Word of the Day 07/29/21 Sustainability

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Sustainability (noun)
sustainability [ suh-stey-nuh-bil-i-tee ]

noun
1. the ability to be sustained, supported, upheld, or confirmed.

2. Environmental Science. the quality of not being harmful to the environment or depleting natural resources, and thereby supporting long-term ecological balance: The committee is developing sustainability standards for products that use energy.

Origin: sustain + -ability

HOW TO USE SUSTAINABILITY IN A SENTENCE
I think we’ve been okay at bringing women and minorities into the firm, but I don’t think we’ve created the environment that creates the sustainability of them wanting to be there.
CITIGROUP NAMES JANE FRASER CEO, SHATTERING WALL STREET’S GLASS CEILING|MARIA ASPAN|SEPTEMBER 10, 2020|FORTUNE

She studies sustainability — how to use resources so they are available in the future — at Arizona State University in Tempe.
A SINGLE CHEMICAL MAY DRAW LONELY LOCUSTS INTO A HUNGRY SWARM|JONATHAN LAMBERT|SEPTEMBER 7, 2020|SCIENCE NEWS FOR STUDENTS

Solarpunk is gorgeous by most measures and serves as an umbrella term for an aesthetic and ideology that emphasizes biomimicry, greenery, and mind-blowing architectonic structures built to enable sustainability and self-sufficiency.
SOLARPUNK IS GROWING A GORGEOUS NEW WORLD IN THE CRACKS OF THE OLD ONE|CARIN ISM|SEPTEMBER 6, 2020|SINGULARITY HUB

Thrilling recently launched a collaboration with Banana Republic to promote sustainability in fashion.
THE CEO STRIVING TO MAKE VINTAGE, SECONDHAND CLOTHING AS POPULAR AS FAST FASHION|RACHEL KING|SEPTEMBER 6, 2020|FORTUNE

Now YOU come up with a sentence (or fic? or graphic?) that best illustrates the word.

Rare Pairs Challenge: Day 12

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The prompt for Day 12:     “She’s trying to make it big on Instagram as a baker.”

Just a reminder that anyone can be a baker, we don't discriminate at the Rare Pair's challenge :):)

No Hope Remains ⟫ Angelus/Rupert Giles ⟫ Mature

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Title: ⟫ No Hope Remains
Master!post: ⟫ Rare Pairs Challenge Masterpost
Fandom: ⟫ Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Characters/Pairing: ⟫ Angelus/Rupert Giles
Rating: ⟫ Adult
Prompts: ⟫ 1_million_words Challenge Rare pairs, #623 Delivery at slashthedrabble & Random A to Z ‘N’
Word Count: ⟫ 200
Graphic: ⟫ skargasm
Summary: ⟫ Angelus has won and Giles has been captured - no hope remains...

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Thursday Tropes: Week 28

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It's been a minute, hasn't it? Well, we're back...and maybe slightly different?



This time around...A. FULL. YEAR. OF. TROPES!

Some Thursdays will have 2 tropes, some will have 3, but I think the majority will have 1 that's really popular.

Descriptions will be pulled from TV Tropes and a link provided if you want more information.

The rules? They're simple. Write at least 250 words or create 2 icons/1 banner. Anything from suggestive to outright porn is allowed.

Since I completely missed last Thursday, this week there are 4 tropes!

Obviously Evil: A villain who is thoroughly convinced that their actions are mundane, acceptable or helpful, to the extent that the idea that their actions have negative consequences doesn't even occur to them. These villains aren't justifying their wrongdoings. They aren't compelled by unnatural forces. They just don't comprehend that they're doing anything wrong.

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There are two basic requirements for a character to be this trope:

1. They are effective. The character is quite capable of causing tyranny, tragedy, chaos, wanton destruction, etc. Contrast the Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain and the Minion with an F in Evil, who represent relatively minor threats to the protagonists.
2. They have no idea that they're doing anything objectionable. In their eyes, their actions are either good or simply harmless. Even if they recognize that something is wrong, they won't realize that they are the problem. For example, a Sex Is Evil, and I Am Horny character might sexually assault women and feel as if he's their victim.

Spared But Not Forgiven: Different stories have different takes on Forgiveness. In some works, forgiving wrongdoers is always a good thing and tropes such as Revenge Is Not Justice, Vengeance Feels Empty, and He Who Fights Monsters are in full effect, while in others, revenge will not only be justified, but also necessary for emotional closure. There is also some grey area, as evidenced by tropes such as Restrained Revenge, Reformed, but Not Tamed or Forgiven, but Not Forgotten.

Odd Job Gods: It is good to be a god, isn't it? You can rule whatever you want inside your area of expertise, spend all day floating around the clouds or hang around with your followers. As long as people believe in you, everything is fine...

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And...in "honor" of me having surgery tomorrow

Self-Surgery: A character for one reason or another can't go to a hospital, or even get another character to help, so he treats his own injuries. An oft-seen version of this trope (to establish the badass credentials of a character) involves sewing the injury up, with or without the use of anesthetic. He may also Heal It with Fire.

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Protector ⟫ Derek Hale & Erica Reyes ⟫ Teen & Up

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Title: ⟫ Protector
Master!post: ⟫ Rare Pairs Challenge Masterpost
Fandom: ⟫ Teen Wolf
Characters/Pairing: ⟫ Derek Hale & Erica Reyes
Rating: ⟫ Teen & Up
Prompts: ⟫ 1_million_words Challenge Rare pairs
Word Count: ⟫ 849
Graphic: ⟫ skargasm
Summary: ⟫ His mother had always taught them that the role of the alpha was to protect – whatever the danger...

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Daily challenge to cmk418

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I forgot it was my writing day and booked a day out with my daughters to get matching tattoos! So this morning, I did a quick chunk of writing and managed about 3000 words and made two banners!!

Passing the banner to cmk418 for Friday!