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The Batman Teaser Trailer

8/22/2020

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Mask Recommendations

8/8/2020

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Floral Force Mask by fashionsforfans on RedBubble ($12.49)
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Smoko Reusable Face Mask from Urban Outfitters ($15)
Rainbow Striped Fashion Face Mask from Hot Topic ($12.90)
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3 Layer Face Mask (Reversible) from KatiesKottonFarm on Etsy ($15)
JV by Jac Vanek Get Me Out Of Here Black & Pink Face Cover by Zumiez ($14.95)
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Til the end of the line Mask by Risa Rodil on Redbubble ($12.49)
Everyday Non Medical Masks 5 Pack by Athleta ($30)
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Ways To Help

5/31/2020

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I'm going to be completely honest with you.  I forgot I had a website until about five minutes ago.

I hope you and your loved ones are safe.  Kelly had a pretty firm "no politics" rule for ALNM in the hopes of making this a safe space where everyone could get a break from the pain of the world at large.  But I do think she'd be on board with me making this exception.  I wanted to organize some of the best advice I received in recent days on how to help and how to be a better ally to Black Americans.  I'd also love to hear from you guys what actions you're taking.

Where to donate

  • George Floyd Memorial Fund
  • Minnesota Freedom Fund
  • Black Visions Collective
  • Reclaim The Block
  • Campaign Zero
  • Unicorn Riot
  • Bail Project
  • Fair Fight Action
  • Louisville Bail Fund

How to educate yourself

  • Watch 13th by Ava DuVernay on Netflix
  • Read Why People of Color Need Spaces Without White People
  • Read So You Want to Talk About Race by Ijeoma Oluo
  • Read White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk about Racism by Robin Diangelo
  • An Essential Reading Guide For Fighting Racism
  • A Guide To White Privilege​
  • Listen to 1619 from the New York Times
  • Listen to Pod Save The People from Crooked Media
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Ship Bracket 2020 - Championship

5/3/2020

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[EDIT 2]: Ok, it took hours, but I was finally able to get the results to become visible in the Championship Poll below. Congratulations to the Sanvers fandom!

I hope to have some fun (drama free) activities in the months ahead as I try to feel out the future of this website. Love to you all and stay safe and health out there.
[EDIT]: Between being cooped up in my apartment away from all my loved ones and a stressful time at work right now, I really don't have time for drama. Comments are moderated now and stop saying cruel things in my inbox. I'll post the champion when the poll closes.
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I really loved this site as a lasting connection to Kelly, and now I don't know what I'm going to do with it moving forward.
And the poll is OFFICIALLY OPEN!​  Notes for this round:
  • Polls close at 9PM PT on May 10th.
  • Please share your recs and reasons for loving your ship (any ship!) in the brackets.  Remember, this is all meant to be FUN.
  • Use the comments also to start nominating ships you would like to see in a potential 2021 bracket.  I have some ideas to make things run more smoothly.  Every year is a learning process.
  • I'll try to update the master list of recs and recipes this week.
  • As always, final round will go blind starting Wednesday.
  • Good luck!
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Ship Bracket 2020 - Final Five

4/20/2020

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[EDIT 3 4/26 11:05AM PT]: Suspicious votes have been removed. Of note:
  • None of the individual IP addresses involved in these votes had voted more than 100 times
  • Votes were removed from the ships Destiel, Sanvers, and Lapidot.
  • Any banned IP address moving forward would be blocked and receive a pop up notification asking you to contact the person running the poll (ie: me)
  • Polls are reopened

[EDIT 2]: Polls currently on pause for analysis.

[EDIT]: Hi everyone! I've heard from multiple people that there's been some freezing issues in the Sanvers/Destiel poll that I've been able to duplicate on my end. So I've temporarily closed that poll to give it a little nap and hopefully it will be less cranky afterwards. The poll will reopen at 5PM PT and I have extended the deadline by one day to make up for it. Thanks
And the polls are OFFICIALLY OPEN!​  Notes for this round:
  • Polls close at 9PM PT on April 27th [UPDATED].
  • Please continue to share your favorite recs and quarantine activities.
  • I'll continue to eliminate any fraudulent votes.
  • Good luck!
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Ship Bracket 2020 - Wild Card Re-entry

4/10/2020

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After evaluating the previous rounds, the ships that are up for re-entry into the Ship Bracket due to suspicious voting are:
  • Lapidot (Steven Universe)
  • Reylo (Star Wars)
  • Marrish (Teen Wolf)
  • Stucky (Marvel)

Now, these suspicious votes aren't as straightforward as the ones that brought the whole situation to our attention.  That's probably why none of us noticed.  But that also means I can be pretty sure they're fraudulent, but not 100%.  This is why I'm doing a wild card vote in rather than a straightforward change to the Final Four.

This is how we'll proceed:
  • Polls close at 9PM PT on April 15th.
  • If Lapidot, Reylo, or Stucky win, they will be included in the Final Four head to head between Karamel and Kylux (because that's where they would be in the bracket if they had won previous polls)
  • If Marrish wins, it will be included in the Final Four head to head between Destiel and Sanvers

If you have any suggestions, I am definitely open to them.  Please leave in the comments below and we can discuss.  FYI, it looks like fraudulent voting began in the second round and really picked up steam in the Sweet Sixteen.  Aside from the ships above, fraudulent votes for both winning and losing ships that did not impact the final outcome of a poll were found.  I know what I'm looking for now though, so no need to worry about that happening this round.  I'll just delete fraudulent votes that couldn't be achieved via conventional means as they appear :)

​Have fun everyone!

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Ship Bracket 2020 - Elite Eight

3/22/2020

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[EDIT 2]: Ok, first off polls reopen at 1PM PT and close at 9PM PT on April 2nd.  The total changes in vote totals are as follows:
  • Karamel: -15
  • Hannigram: 0
  • Destiel: -10
  • Rules: 0
  • Klance: -10,208
  • Kylux: 0
  • Sanvers -55
  • Schmico: 0

All the votes from an IP address were removed if 5 or more votes were received in under a second.  No more votes can be received from that IP address moving forward.  If you have IT issues with voting, just send me an e-mail or leave a comment below.  I will be keeping an eye on things moving forward and will delete any fraudulent votes on a daily basis.

Also, for my own sanity, I will be reviewing previous rounds prior to the Final Four to make triple sure fraudulent votes didn't impact any results.

[EDIT]: Hi everyone!  First off, thanks for being super kind in your comments and e-mails.  And I've done a review of the voting and DID find some strange activity across ALL FOUR polls.  So I've temporarily closed these while I determine the best course of action.  Rest assured, the closed polls you see below are NOT the final results.

For a little background, with my paid account this year I can see every individual vote linked to its IP address on each poll.  Typically I see bursts of 25 votes from one IP address with each vote separate by one to two seconds.  These two polls were showing bunches of three (and sometimes as high as five or six) votes within one second at a time from the same IP address.  And this issue appears coming from multiple addresses.  I created a test fake poll to see if my fingers could move fast enough to vote the quickly, and every so often you can slip in two votes within one second but that's it at most.

I need to go through the full list of individual votes (which on the larger polls are over 100 pages) to determine which IP addresses are the problem.  I do have the ability to permanently block these addresses and delete the votes the entered.  I'm leaning towards that route, but welcome any input you may have.

Of course, once polls reopen the end date will be extended.

Thank you again to everyone who reached out.

And the polls are OFFICIALLY OPEN!​  Notes for this round:
  • Polls close at 9PM PT on March 27th.
  • Please share your recs and reasons for loving your ship in the brackets.  And advice for corona induced isolation.  I'm already giving some of the links you gave last round a try.
  • I'll update the master list of recs and recipes this week.
  • You can view the updated bracket here
  • Good luck!
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Ship Bracket 2020 - Sweet Sixteen

3/14/2020

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And the polls are OFFICIALLY OPEN!​  Notes for this round:
  • Polls close at 9PM PT on March 19th.
  • Please share your recs and reasons for loving your ship in the brackets.
  • You can view the updated bracket here
  • If the Ship Bracket continues next year, these Sweet Sixteen ships have automatically qualified (along with the wild cards)!
  • The winner of the wild card will replace the Sweet Sixteen winner with the lowest number of votes in the Elite Eight.  This is the last wild card opportunity in the ship bracket.
  • If I were more talented, I'd draw a comic of Hux and Rey fighting over Kylo Ren in the poll below.  Lol.
  • Good luck!
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ALNM Ship Bracket Recipes (Ongoing)

3/14/2020

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One of the things I've enjoyed the most is seeing all the fun recipes you've been posting in the Ship Bracket this year.  You can find all the recipes under the "Read More" below.  Kelly would have loved this.

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Ship Bracket Master Rec List (Ongoing)

3/14/2020

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As promised, here's a master list of all the recs that have come from you guys in the ship bracket below the "Read More."  I haven't read these yet, but feel free to leave your own comments below!

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