Brazil widens women's safety law to same-sex pairs and trans women
Brazil's Supreme Court unanimously extended the Maria da Penha Law's protection to same-sex couples and trans women.
In a virtual plenary session on Friday (Feb. 21), the Supreme Court ruled in favor of the Brazilian Association of HomoTransAffective Families (ABRAFH), which argued that the National Congress has failed to legislate on the matter.
Justice Alexandre de Moraes, the rapporteur, stated that the lack of a rule extending the Maria da Penha Law's protection ācould create a gap in safeguarding victims and punishing domestic violence.ā
In his vote, Moraes stated that āsince the Maria da Penha Law was created to protect women from domestic violenceārecognizing their cultural subordination in societyāit can also be applied to male same-sex couples when contextual factors place the male victim in a subordinate position within the relationship.ā
Justice Moraes stated that "gender identity, though social, is a fundamental aspect of personality, encompassing the right to identity, intimacy, privacy, freedom, and equal treatment, all of which are safeguarded by the overarching principle of human dignity."
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Finally I finished something after a long while I know... still deep in the ZZZ Fandom so I for one drew a friends pubsec oc, secondly made my first older Character in Abigail as an oni and brought Carol back a s a Streamer... I will share their bios below:
Name: Abigail Cross
Gender: Female
Species: Oni
Job: Saberline Manager
Age: 45
Abigail was one of the few trying to escape the war zone and trying to get a better life in New Eriduā¦ it didnāt help that this whole conflict did take her only support pillar away from herā¦ her husbandā¦ With her child in hand, trying to keep them warm while running away from all this trouble she often ran into troubles of sudden attacks and people wanting to keep her outā¦ However, eventually she arrived in a lonely backstreetā¦ weakā¦ hungryā¦ out of energyā¦ as a blue haired man in much more fancy clothes approached herā¦ looking down.
āArenāt you a cold lady?ā
She stayed quietā¦ at this point she couldnāt trust anyoneā¦ she only needed to find a run down place and hide from it allā¦ however then she thought to herselfā¦ what was she supposed to doā¦ her kind is fighting a war out thereā¦ nobody will allow her to just live here normallyā¦ butā¦ she needed to escape from it all, she looked up again at the manā¦ He did have an unusual look to himā¦ eventually a butler arrived at the scene.
āLord Arturus, You shouldnāt be out that late.ā
āI am fineā¦I am the lord of the house nowā¦so you should trust my decisions. Can we please give this lady some help? She looks weak and cold.ā
āLord we can not-ā
āThe Oni wars ended some days agoā¦ she is no enemy anymoreā¦ and sure I know about the situation butā¦I wouldnāt refuse someone in need.ā Stubborn the Man sat next to herā¦ to her surprise why he would do such a thingā¦ and with a sigh the butler helped her upā¦ escorting them both to a carā¦.
As she overheard this conversation she was shockedā¦ she made her way here and nowā¦ The war is over? How long had she been marchingā¦ even then she was unsure what it meant for her and her child yetā¦ but the man turned around from next to the driver's seat. āMiss, you donāt have to worry anymoreā¦ you can rest up with us till you feel well. But in exchange I would be curious if you have some stories to tell.ā
The Oni lady nodded in silence, she was just happy to see her child recovering from the cold with the warmth of the car for nowā¦ even if they were strangersā¦ she had no real choice, where would she return toā¦ Eventually back home she figured out what happenedā¦ and even if her energy recovered she heard about the Boy who saved her life being an actorā¦ Arturus von Goldworthā¦ a rising star actor with his own labelā¦Ā
āAbby was it? Are you feeling better?ā
āIt's Abigail, young oneā¦ tell me, why did you help a stranger like me?ā
āIf I want to become a hero as I show myself in my showsā¦ who would I be if I didnāt practise it in real lifeā¦ I canāt leave a person to die in the cold with their kidā¦ā
She stood there in silence, looking down at her child smiling in their sleep.
āCan I at least repay my debt to you?ā
Arturus smiled at herā¦ as suddenly he seemed to have an idea.
āWe still need a manager to our company?ā
āWhat? Are you out of your mind? You donāt even know meā¦ and you would want me to take on such an important role?ā
āThink of it that wayā¦ You are already way older than I amā¦ you probably have seen a lot which makes for good ideas as well asā¦ you seem strong in heart to make sure the Actors are safeā¦ā
The oni lady sighedā¦ he really was the one who decided things on a whim but she nodded.
āI willā¦ attempt itā¦ in return you wonāt hand me over to the ones who want to harm meā¦ā
āThen it is a deal.ā
And so over time Abigail adapted to the rule of Saberlines managerā¦ at first without public seeing her but with the acceptance of Soukaku as another Oni in new Eriduā¦ even she was able to go out more in public.Ā
Abigail takes pride in what she achievedā¦ however she took long to accept the passing of her partner and handling her dear child and her work with anotherā¦ which was why she didnāt have time yet to find a new partnerā¦ she is still confronted at times with people who look at her odd as one of the few Onis walking around in New Eriduā¦ even if she isnāt even a full Citizenā¦ SheĀ wants to make sure her kid can grow up safeā¦ She is a Mother figure to most of the saberline members and headstrong to the point she would do anything to protect themĀ
Carol grew up in New Eridu with her sister and her parents in a little apartment. She had a talent for learning things fast and consumed almost every book that was put into her hands.. In school she was the top of her Class and tutored many of her classmates usually. As a small girl she was quite shy and only had one Childhood friend she called a best friend..Some people called her an Alien, others wanted to hang out with her because they were impressed by her.Teachers asked her if she wanted to skip classes, but Carol denied it. However with time of living her Average life she did notice more and more about the hollows and the news made her somewhat fear themā¦not because of what they are but because of herselfā¦ she has always been curious to learn more and gain more knowledge butā¦ what if it led her somewhere far dangerousā¦Ā
The thought kept knocking at the back of her head and eventually as she grew older there was a certain person she had a crush on that led her by the hand to follow him into one of themā¦ however it didnāt end wellā¦ he had to show off and got hurt as he tried to protect her from an Ethereal attackā¦ she got wounded too by the armā¦. They were lucky public security found them and quickly got them out before worse could happen.
Her parents wanted to scold her for the trip butā¦ in the end seeing how in fear she was after the experience at first, they decided to hug her instead and get to a Doctor to treat her arm. The guy she had a crush onā¦ she denied his confession as she visited him in the hospitalā¦ and from then onā¦ thinking about how this situation could have cost her, her lifeā¦. she set on a plan for the futureā¦ her aim was to become a teacher one day,Ā Ā
trying to help students keep a calm mind despite the hollows and what the world is becomingā¦ however the road there was rockyā¦ and even if her Parents offered her support, they barely could provide for themselves but not much for herā¦ Money was tight and she wanted to make sure she didn't have to worry about itā¦ eventually a friend of hers was on a call with her playing games as they suggested she could just try to stream games instead of just playing them for fun, her voice would be great for itā¦ Carol stuck with the thought for a whileā¦ until reading up on Vlogs, reviews and many more thingsā¦ so even if she was a little bit nervous to show the world herselfā¦ Instead she used a Virtual Avatar in the beginning to start her careerā¦ to her surprise many people watched her play cozy games and just chatted a littleā¦ Sure a lot were also her friends but with time strangers kept pouring inā¦ and eventually her curiosity and will to learn returned once again to study how she could increase numbers and do more and moreā¦ eventually she became who she is nowā¦ The Streamer āApple-Pickerā A Review account that plays games, looks at music, Restaurants, books and many more media and tells her thoughts and or reactions to itā¦ while on the side learning to become a teacher eventually.Ā
Carol is the group mom, kind, caring, tries to be reasonable and a shoulder to lean on. At her work as a Teacher trainee she is more serious and polite, while Online she is a bit goofy, smiles a bunch and does let out her thoughts more. She has a thing for men in uniforms, especially Butler ones and does try to flirt and take initiative given her previous relationships she never really felt they were genuine with herā¦ being hit with the right line and behaviour gets her very flustered and messy though. She is one who puts some people's happiness over hers even if it means she is more tired about itā¦ but also one who does butt in if something bothers her. Especially can get angry if you ask for her help and donāt take it seriouslyā¦ She is often wearing disguises when she doesn't want to be spotted by potential fans but usually she is not as bad as celebs having to hide all the time.Ā
She is still always happy to meet a fan as long as they are not too weird about it.
Favourites
Favourite Food: Green Apples,Ā
Favourite Drink: Fruit Juice most of the time
Favourite *Drink* :Ā Pina Colada, Cola mixed with Alcohol
A global technology outage that's grounded flights and delayed border crossings is also challenging health-care services in the country, as
A global technology outageĀ that's grounded flights and delayed border crossings is also challenging health-care services in the country, as issues with Microsoft services persist.
According to cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike, the problem was caused by a faulty update to computers running Microsoft Windows ā which was neither a security incident nor a cyberattack ā and has affected Microsoft 365 apps and services. [...]
Here is the rundown for how health-care services have been affected.
Atlantic Canada
Newfoundland and Labrador's health authority reported that its main information system has beenĀ affected by the outage. It is used to manage patient and financial data. [...]
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Note: I havenāt include all the characters and other fractions because either 1. I didnāt play their agent story yet or 2. I don't have them where I can do their trust events to know them more. Or 3. Iām lazy to think more. I will make a part 2 in the future after researching a little bit more. Some may be inaccurate or ooc.
Phaeton
The two siblings decided that around almost every weekend they set up a game of Dungeons and Dragons in their little āhumbleā video store, Random Play. They thought it would be fun to unwind and get to know each fractions that they invited but who knew that these players' unique personalities would become interesting when transferring into in-game? Of course, it was chaotic when controlling and keeping in check the different parties on each weekend. It will be impossible to get everyone to play the same time however, so they only result to do one or two fractions at a time with an interesting homebrew one shot.
Belle/Wise: As the Dm and Co-DM. Depending on who you pick, they are the main dungeon master controlling the strings of the puney parties meanwhile the Co-Dm helps with writing. Sometimes whenever they tired, someone else takes over the game instead. However the siblings have two obvious different play styles. Belle being the merciless DM who puts mostly combat in her games meanwhile Wise the calming DM who mainly focus on the roleplaying aspects.
H.S.O.S.6
Itās honestly astonishing that the siblings even manage to get the very well-known Section 6 to play despite their busy scheduleā¦ but at the same time, while knowing them, itās not that surprising. A perfect opportunity for their game of hooky (except for Yanagi, as she decided that it would be a good break for everyone from the constant workload.)
Asaba Harumasa: As the charming ranger. Taking the role of a Tabaxi who he based around his adorable cat at home. Of course, him knowing archery, he would obviously pick ranger (even if Seth tells him thatās the worst class he could do). He had played a bit of D&D before, during academy days before he became an executive officer. He was invited along with Seth one day but only played for a short time however.
Hoshimi Miyabi: As the heroic warlock. Taking the role of a shifter as it was most familiar to her being a fox tierian. It took a while to teach her how to play dnd and the whole premise of it. Many NPCs were afraid of her due to her origin that she chosen but she was able to prove to every one of her good deedsā¦ well after staying in one place too long as she took on everyoneās requests to help fix their town after being raided by dozens of goblins.
Tsukishiro Yanagi: As the intellectual wizard. The only human in her party. With powers like these, she could get everything done. But of course, she always has to remind her party about the main mission ahead as the others were stuck doing side quests after side quests by their own volition. She has to push them to do what is important, just like with real life when work needed to be done.
Soukaku: As an ever-so-hungry barbarian. A childish tiefling based on her oni origins. Just like Soukaku, her character is just as adorable as her. The party lets her get away with everythingā¦ even some accidental deaths here and there. Outside however, she is the type of player who always asks for a snack break every 10 minutes after playing, so a house rule was made: Sokaku is allowed to eat anytime and whenever the players come to each session, they should bring their own snacks and have extras just for Sokaku.
Public Security
Even the police need a break at times after catching criminals every day. But to think they spend that break by playing D&D with the proxies? They even managed to get Jane to come along to play as itās not often they hang out together due to having to keep up the act of a criminal.
Seth Lowell: As a caring paladin. Taking the role of a goody-two-shoed Dragonborn with a strong sense of justice. The stereotypical lawful good. He and Asaba had once played together during their academy days though it wasnāt for long until the group they played with got busy. Unlike Asaba though, he actually still plays D&D during his free time.
Zhu Yuan: As a reliable fighter, taking the role of a Halfling with a sense of justice too. Possibly the only player who doesnāt have even a remotely bad thing happen in her PCās backstory. She gets easily flustered whenever she attempts to roleplay. You would think that she at least be decent due to being shown on TV sometimes but no. Her roleplaying is so bad that itās hard to contain both the phaetonās laughter.
Jane Doe: As a mysterious rogue. Playing the role of a shifty changeling. D&D was perfect for Jane when it came to making a character to play. Itās not like she doesn't already take up as many personalities. Even if her character may not have the same high deception as she has, the siblings decided to just give her an advantage due to how convincing she is towards NPCs.
Qingyi: As a poetic bard. Taking the role of a wise elf who lived for a very long time. She could speak in poems without everyone having to look so confused every time she did in real life. Surprisingly, she had played dnd before. With the old folks when it used to be popular in their youth. Despite the current edition being different from the past, she still was able to pick up the rules.
Stars of Lyra
In disguise, they visited Phaeton but stumbled on them working on a game. The two siblings explained that they were setting up a D&D game. Astra, wanting to get away from the industry for a moment volunteers to play. It took some convincing for Evelyn to join until she gave in because Astra seemed happy to try out.
Astra Yao: As a melodic bard, taking the role of a beautiful elf entertainer who just wants to make everyone happy. Almost everyone at the table was amazed by her roleplaying skillsā¦ but who will have to guess since she is also an actress whoās good at her job. Her chaoticness sometimes causes her to get in trouble when it comes to enemies. This was the most fun she had since a while.
Evelyn Chevalier: As a protective sorcerer, taking the role of a human bodyguard whoās always at Astraās side at all times. Her roleplaying act can get too real at times the way she would scold Astra about her wrong choices during in game. Especially whenever she accidentally gets herself in danger. She thinks D&D is silly but deep down she was having fun.
What's your opinion on Kuroda Hyoue being the disguised Tsutomu Akai?
I think it would make his character even more interesting, but if he isn't I don't know where and who Tsutomu could be.
And if he is did he meet his kids? I think he met Sera but I am not sure.
"Kuroda Hyoue = Akai Tsutomu" Theory (Updated)
This is my current speculation on Kuroda Hyoue's identity, I will keep it updated as we get new developments.
I think that Kuroda Hyoue is indeed Akai Tsutomu's current identity. Kuroda shares many similarities with Akai Tsutomu and especially his son (Akai Shuuichi). They both have similar fashion sense, with a contrasting white-coloured tie to a dark shirt and a brown overlay, and when it comes to Shuuichi, we got visual cues where they not only stood the same way with hands in their pocket, but also demonstrated the same leg sweep technique (File 989 & 1016), which is most likely intended to indicate that they share the same martial arts (Jeet Kune Do) that Akai Tsutomu was revealed to have mastered (File 1099 & SDB 90+).
Kuroda was also especially interested in the Kohji case, to the point of seemingly noticing a dying message-like name in the news (File 980 & 987). This fits with Akai Tsutomu's interest, that started after Haneda Kohji's father (Haneda Yasuharu), who is Tsutomu's friend, requested that he solved his son's murder (File 1037).
Here is how I currently suspect he turned from a seemingly deceased MI6 agent from Britain to a member of the NPA's Public Security in Japan in the last 17 years.
We know from File 1048-1049 that Tsutomu had a confrontation with Vermouth 17 years ago after his investigation on the Kohji case, and that clash lead to him being presumed dead by the BO. We then learned in File 1099 that Wakasa and a "monster" (Rum) was involved in what potentially was that same incident that lead to his presumed death 17 years ago.
As I speculated before, I think that Tsutomu's investigation lead him to finding out that Kohji's dying message revealed "Karasuma" to be the culprit, and that the prime suspect Asaka is innocent. I think that Rum found out about Tsutomu's investigation and baited him to a location using Vermouth, who disguised as "the innocent bodyguard Asaka" and carried Kohji's shogi piece charm as proof to convince him. Before going to the meeting location, Tsutomu warned his family about making enemies with bad people and told them to move to Japan, so that his family's whereabouts aren't discovered (File 972), in case he doesn't survive the planned meeting with "Asaka" (similar to Mary's contingency plan of having Masumi contact MI6 about fake Tsutomu in case Mary didn't make it back in File 1049).
That lead to Tsutomu finger jabbing Rum's left eye (as hinted by Gosho in the OdaxAoyama interview and File 972) and ultimately getting defeated by Rum after letting his guard down around Vermouth (Fake Asaka/Wakasa).
I suspect that Tsutomu's confrontation with them lead to him surviving (like Mary) and changing his identity and appearance (likely through plastic surgery). Afterwards, to pursue the organization further, it makes sense that he would have moved to Japan, where the culprit(s) "Karasuma" originate from, just like the other overseas agents (i.e Hondou Ethan from the CIA). Just like Mary, who got ahold of a fake pass to fly to Japan (revealed by Gosho in SDB 100+), Tsutomu had also gotten ahold of a fake pass with the alias "Kuroda Hyoue".
I think that he then decided to investigate the Karasuma Group/Black Organization, by becoming a public security officer of the Japanese police (in order to extract information easier, as referenced in File 1033).
In order to get a pass into the police academy in Japan (disregarding of his blank background), I suspect that Kuroda/Tsutomu secretly relied on his relationship with the head of the Åoka Group (who is currently retired) that was revealed in File 1088, similar to how his friend Haneda Yasuharu did in File 1039-1042.
The Åoka family has been shown and hinted to have great influence and connections with people in high positions, like the Tokyo governor (File 992), making them more than capable of helping Kuroda/Tsutomu join the japanese police.
In other words, the same time as his eldest son started to work towards becoming an FBI agent 17 years ago (File 972), Kuroda started to work towards getting accepted by the National Police Agency (File 913). He then built himself up and became what I think is the backstage administrator of the NPA's security planning division (who recieves all the classified reports of their NOC:s), all within 7 years.
Seven years later (since his disappearance), Kuroda/Tsutomu has made a name for himself within the NPA and has diligently kept his safe distance from his family, but before the status quo with his family could change, an incident took place around 10 years ago, that lead to his 10-year-long coma (File 914). We recently learned that Iori Muga, the current butler of the Åoka family, was a former coworker of Kuroda within the Public Security, who went with the alias "Sakakibara" while undercover, which was likely before Kuroda's 10-year coma (File 1090).
I think that what lead to Kuroda's burn-scar-causing and right-eye-losing incident 10 years ago was that Iori Muga (who is actually Rum's true appearance) deemed Kuroda as a threatening and formidable enemy to the black organization. He therefore secretly orchestrated the incident that made Kuroda fall into a coma. Kuroda's hair colour changed due to the stress of the incident (his hair was perhaps shaved off for surgery purposes and white hair grew instead) and he didn't wake up until 10 years later (File 914).
I suspect that when Kuroda/Tsutomu woke up from his coma, he suffered actual memory loss to an extent, which is why he was perceived to have become a different person (As Yui mentioned). This concept was already foreshadowed as a possibility through Vermouth's disguise cover story when she faced Mary as Tsutomu (File 1048).
This would also explain why Kuroda immediately reacted to Wakasa Rumi in the news in File 980, while also still acting unaware of her identity as if he is trying to confirm suspicions of her being a criminal tied to the Kohji case in File 987-989, despite potentially having met her 17 years ago as Tsutomu. The amnesia could have made him forget her potential role in his demise 17 years ago, but he still found her familiar enough to the point of investigating her and making the connection between her name and Kohji's dying message.
While he may have forgotten significant things from his life as Tsutomu, his goal to take down the BO and find out who Kohji's killer is hasn't changed. Although the NPA had him move to Nagano to ease back into his work (before he moved to Tokyo MPD as the new superintendent), I think they gave Kuroda permission to still keep his Backstage administrator role active and stay in contact with their NOC ("Bourbon"/Furuya Rei) by Kuroda's request (File 1017).
Survivors Emerge From Ukrainian Theater Bombed in Russian Airstrike
Survivors Emerge From Ukrainian Theater Bombed in RussianĀ Airstrike
LVIV, UkraineāRescuers in Mariupol evacuated 130 people from the wreckage of a theater hit by an airstrike this week and searched for more survivors, as Russia expanded its air assaults on Ukraineās west, striking an aircraft-repair facility near the Polish border, officials said.
āHundreds of Mariupol residents are still under the debris,ā Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said during anā¦
