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Hey by the way I live in Portugal now.
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Falo um pouco. At least as of yet.
We've been using Lingo Legend to get some groundwork built for months (and to a lesser extent, Drops), but we need to get ourselves into language lessons. There are government-sponsored ones that they offer for free, but I think we need to at least have both of our AIMA appointments scheduled before we qualify. (Mine just got set, but my spouse is still waiting on his.)
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The cake is a lie.
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Man, that was old when I was your age. xD
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I mean, mostly I follow this thread so I can make sure no unpleasant people infiltrate and start blabbing anti-LGBTQ+ things. Though it does get harder to spot any problems when y'all are so active. xD That is not in any way me telling you to keep it down, just a reminder that we can't always catch everything, so don't be afraid to submit a report if you ever think something is getting iffy.
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Not a problem! Our rules are a lot stricter than most of the internet, so sometimes it takes a minute to calibrate. I constantly have to remind myself which Discords I can swear on and which ones I can't. xD
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Ahem. As Hawks said, harder swears are not permitted on the Shard, nor is using creative spelling to get around the swear filter. I've taken the liberty of editing the problem word. Consider this a gentle warning, and please make sure you read our full Code of Conduct:
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In all seriousness, I have a pink inflatable unicorn suit. I have added a rainbow mistcloak. I am...the Mistcorn! Wore that getup to the dance party at Multiverse last weekend. I was not emotionally prepared for the rounds of cheering that happened every time I entered the dance floor. xD
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Don't be ridiculous. Of course I'm a unicorn. I just have a very, very realistic human suit.
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Your friendly neighborhood mod lurker here: I can see what's coming, I would like to gently remind you all that political discussions are not permitted on the Shard. What happened was a big deal, and people are definitely going to have Opinions about it, but this is not the place to discuss it. (For those of you who don't know what people are referring to, check the breaking news headlines. You can't miss it.)
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So I guess there are still a few people lurking around here who follow my status updates.
Yesterday, I signed a book contract with Mocha Memoirs Press. They're gonna publish my debut novel!
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Right now, it's got a tentative title of "Burning Bridges" but that could change. I had to scramble for a placeholder with splitting the original book in two, with the original title ("Into the Fire") working better for what is now book 2.
We're over a year out from publication. Still a lot of editing work to do.
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Truly, very little. I simply prefer to be vigilant so we can nip problems in the bud before they have a chance to grow too large. We don't want any of you put into a position where you feel unsafe.
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xD Don't mind me. Nothing to see here. Just quietly keeping an eye on things to protect my Shardkids from homophobes and transphobes.
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Man, y'all been chatty these past few days. Not a criticism at all, just amused.
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So, there are a couple of points I'd like to counter here. 1. Dalinar could not have retained Honor after breaking the truce. The Shard has already yeeted one Vessel for breaking promises, it wasn't gonna tolerate its brand-shiny-new one doing the same thing in the first fifteen minutes of holding it. 2. Taravangian had no intention of announcing his freedom to the wider Cosmere*. He planned to stay right where he was. His intent from the start was to get free and then keep it quiet, looking to all the other Shards like he was still trapped so he had time to scheme and prepare. Combining Shards is many things, but quiet ain't one of them. He might as well have erected a neon sign over the system that flashed "COSMERE-LEVEL THREAT HERE" in bright gold letters. It was like blasting an air horn in the middle of your six-year-old's piano recital. Imagine a rainbow of nearly a dozen Eye of Saurons swiveling directly toward Roshar. Dalinar got exactly what he was aiming for: Nobody Is Ignoring This Anymore. Heck, we're likely to see otherwise-antisocial Shards willing to forge alliances with each other to handle T-man. Had he remained a single Shard, I would not have been surprised if when, eventually, rumor leaked out that Odium wasn't trapped any longer, the other Shards would have each put their own personal plans into motion to counter him. I have doubts as to the efficacy of those theoretical plans. (Endowment's plan likely hinged on Nightblood and we all saw how that turned out. After taking out his predecessor with that sword, I doubt Todium is dumb enough to allow himself to fall into similar circumstances.) In fact (Mistborn Era 2 all): There's nothing quite like an existential threat to everyone to get folks onto the same page. *Well of Ascension spoilers:
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Is Brandon Sanderson coming to Europe
Kaymyth replied to ruler of the mists's topic in Events and Signings
He announced at Dragonsteel Nexus that he will be at Celsius 232 in Avelis, Spain in 2025. He also said that they're working on him attending something else on the Europe side of the pond in the next few years, but no details have been hashed out yet. -
Ah, good, there's already a thread. For those of you not on the Discord (or who may have missed it), we have a roster of 17th Shard meetups planned, thanks mostly to @Cosmeregirl! Group Plans for Dragonsteel Nexus 2024 Wednesday 12/4/2024 3:45pm Meet @ South Temple Entrance for dinner at City Creek Mall Food Court (or join us at the food court if you’d like to walk over separately) Thursday 12/5/2024 12:00 noon Meet @ South Temple Entrance for lunch at Crown Burgers 9:30pm Meet for Caroling Session #1 in Hall 4 just outside of the Book Distribution area. 9:45pm Sandersonian Filk Caroling Session #1 at Book Distribution Friday 12/6/2024 9:00am Breakfast at Eggsburgh 11:15am Meet for Caroling Session #2 at the 17s Booth 11:30am Sandersonian Filk Caroling Session #2 12:30pm Caroling Photo with Santa photo at 12:50p Saturday 12/7/2024 4:00pm Meet @ South Temple Entrance for Boba Guru 7:45pm Hoid Jam Session at the Komashi Meet-up Area (Music by the Hoid Trio) 8:45pm Harmony’s Nexus at the Komashi Meet-up Area Filk music and pizza
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New upcoming adaptions from Graphic Audio
Kaymyth replied to Empowered4096's topic in General Brandon Discussion
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*switches on the Mod Voice mic* Okay, I want to be perfectly clear: this thread is for the LGBTQ+ members of the Shard to chat, bond, commiserate, and generally support each other. This is not -- I repeat, NOT -- an appropriate venue for asking questions of them. I am asking everyone to please stop doing that here for the sake of keeping this a pressure-free environment for our LGBTQ+ members. Thank you.
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The colors on the logo have changed!
Kaymyth replied to BlueWildRye's topic in 17th Shard Discussion
We did do a Pride theme on the Discord last year. We're expanding, bit by bit, year by year. By 2054 we'll have taken over the entire internet! Muahahahaha! -
Understood. And while there are a number of people on the Shard who are probably happy to have these conversations with you, this isn't really the thread for it. This is for LGBTQ+ members to bond with and support each other, and we want them to continue to feel safe to do so. Too much challenging can compromise that. We would appreciate it if you (and anyone else of a similar mindset) were to take a step back and perhaps refrain from engaging on this thread.
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1. It doesn't matter that it's "rare." These people exist and are a natural part of humanity. 2. A difference is not a defect or a disability. 3. "The exception that proves the rule" is an absolute nonsense saying and has no place in scientific discourse. Furthermore: We don't actually know how common or rare intersex people are. Estimates range all over the place, depending on who's doing the estimation. The issue there is people disagree on what counts as "intersex" as there are a huge number of different conditions. https://isna.org/faq/frequency/ The widest net cast is, "Total number of people whose bodies differ from standard male or female: one in 100 births." So that's 1 in 100 people born with some sort of deviation from "standard." 1% of the population. Through the magic of large numbers, take 1% of 8 billion and you get...80 million people. 80 million people alive on this planet right now who don't perfectly fit the "standard" genitalia model. Doesn't seem like such an exception anymore, does it? My point is, you cannot simply dismiss a portion of the population's existence because it doesn't fit with your preconceived notions of what things "should" be. And if there's that many who are easily identifiable, how many other differences do we have going on that we can't see at all? Hormonal balances (hi, that's me), internal developmental differences, chimeras. There are so many things we just don't test everyone for, so we have no idea how many people like that exist! It's wild. Humanity is wild. Biology is wild. Also, you can pry my spiro from my cold, dead fingers, because the benefits to suppressing my testosterone production are insanely fantastic. Reduced cramps! A more even temper! Virtually no PMS! Reduced acne!* When I think about what my life could've been like if I'd had access to this medication in adolescence...gods. My body might have developed a little bit differently. I might've had hips. I rusting long for wider hips. My point is, medication and surgery is between an individual and their doctor, and you really don't get a say. *seriously I'm 46 freakin' years old I am too old for this acne crem I'm just gonna add here, if your idea of using respectful language towards individuals is "PC" then you're already stumbling into offensive territory. It's not political correctness -- it's basic human kindness and good manners.
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Okay, I'm going to expound a bit more. Gender AND sex exist on spectrums. Genetics and endocrinology are complicated. You can have stuff like gene switching, where the X and Y chromosomes trade the gender genes out. You can have XY women whose bodies just...ignore male hormones. And there are a dozen other things that can effect how genes express. Do all trans folk fall under these exceptions? Dunno. Does it matter? Not a whit. And as AonEne said, intersex people exist. You can also have cisgender people with different hormone balances (i.e. I produce more testosterone than an average woman, and it does wonky things to my system. I take spironolactone to suppress it. Many trans and cis women do the same). So, am I a cisgender woman? Yeah. Am I a textbook case of the female sex? Definitely not. Do I have an XX genotype? I mean, I think so, but I don't actually care. I am who and what I am, and if a test were to come back with XY, I'd probably just shrug and move on with my life. Some trans people are men, and some are women. Some are nonbinary or genderfluid on a wide range of variability. The idea that anyone can say, "All A are B," are ignoring everyone and everything that is G or H or S or something else. So I refuse to try to make those sweeping statements, because I have a bare inkling of how complex it all is. The closer you look at it, the more detail you investigate, the fuzzier it all becomes. So honestly, my recommendation to everyone is save yourselves the headache, and just accept people for who they say they are, because chances are we're never going to have all the whys and wherefores figured out. It's just too complex.
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I consider a trans woman to know who and what she is better than anyone else who isn't her, and when she tells me, I listen and accept. Beyond that, as a cis woman, I don't really think it's appropriate for me to sit down and try to categorize people whose day-to-day existence I do not -- and cannot -- have firsthand experience with. These are discussions for trans people to have amongst themselves, not for people like me to speculate on.
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I'm not gonna lie, you are testing boundaries that really ought not to be tested. I recommend being more mindful in the future.
