news feed; Tuesday, February 28th, 2012

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Tuesday, February 28th 20127

WeatherMostly cloudy. Windy. Periods of wet snow or rain developing in the evening. Snowfall accumulations 5 to 10 cm at higher elevations. High 3°C and a low of 1°C (37deg;F/34°F)

Current Moon Phase: Waxing Crescent

Morning sirens go off at 6:59am, and evening sirens are at 5:50 pm.

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- Calling all amateur bakers and artisan bread enthusiasts! The Homebaked Breadmaker’s Society is hosting a casual meet-up today at 4pm at The Dog’s Breakfast Pub. Share tips on getting sourdough yeast starters started! Swap recipes. Try samples from your neighbor’s loaves, and show off your own! All draft beer just $3 till siren.

-Free Newcomer Counseling - Feeling lost? Hopeless? Far from home? Emotionally conflicted or astray? We at the Church of Jonova care. We would like to open our arms to the Newcomer community in their time of need. Come home to the arms of Jonova. Our basement recreation center offers shelter from the darkness, food, clothing, our prayers and spiritual guidance. All are welcome

- Apartment for Rent - 2-bedroom apartment for rent above Skyeline Diner, just across the street from Skye Medical Center in Sector 4. Excellent up-to-date darkness proofing, and the best waffles in port just a staircase away. Free utilities for Medical workers and hospital employees with ID check. Pets OK purr woof. $1050 a month.
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[ News Notification Thread]

Text: House wants YOU to be a proxy so it can join the baking club.

[where_the_hearth_is]

Greetings, Siren's Port.

I am seeking a mobile, carbon-based volunteer to assist my participation in our city's Homebaked Bread Society. Cooking expertise not required.

Your duties would be:
- to visit me at [the House's address, on the beach where Sectors 4, 7, and the sea intersect], pick up an insulated container of fresh bread, and deliver it to the Society's meetings.
- to serve my bread to the rest of the society with charm and poise
- to taste the bread brought by other members and offer polite feedback as appropriate
- to send me a summary of the discussion (or record it to your NV if you prefer)
- to acquire the recipes of any other loaves of bread you particularly enjoyed, with commentary on what you found delicious

In exchange I will provide:
- freshly baked bread, including extra that you are not required to share with the Society
- homemade jam of your preference
- further compensation negotiable

Serious inquiries only, please. Comfort with talking machines preferred.

023 // Video

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[Kurt has been off for quite a while now--so it seems as though nothing has changed, not really. When he starts to speak though, it's in this falsely smooth, oddly controlled tone of voice. His face is very pale.]

Recently, Blaine made a post about a movement from our home called It Gets Better. To reiterate, it's a way in our world for people to reach out to one another via the Internet to share experiences and assist in the prevention of suicide for LGBT youths. I'm pleased to inform you all that he and I are establishing a similar program here in the Port, hereby named the Out of the Darkness Project.

[He presses his lips together for a moment.] If anyone would like to share their experiences with finding light in dark times--whether here or at home, and for any audience, LGBT or otherwise--please send your videos, texts, and audio posts to me or Blaine Anderson. One of us will broadcast it for you. Hopefully this increased communication between Newcomers will assist with the day-to-day tribulations of living in the Port.

That said, I... [A deep breath.] I'd like to add something else to this. I've been considering creating a support group of sorts for those who have lost people here in the Port, to the Darkness or otherwise. I'm not a therapist by any means, but just to have a group of people with similar experiences to confide in... I think it would be beneficial for a lot of us. I was thinking the Newcomer Memorial might be a nice place to hold meetings. If anyone is interested or has any suggestions, feel free to let me know.

[Pause.]

The Darkness is... It's a lot of things. I'm aware of its origin, literally, but... I sort of think of it as the opposite of It Gets Better. It's everything in the world that no one can escape, those evil things that happen to good people, the absence of light and hope. It can't ever go away, but we can choose to live above it. So please, if you can...consider making a video to contribute to our project. We all have our differences, but when you break it down, we are all in this mess together. Let's start acting like it.

Thank you for your time.

( Filtered to the Glee kids )