#important dates

HAPPY INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY!!!

This is a reminder for all the unintellectual, disgusting ppl still stuck in the last century:

WOMEN ARE HUMANS.

WOMEN ARE STRONG.

WOMEN HAVE RIGHTS.

WOMEN DESERVE JUSTICE.

WOMEN ARE EVERYTHING YOU AREN'T!!

(e.g. smart, strong, gorgeous and more!!)

SUPPORT WOMEN.

If you don't, you don't.

Because you're stupid as fuck.

On December 7th, 1941, 84 years ago today, the Empire of Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, a US Naval Harbour situated on the island of Oahu, Hawaii. The result of this strike was the US officially joining the ongoing world war raging in Europe.

Jan. 5

Clubs may begin signing free agent players for the 2026 players, including players from the CFL.

Clubs can renegotiate or extend drafted rookies from the 2023 class or undrafted rookies from the 2024 class. Clubs may also exercise fifth-year options for 2023 first-round picks.

Feb. 3

2026 Pro Bowl Games powered by Verizon, Moscone Center, San Francisco, California.

Feb. 5

NFL Honors

Feb. 8

Super Bowl LX - Levi's Stadium, Santa Clara, California.

Feb. 17

Clubs may begin designating Franchise or Transition Players at 4 p.m.

Feb. 23 - March 2

NFL Scouting Combine - Lucas Oil Stadium, Indianapolis, Indiana

Early March

College Pro Days begin.

March 3

Deadline for clubs to designate Franchise or Transition Players at 4 p.m..

March 9-11

Negotiation Period. Beginning at noon on March 9 and ending at 3:59:59 p.m. on March 11, clubs are permitted to contact and enter contract negotiations with the certified agents of Unrestricted Free Agents.

During the negotiation period, Unrestricted Free Agents who are Unrepresented are permitted to communicate directly with a new club's front office officials (excluding members of the coaching staff) regarding contract negotiations. No perspective free agent is permitted to execute a contract with a new cub until 4 p.m. on March 11.

March 11

The 2026 League Year and Free Agency signing period begin at 4 p.m..

Trading Period for 2026 begins at 4 p.m. after the expiration of all 2025 contracts.

March 29 - April 1

Annual League Meeting - Phoenix, Arizona

April 15

Deadline for Draft-Eligible Facility Visits.

April 17

Deadline for Restricted Free Agents to sign Offer Sheets.

April 20

Clubs with returning head coaches may begin offseason workout programs.

April 22

Deadline for Prior Club to exercise right of first refusal to Restricted Free Agents who signed offer sheets.

Deadline for clubs to interview, time, test, visit or conduct a physical examination with a draft-eligible player at any location.

April 23-25

2025 NFL Draft - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

May 1

Deadline for Clubs to exercise Fifth-Year Option for players selected in the first round of the 2023 NFL Draft.

May 1-4 / May 8-11

Clubs may elect to hold one three-day post-draft rookie minicamp from Friday through Sunday or Saturday through Monday on one of the two weekends following the draft.

May 11

Rookie development programs begin.

May 13-17

NFLPA Rookie Premiere - Los Angeles, California

May 19-20

Spring League Meeting/Coach Accelerator - Orlando, Florida

June 1

Deadline for prior club to send "June 1 Tender" to its unsigned restricted free agents who received a qualifying offer for a right of first refusal only in order for such player to be subject to the CBA's "June 15 Tender" provision.

June 15

Deadline for club to withdraw higher qualifying offer to restricted free agents and still retain exclusive negotiating rights by substituting lower "June 15 Tender" of one-year contract at 110% of the player's prior-year Paragraph 5 salary (compensation a player receives during the regular season, aka base salary) with all other terms of his prior-year contract carried forward unchanged.

July 15

Deadline for any club that designated a Franchise Player to sign such player to a multiyear contract or extension. After this date, the player may sign only a one-year contract with his prior club for the 2026 season, and such contract cannot be extended until after the club's last regular season game.

Mid-July

Clubs are permitted to open preseason training camp for rookies (defined as a player who has never signed an NFL player contract with a club in a prior league year) beginning seven days prior to the club's mandatory reporting date for veteran players. A club's preseason training camp will be deemed to have officially opened on the designated reporting date for all rookies.

Clubs may require first-year players (defined as a player who signed a player contract with any NFL club in a prior league year, but who does not have a pension-credited season) to report on the designated reporting date for all rookies, or at any time thereafter, including, but not limited to, the designated reporting date for veteran quarterbacks and injured players, or the designated reporting date for all other veteran players.

Veteran quarterbacks and "injured players" (as defined in CBA Article 21, Section 6) may be required to report to the club's preseason training camp no earlier than five days immediately prior to the mandatory reporting date for all other veteran players, provided the club has already opened (or simultaneously opens) its official preseason training camp for all rookies.

Bengals 2026 Training Camp dates have yet to be announced.

July 22

Signing period ends for Transition Players with outstanding tenders at 4 p.m. After this date and until 4 p.m. on the Tuesday following the 10th weekend of the regular season, prior club has exclusive negotiating rights.

Today, I share the letter I did manage to finish on time.

(tagging @mrs-goemio, @fictodreamer, @emmyskiwi, and @multiversal-selfshipper)

˚̣̣̣ ꒷︶♡︶꒷˚̣̣̣︶ ͡𑁬♡໒ ͡ ︶˚̣̣̣꒷︶♡︶꒷ ˚̣̣̣

To my beloved DIO,

Today marks two years exactly since we became one. It is, quite frankly, a day that changed my life forever. I never expected to find comfort in your presence, much less fall in love with you. Nor did I ever expect to call myself your wife.

Yet here we are.

It’s funny how time changes things.

Some things, however, remain the same.

I still reach out for you as soon as nightfall creeps in through the window, knowing that you will be there. Whenever my heart aches, or my confidence fails me, whenever my eyes sting with tears because of the pain that comes from being human, I still reach for the locket that hangs perpetually around my neck. I keep a piece of you with me, always. That little watercolor portrait has been a great comfort to me. My heart still flutters whenever I see you, so overwhelmingly beautiful and with an aura that demands to be respected.

You were never one to be swayed once you decided you wanted something. The endless pursuit of your goals is a core aspect of your personality. Is it then any surprise that you would be the same when it came to romantic relationships? Somehow, the object of your affection is me. Me, who laughs as often as I cry, my feelings always so quick to change. Me, who endlessly rambles about whatever crosses my sporadic, ADHD mind. Me, who sits on your lap as you read at all hours of the night, your elegant fingers tangled my hair; who buries my face into the crook of your neck as I resist the urge to fall asleep but always failing.

You find it endlessly amusing that someone like me could be so very earnest in my kindness, in my giving, in my effervescent, glowing softness… nothing like that should exist here in your world, not in the places you’ve haunted and lorded over in equal measure. And yet, here I am. And yet, you claimed me, swearing that I was yours and yours alone.

I think we both expected this relationship to fail, but for different reasons.

I tried so hard to suppress my feelings for you, doing everything I could to smother the mere notion that I could hold any tenderness towards you, that I was falling in love with a monster. I think it made me scared to accept my heart’s desires because I thought it meant that I was a bad person. That, somehow, if I allowed myself to love you, that I was a bad person, that I was signalling that I supported your horrible actions. When I finally stopped fighting myself, two years ago exactly, I didn’t expect that my heart would be whole by the end of it. Still, I took comfort in the fact that at least my heart wouldn’t be broken by someone who claimed to love me. After all, you aren’t known to love others wholeheartedly. My feelings, though confused and conflicting, were genuine from the start.

For your part, my feelings were akin to a daytime soap opera: something you could see yourself entertaining for a spell, keeping around until you got bored and moved on to the next dalliance. I was always “pet,” never Ana, never someone who had a future with you. You still call me “pet” to this day, but now it is spoken with devotion as opposed to disparagement like it originally held. It is the softest word in your vocabulary, expressing both fondness and possession.

Falling in love with you has helped me to better embrace myself. With you, I feel like I am allowed to be flawed, to feel the full scope of my emotions, including the “ugly” ones I have made a ritual of repressing. You make me feel like I am not a horrible monster for feeling anger, jealousy, or pride. While our methods of enacting upon those feelings will never be the same, you make me feel safe expressing and processing the parts of myself I’ve always deemed too hideous. You do not judge me for my unwieldy sadness and passion, nor do you make me feel as if I have to make myself small in order to be loved.

I love you, DIO, and I imagine I always will.

Now, I leave this letter for you, tucked into your book and sealed with a kiss and my devotion.

Happy anniversary, beloved.

Love,

Your darling pet

˚̣̣̣ ꒷︶♡︶꒷˚̣̣̣︶ ͡𑁬♡໒ ͡ ︶˚̣̣̣꒷︶♡︶꒷ ˚̣̣̣

Mini Anniversary Playlist: Silver Lining by Laufey I’m Your Man by Mitski Baby You’re A Haunted House by Gerard Way

Hey everyone!

I'm getting super close to being ready to submit the game for publication, so as a courtesy I wanted to let you all know that the first draft will be coming down (from DashingDon) on Tuesday, May 21. After that point, no version of the game will be accessible until it is published.

For patrons, that means your preview of the full game will begin on May 11, 14, or 18 depending on your tier, and will also be ending on the 21st.

Keep in mind that these dates are all relative to me, and I live in Australia, so if you're e.g. US-based, there's slightly more than 12 hours difference, and I'm ahead of you, so the game will be coming down early in the day on that date. (But if you get previews, they'll be earlier as well!)

‼️NEW PRINTABLE STATIONERY AVAILABLE‼️

Track your important dates throughout the year with your favorite ninja! The PDF comes with 12 different versions! You can DL for free (tho a donation would be incredibly appreciated and helps support my work) via the 🔗⬇️

¡Tengo una versión de español!

TY for sharing!

English - https://ko-fi.com/s/2340567204