly, occupation jets bombed a residential home in the Tal al-Hawa neighborhood of Gaza City, resulting in the deaths of five civilians and wounding more than a dozen others.

Occupation aircraft also bombed civilian residences in the Ansar Square area, the Abu Mazen roundabout, and in the al-Rimal neighborhood of western Gaza City, while occupation soldiers openly fire on any civilian who moves.

After heavy shelling in the vicinity of the Nasser Hospital complex in Khan Yunis, shrapnel shards whizzing through the air struck the courtyard area of the compound.

Meanwhile, after days of occupation bombardment of infrastructure in Rafah, in the southernmost tip of the Gaza Strip near the border with Egypt, sewage water flooded the tents of the displaced.

In statement issued today by Gaza's Ministry of Education, the Ministry explained that since the beginning of Israel's war of genocide against Gazans beginning on October 7th, 2023, in excess of 4'851 students have been killed in Israeli aggression, while another 8'227 civilian students have been wounded in the fighting.

In the occupied West Bank, the occupation army has killed another 44 students; while IOF soldiers also wounded an additional 283 others and detained another 89 students.

The Ministry's statement also mentioned that 239 teachers and school administrators had been killed in IOF strikes and gunfire, while 836 teachers have been wounded as a result of Israel's war.

The statement added that another 6 teachers have been wounded and 71 others detained by IOF soldiers in the occupied West Bank.

The ministry emphasized that more than 620'000 students have been deprived of their educations by Israel's ongoing genocide as a result of being unable to enroll due to the fighting.

The Ministry's statement slammed Israel's ongoing war crimes, pointing to the 286 government schools and 65 affiliated United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine (UNRWA) schools and universities that have been bombed, shelled and targeted by IOF forces, resulting in 83 schools and universities being severely damaged, 7 completely leveled, while another 49 schools in the West Bank have been raided and vandalized by Israeli soldiers.

As a result of Israel's ongoing aggression in the Gaza Strip, more than 27'585 Palestinians have been killed and another 65'949 civilians have been wounded since October 7th.

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going-to-ikea-for-the-fries · 1 month

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WHISKEY'S MILITARY FILE (OC)

(major thanks to @crashtestbunny and @thelaisydazy because I took full inspo from yours PLUS I love your OCs)

NAME: CALLAHAN, VICTORIA ISABELLE

DOB: October 27th, 1991 (33 years old)

BIRTHPLACE: Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America.

SERVICE NO: 230-13-24

CALLSIGN: Whiskey , Bravo 7-0

SEX: Female.

MARITAL STATUS: Married.

EDUCATION: French BA with a Minor in Russian. (University of Winsconsin, Milwaukee)

LANGUAGES: English, Spanish, French, Russian.

BRANCH: United States Navy Sea, Air, and Land (SEAL) Teams.

RANK: Lieutenant (O-3).

TRAINING: Direct action, Counter-terrorism, Amphibious reconnaissance, Unconventional warfare, Hostage rescue, Underwater demolition.

Training Scores

PFT: 286

Rifle Qual: 300

CQB: 23.1s

Disciplinary Record: Clean.

Notes: 1 foreign distinction (Légion d'Honneur) awarded by the French government for an act of heroism while off duty.

Past Medical History

Height: 5ft8in / 172cm

Current Weight: 185lbs / 83kg

Blood Type: B+

Extensive physical injuries.

1x 3rd Degree Burns (from prolonged exposure to flames) and lacerations after an explosion. Extensive injuries to the skin and soft tissue of the lower extremities. Surgical intervention performed successfully. *

10+ Stab Wounds with various degrees of gravity to the torso and upper extremities. 2 instances of antibiotics to stave off infection.

8x GSW. 5x in upper and lower extremities. 1x in upper torso (left clavicle). 2x in lower abdomen.

1x Laceration to the face. Extensive tissue damage and facial deformity. Surgical intervention performed successfully. Patient politely declined cosmetic intervention.

2x Concussion.

2x Hypothermia. 4 rounds of IV fluids.

2x Pneumonia. 2 rounds of antibiotics for treatment.

3x Hypoxemia and respiratory distress from smoke/toxic gas inhalation. 3 rounds of oxygen therapy.

2x Food Poisoning.

Evaluated for hearing loss. Result: minimal.

Evaluated for visual acuity. Result: 20/20.

Family History

Spouse: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ [EMERGENCY CONTACT] **

Father: Owen Callahan. August 14th, 1961. Deceased. 56 years old. KIA. United States Marine Corps, MSgt.

Mother: Evelyn Callahan. January 18th, 1963.

Sibling: Nathaniel Owen Callahan. August 29th, 1993. Deceased. 25 years old. KIA. United States Marine Corps, SSgt.

Sibling: Madilyn Anne Peterson. June 26th, 1989.

Note: Family medical history shows a tendency for diabetes, pancreatic cancer, and high blood pressure/cholesterol. Continue to monitor.

Social History

Smoking? No.

Drinking? Yes, socially. Never binging.

Physically Active? Yes. Swims 2+ hrs, 3 times a week. Boxing, 3 times a week. Cardio, everyday.

Sexually Active? Yes. Clear of STDs and STIs. In a long-term relationship. Currently on 2nd year of 5-year hormonal IUD (Mirena).

Psychological Treatment? Yes. Attends online therapy with Dr. Norbert Karbowski every two weeks.

Religion? Christian, Baptist. Non-Practicing.

Associations? N/A.

Medication List + Indications

Lidocaine – Issued for 3rd degree burns, 5 years ago, discontinued use.

Oxycodone - Issued for 3rd degree burns, 5 years ago, discontinued use.

Allergies

N/A

Notes

* Patient shows a preference for the use of compression tights as additional treatment for burn wounds.

** Request clearance from Station Chief Kate Laswell, CIA.

#cod oc #oc: victoria “whiskey” callahan #original character

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foone · 1 year

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ok please tell us about the tandy-memorex vis :D

OKAY the Tandy Memorex Video Information System is a hilarious console that Tandy/Radio Shack came up with in 1992.

It's called the Tandy-Memorex VIS partially to distance itself from Tandy, but Memorex was owned by Tandy at the time, and this is entirely their fault. Back in 1992, the CD-ROM was the NEW HOT THING and everyone wanted to get in on that. Arguably every console that tried failed to some degree or another, until the Sony Playstation in 1994. But the VIS failed spectacularly hard, selling something like 11,000 units, and Radio Shack was nearly giving them away towards the short lifespan of the console (1992-1994).

It got about 20 games, and another 24 releases that could charitably be called "multimedia products". Things like encyclopedias, photo albums on assorted issues, and spoken-illustrated-book things with minimal animation. Of those 20 games, many of them were edutainment games, things like word puzzles, math games, drawing tools along the lines of kid-pix (on a console with no way to save pictures or print them out, so... yeah).

On top of this, it cost 699$. IN NINETEEN NINETY FUCKING TWO. Plug that into an inflation calculator and it comes out at about one and a half thousand dollars, for a console with barely any games and the ones that it did come with are designed for the little kiddies. This thing never had a market.

But here's the thing that makes it so memorable to me: While the games available for it were not interesting, and it's just another example of a failed CD-ROM console alongside the endless failed or barely-survived ones that littered the early-90s... (Every played a CD-i, 3DO, NeoGeo CD, PC-FX, FX Towns Marty, LaserActive, Commodore CD-TV or Amiga CD32? How about one of the add-ons, the Sega CD, TurboGrafx-CD, or Atari Jaguar CD? Hell, this is what the Nintendo Playstation was supposed to be, before that deal went sideways and it became two separate consoles)

The thing is that technologically the VIS is super unique because it's an idea that wouldn't really be repeated until 2001, nearly a decade later: The VIS is a console that's a computer.

Yeah, I know, all consoles are computers (except maybe arguably some early pong units), but I mean like a desktop PC. The Tandy-Memorex VIS is an IBM PC clone running Windows!

(EDIT: Accidentally submitted too early)

It's a modular windows, a sort of embedded-windows that only runs off a ROM chip, but it's still an Intel 286 with a relatively normal VGA card, a megabyte of RAM, and a 1X CD-ROM drive. This thing could basically play a ton of DOS games, it would just be a matter of some basic porting.

And it just never happened. Instead all the games are custom-designed edutainment/multimedia things, and no one ported Duke Nukem or Commander Keen or Kings Quest to it (Actually Sierra did make a test port of Kings Quest 5, but it never came out. Reportedly it was slow as hell)

It could have been a very interesting console that let us play tons of DOS games in the living room in 1992, but Tandy mismanaged it with the ridiculous price and bad policy regarding games releases which meant it never really amounted to anything.

Anyway I've got one in my room right now, and I'm planning on building a CD-ROM emulator for it so I can easily play around with making homebrew with it. I want to port a bunch of DOS games to it and make it reach its potential, like Tandy should have done in 1992.

They already had a successful line of PC compatibles in the Tandy 1000, and the VIS is partially made of advancements they developed for that weird line of computers. If they had leaned into that angle, sold it at a better price, they could have really built something special. So many advanced DOS games (and even more advanced ones made possible by the CD-ROM format) that would blow away anything else in the console market in 1992 could have been VIS releases. Instead we got some (barely-)FMV games and a bunch of sub-par Math Blaster and Reader Rabbit clones on a console that no one wanted to buy because it was too damn expensive.

#tandy memorex vis #console history

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allthecanadianpolitics · 1 year

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A growing number of patients who request medical assistance in dying are asking to donate their organs for transplant, says an international review that found that Canada is performing the most organ transplants from MAID patients among the four countries studied that offer this practice.

The report is the first-ever review of the growing use of this new practice around the world. The review was conducted in 2021 and the results were formally published in December 2022.

“We saw everyone is working in different directions. And then we said ‘OK, well, let's start an international (discussion) of all the countries involved,’” said Dr. Johannes Mulder, a physician and MAID provider in Zwolle, Netherlands, in an interview with CTV News.

Data collected for the paper shows that in Canada, Belgium, the Netherlands and Spain, combined, 286 assisted-death recipients provide lifesaving organs for transplant to 837 patients in the years up to and including 2021.

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Doctors in Canada, where medical assistance in dying (MAID) was decriminalized in 2016, performed almost half of the world’s organ transplants after MAID for that period (136), according to the publication.

Data from the Canadian Institute for Health Information confirms this new source of transplant organs accounted accounts for six per cent of all transplants from deceased donors in Canada in 2021. Some transplants, like those for kidneys and livers, can be done with patients who are alive.

“I was rather proud that Canada has done so well in terms of organ donation by MAID patients,” said Arthur Schafer, director of the Centre for Professional and Applied Ethics at the University of Manitoba, in an interview with CTV News.

With more than 4,000 Canadians waiting for organ transplants, some of whom are dying, he says Canada’s numbers show a strong move to turn death into a win-win.

“So I say, 'Good on us.' It’s a wonderful opportunity for someone facing death to make something significant out of the end of their life,” said Schafer.

PATIENT-DRIVEN TREND

The international review on this new practice has been overwhelmingly driven by patients who are suffering from irreversible degenerative diseases, like amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and Parkinson’s.

“If this body has deserted me, I could do something good,” is how Mulder says patients frame their decision.

Canadian ALS patient Sharron Demchuk donated her kidneys and lungs after her medically assisted death in September of 2021. Her family says she herself pushed her doctors to consider a way she could help people after she died, becoming the first in New Brunswick to do so.

“She kept doing follow-ups, kept pushing and even though she wasn’t able to speak, she would make notes for my dad. ‘Here’s what I want you to ask them. Here’s what I want you to say,’” her daughter, Darlene Demchuk, told CTV News last year.

One of the goals of the international report, says Mulder, was to share information openly on how countries are managing this controversial and evolving new practice, including the tricky ethical and logistical issues of consent from vulnerable patients.

“What should you do, or what should what shouldn't you do? And how to keep the whole project completely voluntary,” he said of some of the concerns, noting that patients should never be pressured to choose MAID to increase the availability of donor organs.

That is a worry shared by Trudo Lemmens, a professor in health law and policy at the University of Toronto.

He points to statistics showing more than 35 per cent of Canadians who died by MAID in 2021 felt they were "a burden on family, friends or caregivers” according to a Health Canada report.

“I am concerned that people who struggle with a lack of self-esteem and self-worth may be pushed to see this as an opportunity to mean something,” said Lemmens in an email comment to CTV News.

With other countries like Australia eyeing medical assistance in dying along with organ donations, Mulder says public trust in this new medical practice must be developed and maintained.

“That’s why guidelines are necessary and should also be strict,”’ the doctor said.

#submission #medical assistance in dying #organ donation #ableism

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bratshaws · 5 months

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through the hourglass 313.brb x oc

a/n: another shorty but hope yall like it!(comments and reblogs are super welcome and encouraged!)

pairing: plus size!oc x rooster

warnings: none uwu

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She knows she should wait when he’s free,she knows it, but she couldn’t wait especially after what happened??? After Miranda? She chews her lower lip as she looks down at his contact number on her phone, gardening gloves have been tossed aside as she walks back inside.

She was surprised her fuming hadn’t woken Shells or the kids up.

After a moment of internal debate, Beatrice made a decision. She couldn't wait. She needed to hear Rooster's voice, to share the strange occurrences that had unfolded in his absence. Pulling her phone closer, she took a deep breath and pressed the call button.

The phone rang a few times before Rooster answered, his voice groggy from the late hour. "Bea? Everything okay?"

“Hey…I know it’s late out there,sorry for waking you…”

“No,hey,” he grunts and the bed creaks as he sits up, “Don’t apologize gorgeous. You know I love hearing your voice especially when I’m deployed.”

Beatrice smiled, the warmth in Rooster's voice providing a comforting embrace, even across the miles that separated them. "I just... I needed to talk to you. Something happened, and I couldn't wait."

Rooster's tone shifted to alertness. "What happened? Are you okay?"

Beatrice hesitated for a moment, contemplating how to relay the events without causing unnecessary worry. "Miranda came over today. It was... strange, Rooster. She was saying things, trying to create tension or something again. I don't know what her game is…"

“ What did she say?"

Beatrice recounted the encounter, detailing Miranda's cryptic comments with detail, and Rooster listened attentively, remaining silent so his wife could let everything out without being interrupted.

When Beatrice finished, Rooster let out a heavy sigh. "Damn. I wish I was there, Bea. I don't like the sound of this. What did she want?"

"I have no idea," Beatrice admitted, frustration creeping into her voice. "It felt like she was trying to get under my skin, questioning your abilities as a pilot. It was bizarre, Rooster."

Rooster's tone shifted, a mix of annoyance and concern. "Questioning my abilities? What does she have to do with that?"

"That's what I'm trying to figure out. It's like she's trying to stir up trouble again… I don’t know, is…well,is Mark bothering you guys too?”

A pause.

“You…could say that,gorgeous.”

"What's happening with Mark, Rooster?" Beatrice asked, her voice laced with worry.

"...I can’t say over a call baby" Rooster explained. "Too risky.”

“Are you all safe? Right now?”

"Yeah, we're safe for now. Just dealing with some internal issues. I'll fill you I can,I promise.”

Beatrice exhaled a breath she didn't realize she was holding. "Okay. Just...be careful, Rooster. I don't like the sound of all this."

"Me neither,gorgeous…we’ll be okay," Rooster reassured her “I promise. We can handle…whatever this is.”

Beatrice nodded, even though Rooster couldn't see her. "I know. But it doesn't make it any easier when you're so far away."

"I know,gorgeous…did Miranda…said anything else?”

"Nothing else."

Rooster's voice softened. "I see… Shells is there with you, right?"

"Yeah, Shells has spending some time," Beatrice acknowledged, a small smile touching her lips. "But it's just... I don't want anything jeopardizing the peace we have at home, especially with you away on a mission."

"I know baby. I wish I could do more. Just remember, we're a team, no matter the distance. If anything feels off, trust your instincts, okay?"

"I will, Rooster. Always." she sighs, “I should probably let you go back to sleep.”

Rooster's voice held a comforting note. "I'm not going back to sleep until I know you're okay. Talk to me, Bea. What else is on your mind?"

Beatrice hesitated for a moment, debating whether to share the weight that had settled on her heart. "I just miss you, Rooster. And with all this happening, it feels like the world is a bit shaky."

"I miss you too, Bea. More than you can imagine. But we need to weather this storm, and then I promise I'll come back to you."

Tears welled up in Beatrice's eyes, the longing for Rooster magnified by the distance between them. "I know, Rooster. I just... I worry. About you, about us, about everything."

Rooster's voice softened, "We'll get through this, baby. I'll make it back to you. Just keep our home fires burning, okay?"

"I will," Beatrice whispered, a sniffle escaping her. "I love you, Rooster."

"I love you too, gorgeous. Now, get some rest. We'll talk soon."

After exchanging a few more words, Beatrice reluctantly ended the call. The weight of the conversation lingered in the air, a mix of concern, love, and the underlying uncertainty of the situation. She wiped away a tear, took a deep breath, and dropped her head on top of her folded arms as she rested on the kitchen table.

Jolene whined under her, her huge head plopping on Bea’s thigh as her paw landed on the human’s knee.

Beatrice absentmindedly ran her fingers through Jolene's fur, finding solace in the comforting presence of her loyal companion. As she sat there, Beatrice's mind danced between the happenings of the day.The encounter with Miranda left a lingering unease, like when you swallow bitter medicine. She couldn't shake the feeling that something ominous lurked beneath the surface, something she couldn't quite grasp.

But why?

Why?

Why were Miranda and Mark so obsessed with them? This has been happening for so long she couldn’t even figure out a fair reason to.

"You doing okay, Bea?" Shells finally broke the quietude.

“Ah!’ Bea jumped, turning around to see Shells standing by the kitchen door, holding the twins to her chest while Nicole wobbled over to her mother. Bea sighed, picking Nicole up and standing to check on the other two, “Sorry,I…didn’t hear you.”

Shells grinned, gently rocking the twins in her arms. "No worries, Bea. You looked lost in thought. Everything okay?"

Beatrice sighed, her gaze drifting towards the window as if seeking answers in the starlit sky. "I just had a chat with Rooster. Miranda's visit today... it's been lingering on my mind. I can't shake this feeling of unease."

“...Miranda was here?”

“Oh,oh yeah you…were all asleep on the couch…you didn’t hear me by the door?”

Shells shook her head, a perplexed expression on her face. "No, I must've been out like a light. What happened with Miranda?"

Beatrice recounted the encounter with Miranda, and Shells listened attentively, her brow furrowing as she processed the information.

"That's weird," Shells commented, her eyes narrowing in thought. "But…considering everything,I’m not surprised.”

Beatrice shrugged, her eyes reflecting the weariness that had settled into her bones. "I wish I knew what she wanted, Shells. Rooster mentioned some internal issues in the squadron, and now this with Miranda"

Shells gently rocked the twins, a thoughtful look on her face. "Maybe we should beat her up."

“Shells!”

“Beat er up!” Nicole giggled, throwing her little fists up.

“No-Shells,please don’t mention violence in front of my kids.”

Shells chuckled, her eyes twinkling with mischief. "Alright, alright. No violence in front of the kids. We'll just have to outsmart her. Maybe throw her off with kindness or confuse her with some gardening trivia."

Beatrice rolled her eyes, but a small smile played on her lips. "I appreciate the sentiment, Shells, but I just want things to settle down. Between Rooster being away, the breach, and now Miranda's mysterious antics, its a lot."

Shells nodded in agreement. "Yeah, it's a lot to handle. But if Miranda wants to play games, she'll soon find out she picked the wrong opponents."

The twins, sensing the shift in energy, began to squirm in Shells' arms. Aurora reached out towards Beatrice, her tiny fingers trying to grasp onto her mother's hair.

"Looks like they want you, Bea," Shells chuckled, carefully passing the twins back to their mother as Bea but Nicole down. "I'll make some coffee. We might need it for our plotting against Miranda."

Beatrice cradled the twins in her arms, planting a soft kiss on each of their foreheads. "Thanks, Shells. I’d like that."

"Any word from Rooster?" Shells asked, as she marched over to the coffee maker, letting Bea handle the babies for a little while.

“I called him a few minutes ago."

“Yeah?”

“What did he say?”

“That I should listen to my gut if something feels off,” Bea smiles softly as she places the twins down on their bouncers a bit before preparing herself to feed them while Nicole walked over to her high chair, waiting to be settled.

Shells looked at her from the coffee maker,smirking a bit, “Well he doesn’t have to worry about that,does he? Gut feeling is our specialty.”

“It is?”

“I mean,I had a gut feeling you and Rooster would end up together, and surprise to no one, I was right!”

"Yeah, well, your gut feeling about Rooster and me was probably the only one that worked out."

Shells returned to the living room with two steaming mugs of coffee, handing one to Beatrice before taking a seat across from her. "True, I might not be the best fortune teller, but I make a killer cup of coffee. So spill, what's the plan, Bea?"

Beatrice puts Nicole on her high chair and then tilts her head ‘Plan?”

Shells took a thoughtful sip of her coffee, her eyes locking onto Beatrice's. "You know, for dealing with Miranda. What's our strategy? Besides not beating her up, of course."

"I'm not sure, Shells. If she wants drama, let's not give it to her."

Shells leaned back in her chair, crossing her legs. "Ignoring her works for so long. Then what?"

Beatrice sighed, the weight of the situation settling back onto her shoulders. "I don't want to give her the satisfaction of knowing she's getting to us. Let's focus on our own circle.But for now, let's not let Miranda's games distract us."

“Hmmm…”

“I know you hate that idea.”

“You are absolutely right.” Shells says, “I hate it.“I’m just sayin’ we need to be proactive.”

“I know…”

“Yeah..” Shells pulls out her phone, “Good thing I called Aunt Penny then! She can give us some advice,” if she noticed Bea’s wide eyed look she ignored it and kept on talking “You know she can help us out.’

“Shells.”

“And Mav.” oh God. “He can help us too!”

“Shells….”

“Yeah,we have this in the bag!” Shells laughs, “Anyway,coffee,right?”

#bradley rooster bradshaw #rooster bradshaw #bradley bradshaw x oc #top gun maverick #bradley bradshaw x reader #bradley bradshaw x female reader #bradley bradshaw x named reader #tgm oc #tgm fic #tgm fanfiction

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The Joker: A Comic Masterlist

Disclaimer: This list will be subject to changes (comic addition and comic removal), as well as possible changes to its labeling system as this list is continually adjusted. If you see that a certain comic is missing please message me and make sure to include the comic's official title, number, and series of origin. The timeline organization of both single issue and collected editions is based on biased research.

Single issues with several following numbers are to be read as a collected edition.

This list will also include a link to where the comics below can be read for free.

Batman Comic's 1940 to 2011

These single-issue comics follow the familiar formula of, 'hero catch's villain'. In my opinion, they really showcase Joker's goofiness and criminal intelligence.

Batman #1, Batman #4, Batman #5, Batman #7, Batman #11

Batman #16, Batman #23, Batman #37, Batman #40

Batman #44, Batman #55, Batman #73, Batman #148

Batman #163, Batman #251, Batman #286, Batman #291

Batman #294, Batman #321, Batman #450, Batman #451

Batman #496, Batman #546, Batman #563, Batman #570

Batman #596, Batman #614, Batman #625, Batman #643

Batman #650, 649, 648 (Jokers more, 'there in the background')

Batman #655, Batman #663

BATMAN R.I.P: #676, 678, 679, 680, 681, 682

Batman Detective Comics 1937 - 2011

Batman DC #124, Batman DC #128, Batman DC #149, Batman DC #168

Batman DC #180, Batman DC #193, Batman DC #332, Batman DC #341

Batman DC #338, Batman DC #365, Batman DC #475, Batman DC #476,

Batman DC #532 Batman DC #569, Batman DC #570, Batman DC #617,

Batman DC #623 Batman DC #661, Batman DC #737, Batman DC #740,

Batman DC #741, Batman DC #781 Batman DC #826,

Batman DC #870, 869, 867, 866

Batman DC #875, Batman DC #879, Batman DC #880,

Link to comic Here

Gotham Central

Issues #12-15

Link to comic Here

Batman Confidential

Issues #7-12 Link to comic Here

Batman: The Man Who Laughs

Batman The man who laughs explores the idea of what would Batman and Joker's relationship look like if it had continued from Batman #1.

Link to comic Here pgs 1-70

Joker #1-15 2021 AND The Joker: Clown Prince of Crime (1975-76) series

The Joker: Clown Prince of Crime Series is a spin-off series with other villains such as Lex Luther, The Riddler, The Creeper, and more.

Joker 2021 #1-15 is a different series following the events of Infinite Frontier #1 involving Jim Gordon getting contracted to kill the Joker. To best understand this series I would suggest reading Batman: The Killing Joke, Joker War, and Black Mirror first.

This link will give you access to both collected editions.

Batman: The Killing Joke

Originally released in 1988, Batman: The Killing Joke was adapted from the 1951 short story The Man Under The Red Hood. This comic was also adapted into an animated movie in 2016.

Link to comic Here

Batman: A Death In The Family

A Death in the Family begins when Batman relieves Jason Todd of his crime-fighting duties. Jason begins a search for his biological mother but ends up being tortured by The Joker. This leads to his presumed death.

Link to comic Here

The Three Jokers

The Three Jokers is a 'spiritual' successor to Batman: The killing Joke and Batman: A Death In The Family. Batman, Batgirl, and Red Hood (now Jason Todd) explore a lead on The Joker, who, as the title suggests may have been 3 different men this whole time.

Link to comic Here

Batman Europa

Batman is about to be taken out by a virus that has no cure and his only salvation is The Joker.

Link to comic Here

Singular Stories

Batman: Cacophony

The major plotline is that someone has taken the Joker's poison and created a new club drug called Chuckles. It's taking over the street scene.

Link to comic Here

Jokers Last Laugh

Joker finds out he has cancer and starts a riot

Link to comic Here

Batman: Joker Switch

Joker gets a joke played on HIM! TW: Body horror

Link to comic Here

Batman: Dark Detective

Joker attempts to run for president

Link to comic Here

Batman: Joker Times

Joker agrees to be psychoanalyzed on live TV

Link to comic Here

Batman: I, Joker

Link to comic Here

BATMAN NEW 52 2011 - 2015

Batman New 52 carries multiple Joker storylines. Below I have sectioned them out for your consumption:

Death Of The Family: Batman New 52: #13 - #17

Batman Zero Year starts #21 and we see Joker's first appearance in Zero Year in issue #23.1 and then again in #24. Batman Zero Year then ends and

Batman Endgame begins at #34 - 40.

From #41 - #52 onward we begin Batman: Superheavy and start to tell the story of Mister Bloom. This storyline also leads to the amnesia of Bruce Wayne and the retired Joker storyline.

Link to full comic Here

Batman Detective comics faces of death VOL 1

Batman Faces of Death: #1 pgs 1-30 (Joker gets his face cut off by Dollmaker)

Link to comic Here

Batman: Death Of The Family (Extra)

This version of Death Of The Family also contains Detective Comics 16-17, Catwoman 13-14, Batgirl 14-16, Red Hood and the Outlaws 15-16, Teen Titans 15, Nightwing 15-16, Batman and Robin 15-17, Batman 17.

Link to comic Here

Batman: Zero Year ARC 2

Arc 2 of Batman's Zero Year is titled Secret city. We delve into Bruce Wayne’s past with the Red Hood Gang and his run-ins with aspiring District Attorney Harvey Dent!

Link to comic Here

Arkham Unhinged

I have never read this and do not know what it is about but it seems to have a similar format to Legends of The Dark Knight.

Joker is in issues: #7-9, #26-31, #35-37

Link to comic Here

Legend of the dark knight (1989-2021)

These are stories that can be told anywhere in the timeline, past, present, and future.

The 2021 run: Joker is in issues 2 and 3

Link to comic Here

The 2015 run: Joker is in issues, #4-6, #7-10,

Link to comic Here

The 1989 run: Joker is in issues, #50, #65-68, #105-106, #142-145, #162-163, ##200

Link to comic Here

BATMAN: REBIRTH 2016

Batman Rebirth carries out multiple Joker storylines. Below I have sectioned them out for your consumption:

Batman Rebirth: #25

Batman Rebirth #26-32 The War of Jokes and Riddles'

Batman Rebirth #48-50 The Best Man

Batman Rebirth #66

Batman Rebirth #86-91 Their Dark Designs (this leads into the Joker war)

Batman Rebirth #93 - #101, The Joker War

Link to comic Here

Journey to the joker war is just a fun little prelude to the joker war #1023 and 1024

The Joker War (Extra scenes)

As part of the Batman: Rebirth series Joker manages to steal Bruce Wayne’s fortune. With his newfound riches, he proceeds to take over Gotham city leading to an epic, explosive, battle.

Link to comic Here

Joker war collateral damage, the aftermath of the joker war.

Doomsday Clock

Doomsday Clock is a story about what happens when Doctor Manhattan, in all his logic and power, becomes aware of the inherently illogical, nonlinear main DC continuity

Joker shows up in issues; 4-7

Link to comic Here

2019 Onward...

Batman: Last Knight On Earth

This is not part of any series and is under a black label meaning its not part of the DC continuum

Link to comic Here

Joker Killer Smile

Joker gets psychoanalyzed.

Link to comic Here

The Joker Presents: A puzzle box

The G.C.P.D have a mysterious corpse, a magical box, and a murderer's row of the city's most dangerous villains sitting in a jail cell. Now all they need to figure out is what exactly happened.

Link to comic Here

The Joker: The Man Who Stopped Laughing

The world once again holds its breath as The Joker strikes again! But how far is he willing to go this time?

Link to comic Here

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High Fashion (1999) Issue 286 Laura from Kenji Eno's Dreamcast 'D2' Modelling Yohji Yamamoto

#2001hz #01hz #2001hz archive #yohji yamamoto #magazine cover #high fashion magazine #1999 #laura #kenji eno #dreamcast #d2 #modelling

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gogmstuff · 6 months

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Geneviève “Ginette” Lantelme - Four of these photos were posted before. The first pair of images show her wearing furs, the next pair includes a Femina cover posted before and a color image of her wearing a fur-trimmed coat, a set of three images show her wearing a dress, and the final pair of images show her wearing a Paquin dress. A single image of her posted in March 2024 finishes the collection. This image was also posted in a 1911 collection and on its own.

1906 (1 March issue) Les Modes Mlle Lantelme in Chapeau de J. Suzanne Talbot - photo by Reutlinger. From tumblr.com/hauntedbystorytelling/637300249641336832/genevi%C3%A8ve-lantelme-march-1906-atelier?source=share& 1497X1494.

Left 1908 (1 November issue) Les Modes Lantelme Pour 'automobile - photo by Reutlinger. From tumblr.com/fawnvelveteen/158519681047/lantelme-in-les-modes-november-1908?source=share&; fixed spots w Pshop 1265X1751.

Right 1908 Lantelme in fur by Reutlinger. From tacebook.com/GenevieveLantelme/?locale=es_LA; fixed spots w Pshop 586X937.

Left 1910 (1 November) Lantelme on cover of Comedia Illustré. From verbinina.wordpress.com/page/8/; fixed spots & scratches w Pshop 1362X1875.

Right 1910 (November) Femina cover Geneviève Lantelme wearing fur. From Wikimedia 1654X2068.

Left 1910 (November) Les Modes Geneviève Lantelme in Paquin dress photo by Auguste Bert Le Théatre no. 286. From Wikimedia; fixed spots w Pshop 2489X3663.

Right 1910 Ginette Lantelme photo by ?. From tumblr.com/victorianchap/683141954772598784/portrait-of-ginette-lantelme-was-a-french-stage?source=share&; fixed spots w Pshop 1080X1349.

Left 1911 (1 Feb issue) Le Theatre French comedian Genevieve Lantelme. From eBay; fixed bigger spots, realigned & cropped w Pshop 927X1451.

Right 1911 (15 Mar issue) Comedia Illustre Mlle Lantelme créations Suzanne Weiss. From verbinina.wordpress.com/2011/07/25/100-years/ 1429X2008.

ca. 1908 Lantelme postcard, photo by Reutlinger. From verbinina.wordpress.com/2015/01/22/2-postcards-of-lantelme/ 563X875.

Left Geneviève “Ginette” Lantelme by ?. From tumblr.com/detournementsmineurs/187079716131/genevi%C3%A8ve-ginette-lantelme-1883-1911?source=share&; fixed a few spots w Pshop 640X828.

Center Geneviève Lantelme by ?. From facebook.com/GenevieveLantelme/?locale=es_LA; doubled size 800X1066.

Right Mlle Lantelme Capucines par Ricochet - photo by Reutlinger. From retro-vintage-photography.blogspot.com/2012/09/genevieve-lantelme-1882-1911.html 708X1024.

Left Geneviève Lantelme in Paquin dress. From tumblr.com/lostfunzones/159195767564/genevi%C3%A8ve-lantelme?source=share& 670X1024.

Right Mlle. Lantelme of the Vaudeville Theatre. From verbinina.files.wordpress.com/2011/07/theatremagazine13newyuoft_0061a; fixed spots & margins w Pshop 2203X2810.

Left Ginette et Célestine by de Losques. From verbinina.files.wordpress.com/2015/02/de-losques-lantelme-edwards1909-fantasio 1005X1443. She died of drowning. It was ruled an accident, but the incident reminds me of Natalie Wood.

Right Lantelme card by Paul Boyer. From Manuel Palomino Arjona's photostream on flickr; exp. +50% & fixed spots & flaws w Pshop 1033X1600.

Left Geneviève Lantelme by ?. From Isabel Santos Pilot's photostream on flickr 1407X1950.

Right Mlle Lantelme dans le Vieil Homme dress by Paquin - photo by Félix. From facebook.com/GenevieveLantelme/?locale=es_LA 672X1024.

1911 (1 August issue) Le Theatre Mlle Lantelme. From verbinina.wordpress.com/2012/12/05/le-theatre-303/le-theatre-303-1-aout-1911-vkl/; fixed spots w Pshop 1182X1616.

#1900s fashion #1910s fashion #1900s #1910s #1906 fashion #1908 fashion #1910 fashion #1911 fashion #1906 #1908 #1910 #1911 #Geneviève Lantelme #Ginette Lantelme #Paquin #Suzanne Weiss #Reutlinger #Bert #Félix

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Cartooners is an animated cartoon creation package from EA way back in 1988.

I had very fond memories of creating various animations as a kid growing up. Me and my siblings would take turns creating silly little animations, full of our current in-jokes.

It's a very simple to learn tool which can quickly be used to create some quite engaging cartoons.

Unfortunately it also has a few minor bugs that can undermine your work, such as background scenes sometimes not changing correctly during playback.

The video above was captured on my ICL 386 PC, however I used to quite happily use the tool on my Compaq 286 growing up without any issues.

You can quite easily track this one down on abandonware sites still and it's quick and easily to play with in DosBox.

I've introduced this one to my kids who still enjoy playing about with it 35 years after it was created. Recommended!

#cartooners #ea #386 #286 #dos

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tetrix-anime · 3 months

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Megami Magazine March 2024 Issue (#286) - Mato Seihei no Slave (Chained Soldier)

#matoslave #mato seihei no slave #chained soldier #kyouka uzen #megami 2024 03 #megami magazine #anime scans #official art

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Is Jean grey close friends with Sue Storm and Janet? I always thought of them as a trio because they were the only female in their respective groups and they bonded over that haha but did they ever interact in comics?

Good question!

I don't off the top of my head remember any Jean/Janet interactions at all. They probably have interacted at some point, but I don't know when.

For Sue, a couple of places spring to mind:

First, Fantastic Four #286, when the FF + Hercules and Captain America find Jean at the bottom of Jamaica Bay. Jean fights the other heroes, including Sue, believing them to be robots. But when Jean realizes they're real and realizes that she's lost her telepathic powers and also been gone for several years, she starts to have a breakdown, and Sue intervenes on her behalf.

And then Sue also chimes in with Captain America to reassure Jean that her human spirit saved the world from the destruction posed by Dark Phoenix. And then we get this cute moment at the end, where it seems like they're sort of getting to be friends! Yay!

So this issue positions them as mostly strangers before this but on friendly terms by the end of it. (Also, I love the way Byrne draws Jean.)

The next place is Days of Future Present, specifically UXM annual #14. This has Sue explaining Jean's feelings on the subject of Rachel and children and how Jean feels like her life has been laid out for her to Scott.

This makes sense to me given FF 286, where Sue saw firsthand how badly Jean reacted to finding out what had gone on in "her" life without her. This is in 1990, 5 years after FF 286. (They were also abducted together in the Atlantis Attacks crossover the previous year, but I think that's less important to their dynamic.)

But then when Jean expresses these same issues to Sue, Sue points out that she has to think of Rachel.

This casts Sue as an older mother giving advice to a younger mother. Sue understands Jean's frustration, but she's trying to remind Jean that Rachel is having a hard time too and she is underscoring that Jean might have some sort of responsibility to Rachel.

And the last interaction that comes to mind is a retcon, from someone who went, "Wait, these characters should have interacted more than they did!" and that's in X-Men First Class (2007) #1. Professor X asks Sue to come and mentor Jean. From the beginning, Jean is very taken with Sue and very glad to get to go with her.

And she's extra glad to be around Sue when Sue gets what it's like for Jean to be a woman and a superhero (since Jean is the only girl on an all-male team).

Maybe not revolutionary or anything, but certainly cute.

All three of these scenarios have Sue acting as mentor or protector to Jean. I wonder what Sue would get out of a friendship with Jean, especially now that Jean is more established and more confident. There is a foundation that current writers could build off of if they so wished, and it would be cool to see it explored more!

#sue storm #jean grey #asks #Anonymous #x men blogging

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