It has come to my attention that Akira Toriyama, a famous mangaka who penned, among other things, the Dragon Ball manga, passed away March 1st at age 68. Acute Subdural Hematoma, apparently. Never knew the man himself, obviously, but, I've been a lifelong fan of his work, and it's sobering how he's just, gone. May he rest in peace.

This person has been working on this for years now. They deserve every bit of respect thrown their way.

Every piece of commentary on/criticism of any piece of media, from a kids book to a physics textbook is made with the benefit of something nobody could possibly have had at the time.

Hindsight.

Of course something is obvious in retrospect, we can piece together what led TO the thing with present knowledge of the thing in question having happened.

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Have a good one.

Most of you probably won't recognize the name. That's fine. He's the author of a Pokemon fanfiction called A New Chance At Life. But, more to the point, he's my friend.

Hurricane Otis severely damaged his hometown of Acapulco, Mexico and his home.

He's been a friend of mine since 2017 and I want to do something good for him.

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Albi's Blog post

You may be more familiar with Albi's prior choice of pen name "Alibinocorn".

To make a long story short, Albi and Amber Spark got into a U-Haul truck accident. The worst that happened is Amber now has a broken arm, but, insurance or not, Albi suspects some things are going to end up having to be paid out of pocket and a big business is being, unhelpful, rather expectedly.

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This is humanity in a nutshell. Our planet is one of countless trillions, spinning around an ordinary star, in an ordinary galaxy, in an ordinary cluster.

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Amber Spark is a trans woman who, as seen in the link below, is asking for financial aid with top and bottom surgery. Given that trans rights are human rights, I ask you to please pitch in, even if it's just boosting the signal further, or giving her a few dollars.

https://www.fimfiction.net/blog/1012787/looking-for-some-help-with-top-bottom-surgery

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It was so damn beautiful. It was everything I could have hoped for and then some. It actually made me tear up, something that no other show has done to me. It has toppled The Lion King as my favorite Disney movie.

Yes, yes, it's not technically a movie, but still.