So I’m following a bunch of new people that I hope to RP with with my Sherlock side blog, just wanted to point out that side blogs can’t follow back, at least that’s how it used to be, idk if it still works like that.
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*SIGHS*
Another AO3 app that's pretending to be official when it's not (or at least isn't making it clear its unofficial.) They're using AO3's name and logo, and embedding ads.
There is no official AO3 app
Someone else is gathering your data, potentially your log in information etc and making use of it how they please. (They say they're not but their privacy policy says otherwise)
They are making money from the ads without the fic writer's consent.
They've also rated it Pegi 3 (which is ludicrous)
Please, even if you care about nothing else, for the safety of your data, please don't use this app. Certainly don't give it your AO3 log in details.
I've told AO3 that it's infringing on its copyright. I will be requesting they remove access of my work as I do not consent to my creative content being used to generate ad revenue for them.
I will be reporting it as incorrectly rated.
The only email address I can find is Narusta@gmail.com which is included in their privacy policy, and boboxway13@gmail.com as their developer.
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DO NOT FALL FOR THIS! THERE IS NO OFFICIAL AO3 APP
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Unmute !
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WHO WANTS TO GET BOOPED
IM BOOPING EVERYONE WHOS LIKES THIS WEWWWW!!!!!!!!!! NO ONE IS SAFE!!!!!!!!!!!1
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#Badassaziraphaletakes
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STOP THROWING CRABS AT ME
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FEDERAL INQUIRY INTO ADHD MEDICATION SHORTAGE ANNNOUNCED
IF YOU HAVE STRUGGLED TO GET YOUR ADHD MEDICATION, YOU HAVE 60 DAYS TO TELL THE FTC YOUR STORY FOR CONSIDERATION IN THIS INQUIRY AT THE LINK BELOW! The FTC must read all responses. So tell them about having to call multiple pharmacies, being unable to get generics, your struggles with insurance coverage, everything!
IF YOU ARE COMMENTING ON THIS, PLEASE REMEMBER THE COMMENTER'S CHECKLIST. I HAVE REPRODUCED IT BELOW IN ITS ENTIRETY. READ IT. IT WILL HELP YOU MAKE THEM CARE.
Commenter's Checklist
Tips for Submitting Effective Comments*
Overview
A comment can express simple support or dissent for a regulatory action. However, a constructive, information-rich comment that clearly communicates and supports its claims is more likely to have an impact on regulatory decision making.
These tips are meant to help the public submit comments that have an impact and help agency policy makers improve federal regulations.
Summary
- Read and understand the regulatory document you are commenting on
- Feel free to reach out to the agency with questions
- Be concise but support your claims
- Base your justification on sound reasoning, scientific evidence, and/or how you will be impacted
- Address trade-offs and opposing views in your comment
- There is no minimum or maximum length for an effective comment
- The comment process is not a vote – one well supported comment is often more influential than a thousand form letters [emphasis mine]
Detailed Recommendations
- Comment periods close at 11:59 eastern time on the date comments are due - begin work well before the deadline.
- Attempt to fully understand each issue; if you have questions or do not understand a part of the regulatory document, you may ask for help from the agency contact listed in the document. Note: Although the agency contact can answer your questions about the document's meaning, official comments must be submitted through the comment form.
- Clearly identify the issues within the regulatory action on which you are commenting. If you are commenting on a particular word, phrase or sentence, provide the page number, column, and paragraph citation from the federal register document. [Emphasis mine]
- If a rule raises many issues, do not feel obligated to comment on every one – select those issues that concern and affect you the most and/or you understand the best.
- Agencies often ask specific questions or raise issues in rulemaking proposals on subjects where they are actively looking for more information. While the agency will still accept comments on any part of the proposed regulation, please keep these questions and issues in mind while formulating your comment.
- Although agencies receive and appreciate all comments, constructive comments (either positive or negative) are the most likely to have an influence.
- If you disagree with a proposed action, suggest an alternative (including not regulating at all) and include an explanation and/or analysis of how the alternative might meet the same objective or be more effective. [Emphasis mine]
- The comment process is not a vote. The government is attempting to formulate the best policy, so when crafting a comment it is important that you adequately explain the reasoning behind your position. [Emphasis mine]
- Identify credentials and experience that may distinguish your comments from others. If you are commenting in an area in which you have relevant personal or professional experience (i.e., scientist, attorney, fisherman, businessman, etc.) say so.
- Agency reviewers look for sound science and reasoning in the comments they receive. When possible, support your comment with substantive data, facts, and/or expert opinions. You may also provide personal experience in your comment, as may be appropriate. By supporting your arguments well you are more likely to influence the agency decision making.
- Consider including examples of how the proposed rule would impact you negatively or positively.
- Comments on the economic effects of rules that include quantitative and qualitative data are especially helpful.
- Include the pros and cons and trade-offs of your position and explain them. Your position could consider other points of view, and respond to them with facts and sound reasoning. [Emphasis mine]
- If you are uploading more than one attachment to the comment web form, it is recommend that you use the following file titles:
- Attachment1_
- Attachment2_
- Attachment3_This standardized file naming convention will help agency reviewers distinguish your submitted attachments and aid in the comment review process.
- Keep a copy of your comment in a separate file – this practice helps ensure that you will not lose your comment if you have a problem submitting it using the Regulations.gov web form.
Posted Comments
After submission, your comment will be processed by the agency and posted to Regulations.gov. At times, an agency may choose not to post a submitted comment. Reasons for not posting the comment can include:
- The comment is part of a mass submission campaign or is a duplicate. [Emphasis mine. In other words, DON'T USE A FORM LETTER.]
- The comment is incomplete.
- The comment is not related to the regulation.
- The comment has been identified as spam.
- The comment contains Personally Identifiable Information (PII) data.
- The comment contains profanity or other inappropriate language.
- The submitter requested the comment not be posted.
Form Letters
Organizations often encourage their members to submit form letters designed to address issues common to their membership. Organizations including industry associations, labor unions, and conservation groups sometimes use form letters to voice their opposition or support of a proposed rulemaking. Many in the public mistakenly believe that their submitted form letter constitutes a "vote" regarding the issues concerning them. Although public support or opposition may help guide important public policies, agencies make determinations for a proposed action based on sound reasoning and scientific evidence rather than a majority of votes. A single, well-supported comment may carry more weight than a thousand form letters. [Emphasis mine]
* Throughout this document, the term "Comment" is used in place of the more technically accurate term "Public Submission" in order to make the recommendations easier to read and understand.
Disclaimer: This document is intended to serve as a guide; it is not intended and should not be considered as legal advice. Please seek counsel from a lawyer if you have legal questions or concerns.
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I’m just thinking about how many times I’ve heard my dad on a long call with an obvious scammer and I’ll start begging him to get off the phone because I always think he’s a very easy mark and he’ll just keep going and then after a while he’ll say something like “I died 20 years ago” and hang up.
Virgin Millennial Daughter with 20 hrs of screentime a day: Dad! They’re scamming you! Dad! Stop! They will take your savings and your identity! Hang up before they SWAT you!
Chad Boomer dad with a flip phone he has not recharged since 2014: Well gee I wish I could give you my bank account number after you spent all this time on the phone explaining this car deal with me but I don’t have access to my finances because I am in Rikers for felony murder.
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Y'all wanna see a weird cucumber illuminati cup I found at the thrift shop?
Cucumber illuminati cup
Knowledge is knowing that this was a promotional cup that accompanied an unusual cucumber-and-rose flavored gin.
Wisdom is knowing that explains nothing.
So many cats tried to warn us of the unnatural ways of the cucumber
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the Star Wars universe is great because you read enough you eventually find out things like the fact that the Stormtrooper whose armor Luke stole in Episode IV was gay and in an affair with fucking Grand Moff Tarkin, which is a completely canonical fact that I am not making up.
The next time you watch a New Hope, keep in mind Luke is wearing the armor of a man who knew Tarkin sexually. The armor Luke is wearing when he says the iconic line “I’m Luke Skywalker, I’m here to rescue you” has more than likely been on the floor of Tarkin’s bedroom.
since I’m getting naysayers about this again!
- The actual officer whom the trooper is in a relationship goes unspecified within the book, and isn’t listed as Tarkin specifically
- However.
- The officer is described as; wearing a grey suit, continuously bragging about the strength of the Death Star, and having the highest level of clearance aboard the Death Star, which is how he is able to send secret messages to TK-421
- At one point the officer says he won’t be interrogating Princess Leia because Darth Vader will be doing it, meaning he’s definitely high enough in the chain of command to know that about Vader
- At one point the officer jokes he just gave an “explosive” demonstration. The story takes place right around the time Alderaan is blown up.
- According to someone on Reddit, the Audible version of the story uses Tarkin’s voice for the officer in question
- It’s Tarkin.
I have this book and the Audible version and can confirm that nearly every word of this is true (note: the voice is, like, obviously not Peter Cushing, but it’s… pretty clearly Tarkin) except! There is one note here that is ABSOLUTELY incorrect.
That armor has never been on the floor of Tarkin’s bedroom. He is very proud of his carpet and the armor goes on the chair by his bed.
Note: the country hick accent thing is because this is their first in-person meeting and TK-421 thinks Tarkin will be into that.
I’ll take “Things That Would Spectacularly Derail The Plot If Certain People Met By Accident” for 1200, Alex.
Luke and Han on their way to the detention level and they’re sharing a lift with Tarkin, who recognizes the armor Luke’s wearing and orders Han and his Wookiee prisoner out on the tractor beam floor so he can fuck “TK-421” in the lift.
Luke getting discovered to be what Tarkin assumes is another random stormtrooper wearing TK-421’s armor for what Tarkin assumes to be illegal-activity reasons, and Luke has to deal with an angry high-brass officer who’s accusing him of stealing his favorite fuckboy’s identity for drug-smuggling or the like.
Luke giving Tarkin his real name, like a moron, but Holy Shit That’s A Grand Moff! and Tarkin hearing “Skywalker” and switching gears fast enough to jam something because “Oh shit I can’t treat this one as a substitute fuck, Vader will polish his boots with my liver.”
Tarkin hitting a new destination button and Luke barely has time to get over going from being menacingly threatened to menacingly flirted with before the lift doors open and there’s Darth Vader and he legit thinks Tarkin’s going to propose a threesome before Tarkin announces that he’s found this guy “impersonating a stormtrooper and he introduced himself as Luke Skywalker” and Vader’s attention is ALL THE WAY ON HIM and what is going on here?
Meanwhile Han and Chewie have run back into Obi-Wan who’s all “what do you mean you lost Luke to a Grand Moff who looks like a cadaver, oh banthafucking SHIT” and hightails it to the nearest lift to get to where Vader is.
Han and Chewie rescue Leia, Leia steals herself a uniform and ID/keycard from one of the dead detention center guards, it fits like absolute shit and will fool absolutely no one but she’s going to find Obi-Wan and shoot Tarkin in the fucking face and the walking carpet and the smartass pilot can figure out between themselves how to keep up.
The most surreal five minutes of Luke’s life, breaking the record set by the last five minutes, has just barely gotten to the “I am your father” stage when Obi-Wan crashes the party.
“Ben, why is the guy who killed my father saying he IS my father?”
“Obi-Wan, you told my son WHAT?!”
“How the kriff am I your son? Were you married to Anakin before you killed him?”
Obi-Wan has to choke on that one, and Vader’s response is interrupted by Leia, who walks in, shoots Tarkin in the fucking face, and throws herself into Obi-Wan’s arms and starts yelling at him about how long it’s been since she’s seen him and why is he picking fights with dangerous Imperials without her and why did he delegate her rescue to a … “that,” waving a hand at Han, who shares a what-the-fuck-is-going-on-here look with Vader and says “hey don’t blame ME, I’m only here because that guy wanted to fuck Luke in the turbolift.”
Tarkin: “You don’t need to keep doing the farm boy routine, you know.”
Luke: “Honestly, it’s the only routine I know! What with growing up on a farm and all”
Tarkin: “Oh this is adorable!”
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Carpe Diem
Tav approached Enver Gortash with Astarion, Shadowheart, and Lae’zel with her. She was short for a human, especially a barbarian, but her size clearly had its advantages if she managed to kill Ketheric Thorm and his family, Balthazar, and countless others.
Out of a mix of respect and wanting to hear Enver out, Tav and her crew stood aside to watch the ceremony without interrupting.
He almost couldn't believe that everything went down without a hitch. The biggest risk was that Tav and her friends would run him over - not that she would've succeeded, of course, but it would've been annoying. For one, it would've cost him resources. Second, he really believed that she was resourceful and useful - after she got rid of so many of those who were in his way, it would've been a shame to kill her.
Thankfully, he didn't need to do that.
He knelt for Duke Ravengard's sword and smiled to himself as he said his vows. Everything was going according to plan. As the Duke asked for the consent of those present, he waited in silence, hoping Tav was serious and truly would let him ascend.
True to her word, Tav nodded, as well as her comrades; it was clear she was willing to listen to whatever Enver had to say. They silently waited for the ceremony to be over before Tav approached, her friends a few feet behind her.
“You wanted to talk, I’m here to listen.” Tav said to him. “Unfortunately, we’ve already gotten off on the wrong foot, with this tadpole in my head.”
Carpe Diem
Tav approached Enver Gortash with Astarion, Shadowheart, and Lae’zel with her. She was short for a human, especially a barbarian, but her size clearly had its advantages if she managed to kill Ketheric Thorm and his family, Balthazar, and countless others.
Out of a mix of respect and wanting to hear Enver out, Tav and her crew stood aside to watch the ceremony without interrupting.
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Hm
@ faradaycockcage
Further evidence
In the second Sonic movie, he refers to him self as ‘hedgehog of the house’ in Tom’s absence instead of ‘man of the house’ further implying his gender is hedgehog
not "he" as in "he/him" but "he" as in "hedgehog"