Had a dream that Sabrina carpenter died and everyone was super sad about it but, unwilling to be upstaged, taylor swift flew her private jet directly into a block of apartments killing herself and hundreds of innocent people and everyone called it the gay 9/11

Hello everyone! I have a worldbuilding element I would like your input on. For everyone who reads this post this means a FUN POLL is coming at the end

So as you all know, I write queer Welsh werewolf erotica. They are set in a really weird sort of loosely-shared lore universe of schlocky shifter romances, so there are lots of elements that are universally shared (e.g. the mate of an Alpha is called a Luna), but loads that are unique to each author (e.g. at what age does a werewolf first shift? Can women be Alphas? Do they have additional powers?)

One such element is how ranks work in a pack. Is Alpha/Beta/Gamma/etc an intrinsic, hereditary state, separate from your actual position or job? Or is it solely a job title? Or is it a pack ranking given out to wolves based on an exam, a Hunger Games-style competition, a magic ritual, or anything else? I have seen all of these done.

Now, in my case, I've settled on what I want. My werewolves have birthmoons that almost function like a secondary gender:

If born on the full moon (or a day either side), a werewolf is physically bigger and stronger, has a bigger and more emotional wolf form, and usually a fancy super power (my main character can summon knives; I've had an absolute blast writing these lol). For traditional societal reasons - not biological - these are overwhelmingly the werewolves who get the top ranks in the pack (Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta). Those ranks are jobs, and they are preferentially given to "moonborn" wolves.

If born on the new moon (or a day either side), a werewolf is physically smaller and slighter, is better in control of their emotions and wolf, and usually has a standard power of being able to generate minor forcefields; however, about 20% may have a healing ability. They can also project a calming aura. For traditional societal reasons - again, not biological - they are known as Omegas, and are socially positioned at the bottom of a pack. "Omega" is not a job, unlike the other ranks - it's the descriptor given to a wolf born on the new moon.

If born on any other day of a lunar cycle, a wolf is a Sigma. An also-ran. Almost all have forcefield powers. All in-betweeny. Ones born close enough to the full moon might have enough crossover with a moonborn wolf to "pass" (including maybe a spicy power), and ones born close enough to new moons might "pass" as an Omega.

SO THAT'S THE BACKGROUND

Because, of course, those are just labels - as in the real world, these are boxes imposed on a living population, and not everyone fits. I've mentioned already that the Sigmas can have significant crossover at both ends of the spectrum, but also, a Sigma born three days after a full moon will be very different from one born three days after a new moon, right?

And on top of that, this is fundamentally a caste system. Why is "Omega" apparently a biological description - and an inherently negative one at that - when "moonborn" is separate from pack ranking? Why does one group get separate definitions, but not the others? One of my characters is an Omega who became a Gamma - why does that mean she's apparently holding two ranks, while another is Gamma and moonborn? Given that both "Omega" and "Sigma" both mean "normal pack wolf without a rank", why do they not have one single shared term? Why single out Omegas, but not, say, people born on a half moon?

So, I have a little activist group wanting to change those terms and labels as a background detail (it is Completely Irrelevant to the actual story - entirely a worldbuilding thing.) They therefore need to come up with new terms.

THIS BRINGS ME TO THE QUESTION

So:

BUT, given that this is supposed to be a new model that is more factually/medically accurate...

What about Sigma?

It also needs replacing - should that be with one single term? Several, to represent the different phases that are included (e.g. a gibbous moon, half moon, crescent moon?) A secret third option?

The only scene this currently comes up in is one where a group of shadowborn activists are discussing it, and conclude that it should be for Sigmas to decide. They ask the Alpha main character to put it to a pack vote.

So congrats to those reading this far: you are now my wolf pack. Spin the wheel to get your birthmoon, so you're sufficiently invested. (I only included full and new moons for the colours - re-spin if you get either)

Propaganda:

Crescentborn.

Starborn

Gibbousborn, halfborn, crescentborn

Phaseborn

Thank you all for your time and patience in this matter, and for briefly playing Werewolf Democracy with me

Thank you so much to everyone who has chimed in so far!

I'll make a new poll here, because some good suggestions have cropped up in the comments and I think they should get to be voted on as well. But also, some common questions arise for context and additional related lore, so in the interests of putting it all in one place:

Why do they want or need any labels at all?

This is a society in which it is incredibly early days that Omegas are allowed equal rights. In accordance with the laws of this genre, the previous Alpha of this pack was a fascist monster, and he'd full-on enslaved them all as pack property, but even prior to him, it was believed that an Omega's place was in the home, rearing cubs, etc. The main character is the new Alpha who took over, and she immediately banned all that; but, obviously, you can't undo thousands of years of prejudice overnight.

Meanwhile, though, moonborns also got it bad - initially the previous guy ordered that they should be trained to be perfect warriors to serve the pack, including being beaten weekly to learn to handle pain; then after several years he felt threatened, and so carried out a purge of all moonborns (that weren't his favoured mates); and then finally he put any survivors into a brainwashing camp to make them 'loyal'.

The Sigmas were deemed "nothing special". Both a blessing and a curse.

SO, no one is yet at the point of thinking "Why are we using labels at all?" I'm planning on addressing that several books in; but, right now, Omegas want a label that will elevate their differences to being a positive thing, not a negative one, and culturally a lot of Sigmas are likely to enjoy getting to have a special label for once

This would probably birth a whole bunch of microlabels

I agree lol

And it WILL

Is there a hierarchy to which moon you're born under/if you're born at night/etc?

They're only born at night because of Mystic Wolf Reasons, so no difference there

The moon is a bit more complicated; the moon names you're all thinking of (Worm Moon, Wolf Moon, Eagle Moon, etc) aren't actually universal terms. Those specifically come from various First Nations traditions, vary from nation to nation, and are specific to the ecology of those areas.

I'm still in the process of deciding on whether or not to create a Welsh version, but if so, I'll probably treat it like a zodiac - some people believe it, others think it's bollocks

Where can I read this?

I promise to try and publish something this year lol

Anyway! Some new terms were suggested, so, here's the updated poll!

Propaganda:

Crescentborn, Starborn, Phaseborn: as above. First two are cooler, last is more accurate for an umbrella term

Waxborn/waneborn:

Luneborn:

Additional polls for specific gibbous and half terms will be added shortly (can't put more than one poll in a single reblog)

Propaganda:

Haliborn/Saliborn:

Radialborn:

Diaborn:

Amphiborn:

Propaganda:

Gibbousborn:

Gibborn:

Lensborn:

Convecborn:

Hello everyone! I have a worldbuilding element I would like your input on. For everyone who reads this post this means a FUN POLL is coming at the end

So as you all know, I write queer Welsh werewolf erotica. They are set in a really weird sort of loosely-shared lore universe of schlocky shifter romances, so there are lots of elements that are universally shared (e.g. the mate of an Alpha is called a Luna), but loads that are unique to each author (e.g. at what age does a werewolf first shift? Can women be Alphas? Do they have additional powers?)

One such element is how ranks work in a pack. Is Alpha/Beta/Gamma/etc an intrinsic, hereditary state, separate from your actual position or job? Or is it solely a job title? Or is it a pack ranking given out to wolves based on an exam, a Hunger Games-style competition, a magic ritual, or anything else? I have seen all of these done.

Now, in my case, I've settled on what I want. My werewolves have birthmoons that almost function like a secondary gender:

If born on the full moon (or a day either side), a werewolf is physically bigger and stronger, has a bigger and more emotional wolf form, and usually a fancy super power (my main character can summon knives; I've had an absolute blast writing these lol). For traditional societal reasons - not biological - these are overwhelmingly the werewolves who get the top ranks in the pack (Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta). Those ranks are jobs, and they are preferentially given to "moonborn" wolves.

If born on the new moon (or a day either side), a werewolf is physically smaller and slighter, is better in control of their emotions and wolf, and usually has a standard power of being able to generate minor forcefields; however, about 20% may have a healing ability. They can also project a calming aura. For traditional societal reasons - again, not biological - they are known as Omegas, and are socially positioned at the bottom of a pack. "Omega" is not a job, unlike the other ranks - it's the descriptor given to a wolf born on the new moon.

If born on any other day of a lunar cycle, a wolf is a Sigma. An also-ran. Almost all have forcefield powers. All in-betweeny. Ones born close enough to the full moon might have enough crossover with a moonborn wolf to "pass" (including maybe a spicy power), and ones born close enough to new moons might "pass" as an Omega.

SO THAT'S THE BACKGROUND

Because, of course, those are just labels - as in the real world, these are boxes imposed on a living population, and not everyone fits. I've mentioned already that the Sigmas can have significant crossover at both ends of the spectrum, but also, a Sigma born three days after a full moon will be very different from one born three days after a new moon, right?

And on top of that, this is fundamentally a caste system. Why is "Omega" apparently a biological description - and an inherently negative one at that - when "moonborn" is separate from pack ranking? Why does one group get separate definitions, but not the others? One of my characters is an Omega who became a Gamma - why does that mean she's apparently holding two ranks, while another is Gamma and moonborn? Given that both "Omega" and "Sigma" both mean "normal pack wolf without a rank", why do they not have one single shared term? Why single out Omegas, but not, say, people born on a half moon?

So, I have a little activist group wanting to change those terms and labels as a background detail (it is Completely Irrelevant to the actual story - entirely a worldbuilding thing.) They therefore need to come up with new terms.

THIS BRINGS ME TO THE QUESTION

So:

BUT, given that this is supposed to be a new model that is more factually/medically accurate...

What about Sigma?

It also needs replacing - should that be with one single term? Several, to represent the different phases that are included (e.g. a gibbous moon, half moon, crescent moon?) A secret third option?

The only scene this currently comes up in is one where a group of shadowborn activists are discussing it, and conclude that it should be for Sigmas to decide. They ask the Alpha main character to put it to a pack vote.

So congrats to those reading this far: you are now my wolf pack. Spin the wheel to get your birthmoon, so you're sufficiently invested. (I only included full and new moons for the colours - re-spin if you get either)

Propaganda:

Crescentborn.

Starborn

Gibbousborn, halfborn, crescentborn

Phaseborn

Thank you all for your time and patience in this matter, and for briefly playing Werewolf Democracy with me

Thank you so much to everyone who has chimed in so far!

I'll make a new poll here, because some good suggestions have cropped up in the comments and I think they should get to be voted on as well. But also, some common questions arise for context and additional related lore, so in the interests of putting it all in one place:

Why do they want or need any labels at all?

This is a society in which it is incredibly early days that Omegas are allowed equal rights. In accordance with the laws of this genre, the previous Alpha of this pack was a fascist monster, and he'd full-on enslaved them all as pack property, but even prior to him, it was believed that an Omega's place was in the home, rearing cubs, etc. The main character is the new Alpha who took over, and she immediately banned all that; but, obviously, you can't undo thousands of years of prejudice overnight.

Meanwhile, though, moonborns also got it bad - initially the previous guy ordered that they should be trained to be perfect warriors to serve the pack, including being beaten weekly to learn to handle pain; then after several years he felt threatened, and so carried out a purge of all moonborns (that weren't his favoured mates); and then finally he put any survivors into a brainwashing camp to make them 'loyal'.

The Sigmas were deemed "nothing special". Both a blessing and a curse.

SO, no one is yet at the point of thinking "Why are we using labels at all?" I'm planning on addressing that several books in; but, right now, Omegas want a label that will elevate their differences to being a positive thing, not a negative one, and culturally a lot of Sigmas are likely to enjoy getting to have a special label for once

This would probably birth a whole bunch of microlabels

I agree lol

And it WILL

Is there a hierarchy to which moon you're born under/if you're born at night/etc?

They're only born at night because of Mystic Wolf Reasons, so no difference there

The moon is a bit more complicated; the moon names you're all thinking of (Worm Moon, Wolf Moon, Eagle Moon, etc) aren't actually universal terms. Those specifically come from various First Nations traditions, vary from nation to nation, and are specific to the ecology of those areas.

I'm still in the process of deciding on whether or not to create a Welsh version, but if so, I'll probably treat it like a zodiac - some people believe it, others think it's bollocks

Where can I read this?

I promise to try and publish something this year lol

Anyway! Some new terms were suggested, so, here's the updated poll!

Propaganda:

Crescentborn, Starborn, Phaseborn: as above. First two are cooler, last is more accurate for an umbrella term

Waxborn/waneborn:

Luneborn:

Additional polls for specific gibbous and half terms will be added shortly (can't put more than one poll in a single reblog)

Propaganda:

Haliborn/Saliborn:

Radialborn:

Diaborn:

Amphiborn:

Hello everyone! I have a worldbuilding element I would like your input on. For everyone who reads this post this means a FUN POLL is coming at the end

So as you all know, I write queer Welsh werewolf erotica. They are set in a really weird sort of loosely-shared lore universe of schlocky shifter romances, so there are lots of elements that are universally shared (e.g. the mate of an Alpha is called a Luna), but loads that are unique to each author (e.g. at what age does a werewolf first shift? Can women be Alphas? Do they have additional powers?)

One such element is how ranks work in a pack. Is Alpha/Beta/Gamma/etc an intrinsic, hereditary state, separate from your actual position or job? Or is it solely a job title? Or is it a pack ranking given out to wolves based on an exam, a Hunger Games-style competition, a magic ritual, or anything else? I have seen all of these done.

Now, in my case, I've settled on what I want. My werewolves have birthmoons that almost function like a secondary gender:

If born on the full moon (or a day either side), a werewolf is physically bigger and stronger, has a bigger and more emotional wolf form, and usually a fancy super power (my main character can summon knives; I've had an absolute blast writing these lol). For traditional societal reasons - not biological - these are overwhelmingly the werewolves who get the top ranks in the pack (Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta). Those ranks are jobs, and they are preferentially given to "moonborn" wolves.

If born on the new moon (or a day either side), a werewolf is physically smaller and slighter, is better in control of their emotions and wolf, and usually has a standard power of being able to generate minor forcefields; however, about 20% may have a healing ability. They can also project a calming aura. For traditional societal reasons - again, not biological - they are known as Omegas, and are socially positioned at the bottom of a pack. "Omega" is not a job, unlike the other ranks - it's the descriptor given to a wolf born on the new moon.

If born on any other day of a lunar cycle, a wolf is a Sigma. An also-ran. Almost all have forcefield powers. All in-betweeny. Ones born close enough to the full moon might have enough crossover with a moonborn wolf to "pass" (including maybe a spicy power), and ones born close enough to new moons might "pass" as an Omega.

SO THAT'S THE BACKGROUND

Because, of course, those are just labels - as in the real world, these are boxes imposed on a living population, and not everyone fits. I've mentioned already that the Sigmas can have significant crossover at both ends of the spectrum, but also, a Sigma born three days after a full moon will be very different from one born three days after a new moon, right?

And on top of that, this is fundamentally a caste system. Why is "Omega" apparently a biological description - and an inherently negative one at that - when "moonborn" is separate from pack ranking? Why does one group get separate definitions, but not the others? One of my characters is an Omega who became a Gamma - why does that mean she's apparently holding two ranks, while another is Gamma and moonborn? Given that both "Omega" and "Sigma" both mean "normal pack wolf without a rank", why do they not have one single shared term? Why single out Omegas, but not, say, people born on a half moon?

So, I have a little activist group wanting to change those terms and labels as a background detail (it is Completely Irrelevant to the actual story - entirely a worldbuilding thing.) They therefore need to come up with new terms.

THIS BRINGS ME TO THE QUESTION

So:

BUT, given that this is supposed to be a new model that is more factually/medically accurate...

What about Sigma?

It also needs replacing - should that be with one single term? Several, to represent the different phases that are included (e.g. a gibbous moon, half moon, crescent moon?) A secret third option?

The only scene this currently comes up in is one where a group of shadowborn activists are discussing it, and conclude that it should be for Sigmas to decide. They ask the Alpha main character to put it to a pack vote.

So congrats to those reading this far: you are now my wolf pack. Spin the wheel to get your birthmoon, so you're sufficiently invested. (I only included full and new moons for the colours - re-spin if you get either)

Propaganda:

Crescentborn.

Starborn

Gibbousborn, halfborn, crescentborn

Phaseborn

Thank you all for your time and patience in this matter, and for briefly playing Werewolf Democracy with me

Thank you so much to everyone who has chimed in so far!

I'll make a new poll here, because some good suggestions have cropped up in the comments and I think they should get to be voted on as well. But also, some common questions arise for context and additional related lore, so in the interests of putting it all in one place:

Why do they want or need any labels at all?

This is a society in which it is incredibly early days that Omegas are allowed equal rights. In accordance with the laws of this genre, the previous Alpha of this pack was a fascist monster, and he'd full-on enslaved them all as pack property, but even prior to him, it was believed that an Omega's place was in the home, rearing cubs, etc. The main character is the new Alpha who took over, and she immediately banned all that; but, obviously, you can't undo thousands of years of prejudice overnight.

Meanwhile, though, moonborns also got it bad - initially the previous guy ordered that they should be trained to be perfect warriors to serve the pack, including being beaten weekly to learn to handle pain; then after several years he felt threatened, and so carried out a purge of all moonborns (that weren't his favoured mates); and then finally he put any survivors into a brainwashing camp to make them 'loyal'.

The Sigmas were deemed "nothing special". Both a blessing and a curse.

SO, no one is yet at the point of thinking "Why are we using labels at all?" I'm planning on addressing that several books in; but, right now, Omegas want a label that will elevate their differences to being a positive thing, not a negative one, and culturally a lot of Sigmas are likely to enjoy getting to have a special label for once

This would probably birth a whole bunch of microlabels

I agree lol

And it WILL

Is there a hierarchy to which moon you're born under/if you're born at night/etc?

They're only born at night because of Mystic Wolf Reasons, so no difference there

The moon is a bit more complicated; the moon names you're all thinking of (Worm Moon, Wolf Moon, Eagle Moon, etc) aren't actually universal terms. Those specifically come from various First Nations traditions, vary from nation to nation, and are specific to the ecology of those areas.

I'm still in the process of deciding on whether or not to create a Welsh version, but if so, I'll probably treat it like a zodiac - some people believe it, others think it's bollocks

Where can I read this?

I promise to try and publish something this year lol

Anyway! Some new terms were suggested, so, here's the updated poll!

Propaganda:

Crescentborn, Starborn, Phaseborn: as above. First two are cooler, last is more accurate for an umbrella term

Waxborn/waneborn:

Luneborn:

Additional polls for specific gibbous and half terms will be added shortly (can't put more than one poll in a single reblog)

I've seen a fair amount of fat liberation activists explain that they have always been fat, they're not about to stop, and that's natural and beautiful and fine. That's an incredibly important message.

What I've seen less - and what I want to remind people of - is this: if you've become fat, that's also natural and beautiful and fine.

When you're a fat person who has been thin in the past, that comes with its own brand of shaming. People take your history of thinness as proof that you don't have to be fat. You often fear the look of disappointed surprise in the eyes of someone you haven't met since you were thin. People try to determine "what happened". They don't see your fat body as just you, but as a sort of symptom that isn't part of you.

Becoming fat is not a tragedy, it's not a sign of failure, it's not a bad or shameful thing. The thin you is not the Real you. You are always real and always worthy of freedom, respect and peace. You are allowed to be fat no matter how or when you became fat.

If this is your first round on the 'US uses blatantly false evidence as an excuse to attack a country for purely selfish reasons' track, then let me save you a lot of future embarrassment:

You don't need to try to become a public expert on Venezuela or Maduro based on reading half the Wikipedia page or scrolling the Bluesky tags. You don't need to state any opinion on the former political situation of Venezuela at all. It's okay for now to admit that you know fuck all about it, or to just not speak on it.

An opinion like 'The US shouldn't use blatantly false evidence as an excuse to attack a country for purely selfish reasons' is a full opinion that doesn't require knowing exactly what was up in the country being attacked.

Don't fall for the temptation of 'the enemy of my enemy must be a friend, so I'm gonna get on their hill and write minimally-informed stuff about how great they are'. Trust me, you're gonna feel very silly about that later.

I frankly don't care how many Venezuelans around the world support the invasion. I think it's a good example of how the "listen to X voices" rhetoric is essentially flawed.

There are already many Venezuelans in my country out in the streets celebrating the invasion and I'm pretty sure there will be more celebrations by the Venezuelan diaspora around the world in the coming days. This is gonna be an elephant in the room (at least on this site) because people want to condemn US interventionism but they also don't want to "speak over Venezuelans".

People are gonna opt to pretend the celebrations are not happening because acknowledging it makes them feel uncomfortable. People are gonna pretend all Venezuelans are against the US, but I feel it's way more productive to talk about how "listen to X voices" is flawed than to play dumb about reality.

This man's an expert

PEER REVIEWED, THIS IS THE BEST POSSIBLE ADDITION

If you’re a USAmerican and rightfully horrified by what the government is doing right now, I just want to rq share 5calls. They have a really simple tool for finding your reps and contacting them, as well as a variety of scripts for anyone not confident speaking off book. Emails can be filtered out, phone calls, voicemails, and physical letters are much harder to ignore. Calling your reps isn’t the end all be all of anti-war action, but it’s a place to start while you process what the fuck just happened.

Just to make it clear cuz I know there’s gonna be those people coming to defend this regime. MADURO IS A DICTATOR, WE DO NOT HAVE ANY FORM OF DEMOCRACY, THE ELECTIONS WERE RIGGED AND STOLEN FROM THE PEOPLE!

But on that same note FUCK TRUMP! FUCK THIS! He is not wanting our freedom he is using us to fill his ego and feel like a hero.

If this ends with this government falling down good I just hope it ends at that and it doesn’t go farther but with that orange pig there’s no telling.

We are scared, we want freedom but let’s hope this doesn’t empower them even more.

Let’s hope that the fall of one dictatorship doesn’t fuel up the rise of another.

When she says it had a smurf village gender ratio, it's possibly even funnier and sadder than you could have thought. The article doesn't specify, but I keep hearing that out of 8000 users, less than 50 appeared to be women.

Holy fuck, I’m dying. Imagine being this bad at cybersecurity. How is the rest of 2026 supposed to compete?

Here‘s the full talk, check the setting in the video player for other languages:

The Heartbreak Machine - Nazis in the echo chamber

never use doordash or uber eats or any of that shit

I'm posting this from a library Wi-Fi on a burner laptop because I am technically under a massive NDA. I don't care anymore. I put in my two weeks yesterday and honestly, I hope they sue me. I've been sitting on this for about eight months, just watching the code getting pushed to production, and I can't sleep at night knowing I helped build this machine.

You guys always suspect the algorithms are rigged against you, but the reality is actually so much more depressing than the conspiracy theories. I'm a backend engineer. I sit in the weekly sprint planning meetings where Product Managers (PMs) discuss how to squeeze another 0.4% margin out of "human assets" (that's literally what they call drivers in the database schemas). They talk about these people like they are resource nodes in a video game, not fathers and mothers trying to pay rent.

First off, the "Priority Delivery" is a total scam. It was pitched to us as a "psychological value add." Like I said in the title, when you pay that extra $2.99, it changes a boolean flag in the order JSON, but the dispatch logic literally ignores it. It does nothing to speed you up.

We actually ran an A/B test last year where we didn't speed up the priority orders, we just purposefully delayed non-priority orders by 5 to 10 minutes to make the Priority ones "feel" faster by comparison. Management loved the results. We generated millions in pure profit just by making the standard service worse, not by making the premium service better.

But the thing that actually makes me sick-and the main reason I'm quitting-is the "Desperation Score." We have a hidden metric for drivers that tracks how desperate they are for cash based on their acceptance behavior.

If a driver usually logs on at 10 PM and accepts every garbage $3 order instantly without hesitation, the algo tags them as "High Desperation." Once they are tagged, the system then deliberately stops showing them high-paying orders. The logic is: "Why pay this guy $15 for a run when we know he's desperate enough to do it for $6?" We save the good tips for the "casual" drivers to hook them in and gamify their experience, while the full-timers get grinded into dust.

Then there is the "Benefit Fee." You've probably seen that $1.50 "Regulatory Response Fee" or "Driver Benefits Fee" that appeared on your bill after the recent labor laws passed. The wording is designed to make you feel like you're helping the worker.

In reality, that money goes straight to a corporate slush fund used to lobby against driver unions. We have a specific internal cost center for "Policy Defense," and that fee feeds directly into it. You are literally paying for the high-end lawyers that are fighting to keep your delivery guy homeless.

And regarding tips, we're essentially doing Tip Theft 2.0. We don't "steal" them legally anymore because we got sued for that. Instead, we use predictive modeling to dynamically lower the base pay.

If the algo predicts you are a "high tipper" and you'll likely drop $10, it offers the driver a measly $2 base pay. If you tip $0, it offers them $8 base pay just to get the food moved. The result is that your generosity isn't rewarding the driver; it's subsidizing us. You're paying their wage so we don't have to.

I'm drunk and I'm angry. Ask me anything before this gets taken down.

It appears the USA has kidnapped the president of Venezuela.

Hello, guys. I know I haven't been active in this blog for some time, but I guess I just needed to write about this and I'm not sure where else to do it.

As some of you know, I live in Venezuela. For the last hour or so bombs have been falling over my city, Caracas. Some people say it's a coup d'etat, others that it's the US military. We are not yet sure what is happening.

A bomb fell over La Carlota, a military air base a few blocks away from my apartment. We can still see the smoke through the window. As I understand, bombs have also fallen on "strategic places" like Fuerte Tiuna and Miraflores.

The neighbors are speaking about leaving but me and my parents haven't decided what we are going to do. We don't really have a place to go. I'll keep you updated if I can. Thank you for taking the time to read.