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Then you're butterfly Harry.
He's not your Harry, friend.
Government Post
Please join me in welcoming 
Middle Barael as our new Deputy Foreign Minister for Ambassadorships. Serving at the root of our diplomatic efforts, they will bear the title of Diplomatic Root, and will be taking up the administration of our ambassadorship program! Focusing on recruiting and maintaining ambassadors for our embassies, Middle Barael will work with 
Ruinenlust to help ensure our foreign affairs are in the best shape possible! Those who have volunteered to me to assist with ambassador positions, I have forwarded your information to Middle Barael to get your established. Current ambassadors, likewise - you may be getting a message soon verifying your current assignments and interest as the new lists and records are assembled for use. Many thanks to all who serve - and for those who are interested in joining, please reach out!
Errinundera, in addition to 
Uan aa Boa's appointment above, may I please have Middle Barael appointed as Diplomatic Root, with Communication authority?
Thank you, 
Verdant Haven
Kawastyselir, Octopus islands, Mount Seymour, Gloriosya, and 10 othersGlacikaldr, Atsvea, Lord Dominator, Turbeaux, Outer Bele Levy Epies, McClandia Doge 2, I like fire, Middle Barael, The young ur, and Tscharva
I certainly did read through all of that. Fascinating as ever, please do keep it coming.
This post set me thinking about the myth of human exceptionalism. It's a myth because you're right, our actions as a species are comparable to those of bacteria in a petri dish or, as I like to put it, the brewer's yeast that gorges itself on sugar before being poisoned by the alcohol that is its waste product. Individuals might make dramatic life changes - become vegan, go live in an ashram - but they're statistical outliers and populations don't. In the time that we've understood climate change we haven't moderated our behaviour, we've accelerated and we continue to do so. We know now about the changes that have happened during the pandemic as pollution reduces and wildlife is emboldened, but we'll be back at full throttle regardless as soon as possible. As a species we're in key ways no different to bacteria.
In the Graeco-Roman myths humanity was created with fire stolen from the gods, while in Judeo-Christianity we were made in the image of God to have dominion over the earth. In the new secular humanism this core belief is retained in the form of the holy trinity of consciousness, free will and morality (whatever those mean), uniquely present in us, the story goes, and lacking in the rest of the planet. But we aren't special, and though we can exercise dominion over the planet for a while we're not exempt from the consequences. We aren't even the species that's done most to change the earth, that honour surely going to the microorganisms that oxygenated the primordial atmosphere. Nor do we need to be the final word. The planet is likely to remain habitable for a future span equal to the time since the first vertebrates appeared, so there's time yet for something new.
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Many thanks to Verdant Haven for the opportunity to serve as Game Warden. I have something planned, but as many people no longer read the whole RMB I'd like to publicise it by means of a regional telegram, so I'll wait until I can be officially appointed by the founder and given communication authority. I appreciate that, things being as they are, this could be a while.
Verdant Haven, Ownzone, Glacikaldr, Atsvea, and 7 othersRuinenlust, Lord Dominator, Turbeaux, Outer Bele Levy Epies, The void territories, I like fire, and Middle Barael
I hope you will always remember Portugal in interregional activities.
If there is something you would want to do with us talk to me or our Min of Foreign Affairs Portugalio
Planet building is harder than I thought it would be, and i put probably too much effort into making a nice drawing for an ‘old’ style map for my planet, but it has helped me visualise it better. Doing lots of maths to get the statistics vaguely matching isn’t that fun and i’m scared to mess with things too much because I don’t know what it’ll do and i also don’t just want to copy everything but i find making lore and drawing maps quite fun so that’s good.
Atsvea, Ruinenlust, Lord Dominator, Darths and Droids, and 5 othersTurbeaux, Outer Bele Levy Epies, Lura, Middle Barael, and The young ur
It's the easiest poll you'll ever have to answer.
Gloriosya, Glacikaldr, Atsvea, Lord Dominator, and 3 othersOuter Bele Levy Epies, Middle Barael, and Sunruina
Yup. Maths. Why did it have to be maths.
Atsvea, Lord Dominator, Turbeaux, Outer Bele Levy Epies, and 4 othersMcClandia Doge 2, Middle Barael, The young ur, and Camden forest
There we go. New flag
Mount Seymour, Atsvea, Lord Dominator, Turbeaux, and 6 othersOuter Bele Levy Epies, McClandia Doge 2, Middle Barael, The young ur, Tscharva, and Camden forest
With an astonishing 334 encounters over the 24-hour face-off, The church of satan, with a win rate of 54.8%, guarantees a spot in the Final Championship Match!
Our two finalists are 
Ownzone from Forest and The church of satan from the Rejected Realms.
Show your support in the lead up to the final match!
Championship
Four nations are going head-to-head to compete for the title of our very first Pokemon Master!
These nations are:
Ownzone representing Forest
The Atlae Isles representing The Rejected Realms
The church of satan representing The Rejected Realms
French Albania representing Wintreath
Through 24-hour elimination face-offs using the Challenge system, one of these four nations will be declared a place of Mon-Masters!
Match One: Ownzone v The Atlae Isles
Prior Encounters: 0-0
29 May 2020 - 30 May 2020
16:00 UTC START - 16:00 UTC FINISH (12:00 pm EST - 12:00 pm EST)
Encounters: 4-1
Winner: Ownzone
Match Two: French Albania v The church of satan
Prior Encounters: 0-0
30 May 2020 - 31 May 2020
16:00 UTC START - 16:00 UTC FINISH (12:00 pm EST - 12:00 pm EST)
Encounters: 151-183
Final Championship Match: Ownzone v The church of satan
Prior Encounters: 0-0
1 June 2020 - 2 June 2020
16:00 UTC START - 16:00 UTC FINISH (12:00 pm EST - 12:00 pm EST)
Encounters: 11-0
Winner: Ownzone
It is with great veneration that I announce Ownzone, Forest as the home of our first ever Pokemon Master!
A round of applause for the Pokemon Master of Ownzone and all other challengers, and my deepest appreciation for our Gym Leaders who identified all this outpour of talent coming from so many of our nations.
Octopus islands, Chan island, Mount Seymour, Atsvea, and 7 othersLord Dominator, Auphelia, Turbeaux, Canaltia, Outer Bele Levy Epies, McClandia Doge 2, and I like fire
For once your poll actually has some realistic value (assuming you answered “no means no”, which most of you did)! Well done, Auphelia! And no, before you ask, we still will not worship you.
In time, my dear. In time.
And no, I did not expect there would be so many blatantly awful people here to answer the poll. It was foolish of me to presume people were reasonable and not completely terrible, or would at least have the good sense to pretend for the few seconds it would take to vote in the poll.
Alas, it was not to be.
The last couple of days, my city has been gradually tearing itself apart. Relentlessly, and with a kind of sad desperation. The downtown is burned and looted, being the central location for the protests, and because that's where wealth accumulation is most visible and so more of a temptation. Now the looting and burning has spread out to the mostly impoverished surrounding neighborhoods, and they are absolutely devastated.
It was an incredible thing to observe: blind emotion exploding from the populace, screaming out for change, only to be followed later and eventually overtaken by the baser but more tactile needs and desires inflicted by poverty.
I thankfully live in a neighborhood relatively unaffected by anything serious. And I did not join the protests, even when, early on, they seemed like they might be peaceful, as I am quite afraid of catching the coronavirus (and, I suppose, because I am a coward). Yet somehow I still feel exhausted by it all. From the almost obsessive need to follow the events as they transpired, and the constant worry about what might happen next, as well as a kind of morbid fascination about the extremes that humans are capable of.
When I think about the way George Floyd died, I begin to feel sick to my stomach. But when I think about what's happened -- and is still happening -- to my city, I feel a great sadness, too.
For anyone interested, here's a little album I put together of some of the more interesting photos I've come across:
https://imgur.com/a/MFKulr0
Kawastyselir, Mount Seymour, Atsvea, Ruinenlust, and 9 othersShwe Tu Colony, Lord Dominator, Uan aa Boa, Outer Bele Levy Epies, Lura, McClandia Doge 2, Middle Barael, The young ur, and Sunruina
New Yorushika album dropped and hoo boy talk about tone shift— https://youtu.be/iT318d30d2c
Oh No! Somebody dropped it? Is it still OK?
Mount Seymour, Atsvea, Shwe Tu Colony, Lord Dominator, and 3 othersOuter Bele Levy Epies, McClandia Doge 2, and Sunruina
Nice new flag, Auphelia! It kind of resembles 
Aumeltopia, and also Octopus islands a bit
Nonus the hobo, Mount Seymour, Atsvea, Lord Dominator, and 5 othersAuphelia, Turbeaux, Outer Bele Levy Epies, McClandia Doge 2, and The young ur
I just wanted to make something quick and easy, so I took the Aumeltopia format and ran with it, adding in elements from my own usual flag as well and just changing around the colours and embellishing.
Octopus islands, Mount Seymour, Atsvea, Lord Dominator, and 6 othersOuter Bele Levy Epies, Lura, McClandia Doge 2, Middle Barael, The young ur, and Sunruina
I'm currently busy planning and making a fishing game. Currently on character drawing with my OpenTsuri bachelorettes (I deleted the OpenTsuri character factbook entry for development of character drawings). Any ideas?
(This is why I'm not much active this time)
EDIT: I want to also add that my birthday is going near.
*Dons Ownzone brand baseball cap and foam finger*
OWN-ZONE, OWN-ZONE, OWN-ZONE, OWN-ZONE
Octopus islands, Glacikaldr, Atsvea, Lord Dominator, and 6 othersOuter Bele Levy Epies, Myordas, Lura, McClandia Doge 2, I like fire, and Middle Barael
Pride month!
Effazio, Kawastyselir, Glacikaldr, Atsvea, and 6 othersLord Dominator, Turbeaux, Outer Bele Levy Epies, Myordas, McClandia Doge 2, and Middle Barael
own em ☝️☝️
Chan island, Lord Dominator, Turbeaux, Outer Bele Levy Epies, and 2 othersMcClandia Doge 2, and Middle Barael
This is your own zone, not theirs, so finish them!
Chan island, Atsvea, Lord Dominator, Outer Bele Levy Epies, and 1 otherMcClandia Doge 2
But y tho
Gloriosya, Atsvea, Lord Dominator, Outer Bele Levy Epies, and 4 othersLura, McClandia Doge 2, Middle Barael, and The young ur
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