Cartoon of The Day: Rainbow Roo

 

 

 Taken at the Relaystock. The event attracted avatars of all kinds, including a furry kangaroo. With her outfit, I quickly came up with a pun.

 

By Bixyl Shuftan

 

Press Release: Bellisseria's Sixth Birthday Festival, April 14 to 20

 

 Dear Bellisserians! It is time to celebrate our turning 6 in this wonderful world of Second Life!

A Joint festival between the B6B and BBB5B means the festivities will be even more fun!

We have a great line up for you :

Festivities to include:

- OPENING ADDRESS BY PATCH LINDEN (APRIL 14TH @ NOON SLT)
- LIVE PERFORMERS & DJs THROUGHOUT THE WEEK
- TWO GRIDWIDE NORTHERN OPERATIONS SPORT FISHING COMPETITIONS
- THEMED VICTORIAN ENVIRONMENT FOR MAXIMUM IMMERSION
- MYSTERIOUS NODS TO THE ONGOING BBB MYSTERY SERIES
- LIMITED EDITION PASSPORT STAMPS FOR DISCERNING COLLECTORS

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VICTORIAN ATTIRE  ENCOURAGED BUT NOT REQUIRED
EXPECT UNEXPECTED DELIGHTS & MYSTERIOUS HAPPENINGS
ATTENDANCE CONSIDERED A MARK OF DISTINCTION

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WE REMAIN YOURS IN BUREAUCRATIC BRAVERY

THE BBB


HERE IS YOUR CARRIAGE:

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Bellisseria%20Fairgrounds/166/245/23

 

Health Island Exhibits For April

Health Island is a place in Second Life where you can get information on various health matters. The exhibits change every month, so there is new information available. Gemma Cleanslate recently went over to check out those for this month. So what did she find.

 

Read Gemma's article in Places. 

 

Bid The Lindens Bald Results

 

On Wednesday April 9, the "Bid the Lindens Bald" event took place. Organized by the Relay Rockers, it would take place just a few days after the multi-team Relaystock. Arizona Ballinger-Whiplash would have this to say about both events.

 

RelayStock 2025 was an unforgettable celebration of community, hope, and togetherness. With 45 Relay teams—our second-highest turnout ever—and 22 teams filling the stage with music, the energy was incredible. This beloved halfway point in the Relay For Life of Second Life season is more than just an event; it’s where friendships deepen, memories are made, and we’re reminded why we Relay. From dancing 'in the mud' to welcoming the traditional final-day rain, the spirit was alive in every moment. In just 2.5 days, our amazing teams raised L$2,103,576 ($8,414 USD) for the American Cancer Society—a record-breaking total that shows the heart of this community.

"Just days after RelayStock, 'Bid The Lindens & Moles Bald' returned for its 9th year of brave, heartfelt fun in support of the American Cancer Society. Four teams of 22 Lindens and Moles rallied donations during a spirited two-hour party, all putting their hair on the line in the fight against cancer. In a nail-biting finish, Team 3 saved their locks by just L$75—proving that every linden truly counts when we come together to fight cancer."

 

 Yours truly wasn't able to get to the event on time. But the totals on the kiosks were still there:

 

Team 1 43,225
Team 2 39,675
Team 3 - 39,500
Team 4 - 49,604 (Patch) 

From Selene Jashan

So Team Four, consisting of Spiffy, Dion, and Abnor Mole and Jade, Hobbes, and Patch LInden, got the most donations. Team Three, Brigantia, Mini, and Chronos Mole and Keria and Derrick Linden were the ones whose hair ended up cut and shaved on the barber chairs. Derrick had been sporting a huge wig. Fuzzball Ortega was there and talked later that he thought of donning "The Hair," but decided against it as he didn't want to take away from Derrick's moment to shine.

 

Between the Relaystock and "Bid The Lindens Bald," the Relay Rockers' total raised for this season has gone up to 528,428 Linden dollars, or $2,113.71, making them 11th place of 179 teams.

Be sure to keep an eye out for other Relay events this month, such as Bellisseria for Life, and the popular Fantasy Faire.

 

Go Relay!

 

Bixyl Shuftan

 

SL22B Voulunteer Staff Applications Now Open

 

For those interested in being volunteer staff for the upcoming Second Life Birthday, also know as the SL22B, good news. Yesterday, Thursday April 10, Linden Lab announced they were accepting applications for positions. 

We’re looking for volunteers to assist during the celebrations. We are seeking Residents with great people skills and a passion for sharing the best of Second Life to help us make SL22B a huge success! 

If you have the Second Life spirit and stamina to promote SL22B events and serve as a guide for huge crowds, we’d love for you to fill out the volunteer application by May 19th!

To apply, those wishing to be volunteer staff need to fill out the application on Google Docs (here). Applicants will be asked what position, or positions, they are offering to fill, if they have a preference for the adult or general audience sims, what mesh avatar body type they have, as well as their user and display names. Volunteers are expected to be courteous, be able to work for shifts lasting at least two hours, need to let cordinators or managers know if they are going to miss a shift, need to attend training sessions, need to wear team shirts, and being volunteers will not be paid for their time.

Volunteer applicants have until May 19 to send in their forms, the same day as those applying to be performers and exhibitors.

 

To read the blog post in full, Click Here. 

 

This Saturday at The Science Circle

 

 

Saturday April 12

 

    ~*~

 

    At 10 AM PST   

    The Height of The Roman Empire

    hhttps://www.sciencecircle.org/event/roman-empire/

    Presented by Chantal Jager

    Location TBA

 

    ~*~

 

    NOTE: Non-members required to register once

    IM Jes Cobalt or Nymf Hathaway

╚══════════════════════════════ The Science Circle (72,129,30) ═╝

 

 

Readerr Submitted: Relaystock Pictures

 

 

Kamida Delec was among those at the Relaystock, and she took a mumber of pictures. One was of course the Sunbeamers.
 

 

"Dinkies on the stage now."

 

 "It's raining now in Second Life, just like on Woodstock back then?"

 

 "Foggy"

RFL Announcement: Fly For Life

 

 

Aviation Museum
2 Day Air Show on April 12th and 13th
Aerial Combat Demonstrations
Sky Diving Training
Aircraft Vendors
Fly With The Teams Day
Air Racing Competition
Warbug Competition
Battle Batton Competition
Ride Into Space in A Mercury Capsule

 

 Fly for Life 2025 Event Calendar

April 1st -  Regions Come Online.

April 1st to April 5th - Region build and team hangar setup - aerobatic Team practice.

April 6th - Aerobatic teams practice. - Grand Opening Celebration 1PM - 2PM

April 7th - 11th - Museum and air race track open. Team practice days

April 12th - Fly for Life Air Show Day 1 - 􀀇

April 13th - Fly for Life Air Show Day 2

April 14th - April 18th - Museum, team hangars and air race track open. All day

April 19th - Fly with the teams 11 AM - 2 PM

April 20th - 10 AM - 11 AM - Peddle Plane Race. Battle Balloons! 11 AM - 1 PM ; War Bugs 2 PM to 3 PM

April 21st - April - 25th Museum, team hangars and air race track open. All day

April 26th - Open Fly Day - Flying open to the public - 12 PM to 6 PM

April 27th - Air Combat Day - WW1 - 11 AM to 1 PM; WW2 2PM - 4 PM  Air Race closes - Winners announced

April 28th - 29th Last chance to tour regions.

April 30th - Tear down regions close



                                    Fly for Life Expo 2025 teams flight schedule.

              Saturday April 12th                      l           Sunday April 13th
---------------------------------------------------l-----------------------------------------------------------------                                                                l
 NAS Aerobats  10:15 am slt                      l       Brazilian Smoke Squadron  10:15 am slt
                                                                l
                                                                l
  Blue Angles WWII 11:30 am slt                  l       AWW  11:00 am slt
                                                                l
  The Hawks  12:15 pm slt                          l      The Blue Angles 11:45 am slt
                                                                l
  PAF  1:00 pm slt                                       l      Team Phoenix   12:30 pm slt
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 http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Fly%20for%20Life1/205/129/23

 

Events This Week at the Sunweaver and Montecito Bay Clubs, Furry Fashion, and Club Scorn

 

Here's what's going on at the Sunweaver, Montecito Bay, Furry Fashion, and Scorn clubs.

Club Cutlass: Filthy Rich, Spaced Out, Hard Rock

Happy Vixen: DJ Malit, DJ Arooo, DJ Scratch, DJ Squeaks, DJ Khyra

Club Zero Gravity: DJ Snowy - Fantasy

 

Bouncing Bunny Beach Club:  DJ Snowy - TBA

Xanadu: DJ Jesse 

Club Squeaks: Closed to regular events

 

Montecito Bay:  CAYA, After Dark

Club Scorn: T 2-4, W 2-6, Th 2-12, Sat 2-12

 

Furry Fashion:  Purple, Rainbow, Rave, PJs

 

Read the schedules in SL Clubbin'

 

Announcement: "Bid the Lindens Bald," Tomorrow Wednesday April 9

 

In 2017 Linden Lab took part in their 1st team challenge and since that time have raised more than L$5,440,000 -$21,764 US to help The American Cancer Society Ensure Everyone Has An Opportunity To Prevent, Detect, Treat And Survive Cancer

Governor Linden has announced the rosters for the five teams to compete in the 9th Annual Bid The Lindens & Moles Bald fundraising competition, in support of the American Cancer Society’s Relay For Life of Second Life. 

 The teams, made up of a total of 27 Lindens and Moles, have accepted the challenge to out raise their colleagues and “Save Their Hair”.  The top fundraising team will be awarded the scissors with which they will shave the hair of the team with the lowest total.  

The competitors have agreed to go bald until SLB.  The fundraiser will be held April 4th thru April 9th in conjunction with the Relay Rockers’ annual RelayStock multi-team event.

Bid Me Bald is the signature fundraising event of the Relay Rockers and Celebrates survivors. Those who hear the words ‘You have cancer’ have little choice when it comes to hair loss. We can choose and we do so in solidarity with our honored survivors.

 

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Kiosks will be placed out at 7:00am slt Friday, April 4 and opened for donations.

Kiosks will be closed for donations at 2:00pm slt Wednesday, April 9, 2024

YOU decide who keeps their hair and who goes bald!

 

The team with the highest total in their kiosk will be given the Bid Me Bald scissors to cut the hair of the team which has the least amount of donations in their kiosk. 

Haircuts: Wednesday April 9 2:15pm slt

The team with the haircut have agreed to be bald until  date TBA

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More information, including about the Limited Edition Linden Bear and the "I Bid A Linden Bald" T-shirts, at https://relayrockers.org/bidthelindensbald/

 

SURL: https://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/RelayStock/127/235/24 

Sunbeamers Reach One Million Linden Mark After Raising 100,000L At Relaystock

 

 This weekend, the Relaystock took place, with various teams getting campsites and a musician, sometimes with dancers, on stage. At 3PM Saturday April 5th, it was the turn of Team Sunbeamers. With DJ Cynthia spinning a set of classic rock tunes, a number of other 'beamers got on stage with her and the team danced away on stage, often cracking jokes and puns, "I get by with a little hemp from my friends..."

 

 

The results were a smashing success for the "wackiest team in Second Life," raising a hundred thousand Lindens for the time they were on stage, a new record. Two Sunnies then lived up pledges they made if this was done, Shockwave, the team's wolf, donning a grandmother's nightgown, "HOW do I get talked into doing this?" And Brian became a brightly pink fennec in a tutu, "Okay Brian!!! Strip to the tutu!"

For the team, another milestone was reached. They'd achieved Emerald status fundraising, the one million Linden dollar mark. This marks the fourth year in a row they've done so, and the earliest they've done so ever. Currently, the Sunbeamers are sixth out of 177 teams.

While the Relaystock is over, the camps are still up for people to see, and don't forget the "Bid the Lindens Bald" event later this week.

 

More pictures later.

 

Go Sunbeamers! Go Relay!

 

Bixyl Shuftan

Skype Shutting Down in May

 

 

Readers will most likely remember Skype, the chat application that was commonly used from the late 2000s and 2010s, and still used by 36 million computer and smartphone users as late as Feb 2023. But it was announced a month ago that in May, it will be shutting down. 

We want to express our deepest gratitude for your support over the years. Skype has been an integral part of countless meaningful moments, and we are honored to have been part of your journey.

 

Microsoft, which has owned Skype since 2011, announced that Teams, it's newer platform, will be taking it's place. 

Skype was widely used in the 2010s, but as time went on, some users would drop it, using others such as Discord and Zoom. 

Sources: CNN, Microsoft

 

Bixyl Shuftan

 

Press Release: Homes For Our Troops Benefit Concert Tuesday April 8

 

Frets Nirvana, longtime supporter and contact for Homes For Our Troops in Second Life in conjunction with the US Military Veterans Group, announces the April  2025 Homes for Our Troops benefit in Second Life.   The benefit will be held on April 8  from 6PM-8PM SLT.

Frets Nirvana states:  “HFOT is a privately funded 501(c) (3) nonprofit organization building specially adapted, mortgage-free homes nationwide for the most severely injured Veterans from Iraq and Afghanistan. Most of these Veterans are multiple amputees, paraplegic, quadriplegic or have suffered severe traumatic brain injury (TBI).  Since its inception in 2004, nearly 90 cents of every dollar spent by Homes for Our Troop has gone to directly support Veterans. DURING THAT TIME HFOT HAS BUILT 406 SPECIALLY ADAPTED HOMES NATIONWIDE FOR EXTREMELY INJURED VETERANS.”


This HFOT benefit concert will feature the following DJ’s and artists from 6-8PM on April 8, 2025

DJ Zack 6 PM
Hogan Baily 7 PM

In conjunction with the April 8 benefit, there will be a Easter Hunt at Veteran's Isle during the month of April sponsored  by Sinclair Worthington and Splintered Creations.  Fun for all  in support of Homes For Our Troops!


The benefit on April 8 is sponsored by Frets Nirvana and the U.S. Military Veteran’s Group of Second Life.  To learn more about Homes for Our Troops visit https://www.hfotusa.org