Cartoon of The Day: Space Litter

 

 Taken at the Moon Dance. Once a space probe runs out of power or breaks, unless it's fixed, which is out of the question unless it's in Earth orbit (and even that's usually a cost prohibitive option), it's basically a big hunk of metal and plastic. While we humans would see those on other planets and moons as being historical worthiness, aliens might have a different idea.

 

By Bixyl Shuftan

 

Sunbeamers Make Ruby Level

 

 

Good news for the Relay for Life's team Sunbeamers, and the Relay in general. Yesterday, Sunday May 24, team captain Rita Mariner announced the team had reached Ruby Level Fundraising, or the 1,250,000 Linden dollar mark, or five thousand dollars USD. 

The team would also get it's Ruby badge that day.

 

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As of now, the Sunbeamers are ninth of the top ten teams in fundraising.

 

Go Sunbeamers! Go Relay!

SL Video: "Worlds of Fantasy Faire 2025 - All 18 Sims"

 

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 By Naria Panthar on April 24

RFL Team Sunbeamer Bid Me Results

 

It was a week ago on Saturday May 17 in which the results of the Relay's Team Sunbeamers' last three "Bid Me" fundraisers were announced.

 

Cynthia Farshore
Stay Goat - 100 L
Go Wolf - 14,500 L
 ( Goes Wolf for 4 weeks)
 
 Shockwave Yearch
 Stay wolf - 1000 L
 Go Goat - 14,500 L
 ( Goes Goat for 4 weeks)
 
 Rita Mariner
 Stay Bunny - 0 L
 Go Pink - 3000 L
 ( Goes Pink for 1 week) 

So Team Captain Rita Mariner has been "in the pink" for a week, and Cynthia and Shockwave have pledged to switch species. 

The "Sunnies" still have two Moon Dance events left, then comes the Relay Weekend.

 

Go Sunbeamers! Go Relay!

 

Bixyl Shuftan

SciFi Con 2025 Starts Today

 

Tomorrow, Friday May 23, is the start of the Sci-Fi Con in Second Life, a RFL fundraiser event. It's taking place in nine sims, with the main landing at Circuit Trap. The opening ceremony is at 12 Noon SL time. There are various smaller events, such as wrestling and DJ parties, radio dramas, movie showings, and more.

The event goes on until Thursday May 29.

 

For more information: https://vonwolfalphas.wixsite.com/sci-fi-con-and-commu/eventlist 

http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Circuit%20Trap/117/128/70

 

Bixyl Shuftan 

RFL Team Sunbeamer Moon Dance

 

 The days until the Relay Weekend are getting short, and last night yours truly went to one of the last of Team Sunbeamer's weekly Moon Dance events. The provided landmark led not to one Moon cannon as I've previously seen, but three. It certainly helps when multiple people drop in at once. 

The event was multi-team with a number of Relay Teams showing up such as Dragon Heart, Purple Tears ...

 

 Meli's Maniacs, a number of "Roos With A Dream," and others. Shockwave Yareach was spinning the tunes, which included theme music from some sci-fi shows and movies.

 

And at the end, fireworks roared overhead as everyone wished each other well, and further luck in the fight against cancer. 

As of now the Sunbeamers have raised 1,264,519 Linden dollars,  or $5,058 USD

 

 Go Sunbeamers! Go Relay!

 

Bixyl Shuftan 

Relay Track Sims on The Map

 

 One of the reminders of the Relay for Life season approaching it's high point showed itself this week, with the appearance of the Relay Weekend track sims. There are 36 sims in total, including the permanent American Cancer Society sim and it's two sister sims.

 

There's some builds in ACS2 and 3, but there aren't any campsites yet, just markers for the team camps. We won't be showing full-sized pictures of camps while they're still being build, but will be posting an occasional teaser showing a tiny part of one as a demonstration of what's to come.

 

Go Relay!

 

Bixyl Shuftan

 

RFL Team ACTS Privateers Ball Tomorrow, Saturday May 24

 

Team ACTS is having their Privateers Ball, tomorrow on Saturday Mat 24, from 1 to 3 PM SL time. 

"Get your pirate on this Saturday!"

 http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Rosehaven%20Absinthe/28/40/30

 

This Saturday at The Science Circle

 

Saturday May 24

 

    ~*~

 

    At 10 AM PST   

    STEM Learning With Open Educational Resources

    https://www.sciencecircle.org/event/stem/

    by Myron W. Jones, Ph.D., Department of Chemistry, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville.

    Organized by Chantal Jager

 

    Location: Auditorium

 

    ~*~

 

    NOTE: Non-members required to register once

    IM Jes Cobalt or Nymf Hathaway

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

Top Ten Relay for Life in Second Life Team Totals

 

 As the number of days until the Relay Weekend gets short, so does the time for the various teams to do more fundraising. Here's the list of the ten teams which have raised the most.

 

 First is The Sugar Skols, who have raised a total of 4,061,557 Linden dollars, or $16,246 USD, the one team ranked Purple. Second is The River of Life at 3,379,528 Linden dollars, or $13,518 USD. Third is Camping For A Cure at 3,300,572 Linden Dollars or $13,202 USD.

Teams for to ten are BeliforLife, Team ACTS, Cure Chasers, Seekers of Hope, Team Bobi Sue, Sunbeamers, and the Relay Rockers. All have raised over a million Linden dollars. 

Go Relay!

 

Bixyl Shuftan

 

Cartoon of The Day: Not Doc Op

 

 Taken at the Fantasy Faire. Someone was going around with four mechanical arms attached to his body. It reminded me of a certain supervillain in Marvel Comics. 

By Bixyl Shuftan

 

Sunbeamer Sailing Ships

 

In Sunlight Bay near the Puddle Jumper Mall are a couple of sailing ships, with the sails in the Relay for Life's Team Sunbeamer's logo. The team has every intention of outsailing cancer this year.

 

Bixyl Shuftan

 

 

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: Motown, Dog and Pony, Country

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

Club Zero Gravity: DJ Snowy - Dressed to The Nines

 

Bouncing Bunny Beach Club:  DJ Snowy - Spots and Stripes

Xanadu: DJ Jesse 

Club Squeaks: DJ Squeaks

 

Montecito Bay:  CAYA, After Dark

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

 

Furry Fashion: Ferals, Cartoons and Animation, Under the Sea

 

Read the schedules in SL Clubbin'

 

 

 

Last Day To Submit SLB Applications

 

For those still wanting to submit applications for exhibitors, volunteer staff, and performers , today Monday May 19 is your last chance. After Midnight, no more applications will be accepted. 

If past history is any guide, within several days the first exhibitors will get emails from Linden Lab saying they've been approved, where their plots are, and how to get into the exhibitor group. 

Stay tuned for further updates. 

Reader Submitted Picture: Tiny Empires Queen Memorial

 

 

 From Kamida Delec, from when Tiny Empires Queen Julie Apocalypse passed away from cancer and a tournament was held in her honor,  "Remembering a victim of Cancer. Tuesday ‎19 ‎May ‎2009, ‏‎19:17:04 (CET)"

 

Bay City Anniversary Parade and Music Concert

 

 

Yesterday, Sunday May 18, the 17th Annual Bay City Parade and Concert took place. The event is to celebrate the founding of Second Life's largest urban area. Yours truly missed the front part with Marianne McCann taking the lead, but I caught the second half.

 

 It went well aside from the drawbridge near the end suddenly going up. A couple people got dunked from the mishap.

 

 

Following the parade was the music concert at the Bay City Fairgrounds, with DJ GoSpeed Racer spinning the music, followed by Aubryn Melody.

 

 

People danced away, with one guy floating. And there was a conga line.

 

Happy Anniversary Bay City

 

Bixyl Shuftan

 

Cartoon of The Day: Robo Rider

 

 Taken at the Fantasy Faire. At one point, I saw a small robot on horseback. I imagine the player thought it was simply fun. But what a real robot be thinking?

 

By Bixyl Shuftan

 

 

SL Video: "Fearless"

 

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From Furrex on January 2024,

 

SLB Sims On The Map

 

 The Second Life Birthday celebrations are still a month away. But the Lindens and Moles have the sims for the event up. They can be seen by accessing the map and looking up "SLB." Unfortunately, nobody but the Lindens and Moles can get on the land. 

There are two groups of them. One is a large one of over forty sims. The other is about twelve, with eight of them SLB (what the other four are for is unknown). On the map, these sims are *far* from the Mainland and private sims, at least for now.

 

On a related note, those wanting to submit applications for exhibitors, volunteer staff, and performers have only a few more days. Monday May 19 is the last one to send one in. No more are being accepted for the Birthday Shop and Hop.

 

The Second Life Birthday is scheduled to start on Monday June 23.

Bixyl Shuftan

 

EOTB: "The Most Requested" New Last Names Announced

 

Yesterday on Thursday May 15, Linden Lab announced their new last names for the month of May. But this was a list of 23 names instead of the usual several changed. 

 

Thank you to everyone who has submitted ideas through our Last Name Suggestion Form. While we always choose names from your suggestions, this time we gave special priority to those that were requested most often by many Residents. So if you’ve ever submitted your favorite name, you might see it on the list!

Today, we’re doing another big refresh by removing some of the older options and adding the following new ones.

The new names are: Burney, Rabbit, Zen, Rune, Doll, Sirensong, Pixels, Stanwyck, Seraphim, Puppy, Possum, Dust, Cheeks, Lagmore, Clover, Moonchild, Dreamer, Sunny, Nightfall, Windsor, Pawto, Boop, and Waggletail. 

Which means about half of the current list are new names. 

As a reminder, changing one's account name isn't done for free, but costs $49.99 USD for Basic and Plus accounts, $34.99 for Premium Accounts, and $14.99 for Premium Plus. People are also free to offer suggestions for last names (here). 

 

To read the blog post in full, Click Here.