SL Video: "Raglan Shire SciFi 2024"

 

 

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From Nitwacket on April 5

Pictures From "Bid The Lindens Bald"

 

On Wednesday, the Relay for Life's "Relay Rockers" team had their "Bid the Lindens Bald" event. This event is unique as a number of Linden Lab's finest volunteered to put their virtual looks on the line. Gemma Cleanslate was there, and took some pictures. Editor Bixyl Shuftan added some commentary.

 

 See the pictures in Events.

Reader Submitted Picture: Dancing to Dixie

 

 

 From Kamida Delec, "Dancing to Dixie. Well, more like bouncing. There's not much room to dance."

This Saturday at The Science Circle

 

 Saturday May 18

    ~*~

    

    At 10 AM PST   

    Discussion

    Hosted by Chantal Jager

    https://www.sciencecircle.org/event/discussion-2/

    The Science Circle (72,129,30)

      

    ~*~

 

    

    NOTE: Non-members required to register once

    IM Jes Cobalt or Nymf Hathaway

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

 

SLB Sims On The Map

 

 

The Second Life Birthday is about a month away. The sims are on the map, but scattered around. And around them are ghosts of sims, images on the map without names. 

In the past few years, the sims have also appeared on the map scattered, but came back together in time for the big event. 

This year, the Second Life Birthday lasts from Friday June 21 to July 21, a full month. The theme this year is "Elements." While the time period for those wanting to be exhibitors and volunteer staff has expired, there is still time for those wanting to be performers.

Gemma's Explorations

 

Gemma Cleanslate has been to a few areas here in Second Life, ones "compact and familiar." She went to the WelcomeHub, and among the builds representing places found one about Burn2. Burn2 was also represented at the Firestorm Art Gallery, where one of the Rangers has become Artist of The Month. She also stopped by another gallery at the Confederation of Democratic Simulators.

 

Read Gemma's story in Places. 

 

Reader Submitted Picture: Wolf In A Nightgown

 

 

 Brian (BrianL61 Landar) took this picture of Shockwave Yareach of the Relay's Team Sunbeamers at the Relaystock stage on Saturday May 11. The Sunnies were on stage, and Shockwave made a challenge, saying if the kiosk, which had been reset at the start of the set, was bumped up to 25,000 Lindens, he'd wear a nightgown, "Not that I'm worried.  You guys don't wanna see a Wolf in a white cotton nighty."

Well, someone did. It was, and he did. 

 

Total Number of Sims Over 28,000, First Time In Over A Decade

 

Some good news for those who take pride in how large Second Life is in how much virtual land it has.  The Second Life Grid Survey (https://gridsurvey.com/) , run by Tyche Shepherd, in it's latest numbers announced that the total number of sims had climbed to over the 28,000 mark.

 

Breaking the number down, 18,220 were private sims, and 9801 were "Linden owned." This includes the growing number of Bellisseria Linden Home sims. 

The last time the total number of sims was this large was in 2012. There was a peak close to 32,000 in 2010, then it went on a long and slow decline until about 2018 to about 23,000 before it began to slowly rise again. This is partially due to more people getting private sims, but also the popularity of Linden Homes, of which one needs a Premium account to get. 

Will the total number get to 29,000, then 30,000 again? Time will tell.

Hat Tip: Daniel Voyager

Bixyl Shuftan

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

 

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

Club Cutlass: Big Hair, Avian/Wings, Medieval Renaissance

Happy Vixen: DJ Malit, DJ Arooo, DJ Snowy, DJ Mattie, DJ Squeaks, DJ Khyra

Club Zero Gravity: Foxes and Felines

Bouncing Bunny Beach Club: Rainbows

Xanadu: DJ Jesse  

Moon Dance: DJ Cynthia 

Club Squeaks: DJ Squeaks

 

Montecito Bay:  CAYA, After Dark

Club Scorn: DJ Charlee, DJ Poison, DJ Charlee, DJ Malit, DJ Gwen

 

Read the schedules in SL Clubbin'

 

 

Press Release: Bay CIty To Celebrate

 

 

 IT'S TIME FOR BAY CITY'S SWEET 16

First Mole Project Reaches Another Milestone year

BAY CITY, SL (30 April, 2024) - In May of 2008, the mainland community of Bay City was opened to Second Life® residents across the Grid. Now, Bay City, the first major project undertaken by the “Moles” of the Linden Department of Public Works, will turn sixteen. To honor their anniversary, Bay City Residents will be hosting their annual parade and live music event this May, and welcome everyone to enjoy their fine city.

Bay City is the largest community-focused virtual urban area in Second Life, hosting 24 Residential regions, and an additional 24 or so Linden-owned areas surrounding the city. It has a sizable number of community-focused Residents in the Bay City Alliance, working to make the city the best place it can be. With this in mind, the city hopes that everyone will feel welcome to join in -- as a participant or a spectator, in our annual parade and live music celebration.

Parade participants are asked to gather at noon SLT/PDT on Sunday, the 19th of May, to lineup at the band shell in Bay City - Harwich. The parade will wend its way down Route 66 beginning at 12:30 p.m. SLT/PDT, and will conclude at the Bay City Fairgrounds in the North Channel region. We encourage people to bring their own wearable float, to march, and to show off their part of Second Life with the rest of the revelers.

A music event will kick off at 12:30 p.m. SLT/PDT at the Fairgrounds with DJ GoSpeed of KONA Stream providing music leading into the event until 1:30 p.m.SLT/PDT , followed by AleyKat (Aleylia Resident) from 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. SLT/PDT, Mavenn from 2:30-3:30 p.m. SLT/PDT, and Sarita Twisted from 3:30-4:30 p.m. SLT/PDT.

Celebration goods, including parade float bases and ideas, are available at the Bay City Community Center, in the Daley Bay region for those who wish to be a part of the event. Ample viewing areas are provided for all. The music event is also open to all who desire to attend -- not only Residents of Bay City, but the entire grid is welcome.

Bay City is a mainland community, developed by Linden Lab® and home to the Bay City Alliance. The Bay City Alliance was founded in 2008 to promote the Bay City regions of Second Life® and provide a venue for Bay City Residents and other interested parties to socialize and network. It is now the largest Bay city group, and home to most Residents of Bay City.

For more information, contact: Marianne McCann

 

The 2024 Sunbeamer Air Show

 

This past weekend, the Relayers were partying it up at Relaystock. But the weekend before, attention was on Team Sunbeamers and Team Roos With A Dream with the Tenth Annual RFL Sunbeamer Air Show, taking place on Farshore Field at Sunlight Bay. Besides the exhibits and attractions such as balloon riding, there were two air squadrons performing for the crowd, as well as DJ Kalya and the Roos.

 

See the pictures in Events.

RFL Sunbeamers "Bid Me Pink" And "Bid Me Tricolor Fox" Results

 

 On Saturday May 18, Rita Mariner, the captain of the Relay for Life's team Sunbeamers announced the results of two "Bid Me" fundraisers. They were "Bid Me Pink" for Brian (BrianL61 Landar) and "Bid Me Pink, Blue, and White/Tricolor Fox", for Snowbuns (Skylark Lefavre).

 

Results of Snowy's Bid Me: 

 

Changing Snowy to Tri-Color Fox

Keep Snowy, as is : 50L

Change to 3 coolor Fox:  12,400L

Snowy goes 3 color for 4 weeks, May 10 to June 7th

 

 

Results of Brian's Bid Me

 

Bid Me Brian PNK and with tutu.

 

Keep Brian as is:  50L

Turn Brian PINK, with top hat and tutu: 16,550L

Brian goes Pink, etc, for 1 month, until June 7th 

Both showed their new looks, for the time being, at the Relaystock on Saturday. Brian made a few jokes about his appearance, "Look at what they did to me." 

Currently, the Sunbeamers are Emerald ranked in fundraising among the teams, with a total of 1,084,000 Linden dollars collected this year so far. And there will be one more event planned later this month, then the Relay Weekend.

Go Sunbeamers! Go Relay!

Bixyl Shuftan

It Came From Bellisseria Chat: "Syn Mahal" Mediterranean Home

 

In Bellisseria chat the other day, one of the locals was talking about how he made his Mediterranean home into something resembling a well-known structure in India.

[14:16] SYN MASARYK™ (synmasaryk Resident): anyone care to see my Syn Mahal
[14:16] Brent (Brent Sable): heheheh
[14:16] SYN MASARYK™ (synmasaryk Resident): I built my belli parcel into a mini Taj Mahal lol
[14:17] ᴊᴏʀᴅᴇɴ (Jorden Dikes): nice! can I see a shot?
[14:18] Brent (Brent Sable) pours Jorden a shot
[14:20] ᴊᴏʀᴅᴇɴ (Jorden Dikes): lmao oh no thanks, I don't drink anymore. I meant a screen shot
[14:20] Brent (Brent Sable): :)

[14:21] SYN MASARYK™ (synmasaryk Resident): https://gyazo.com/337bd023650d484614986d11c502a2ef
[14:22] Brent (Brent Sable): hey that IS nice!
[14:22] SYN MASARYK™ (synmasaryk Resident): https://gyazo.com/bbf366ffbad268755263a4ab39a210da
[14:22] SYN MASARYK™ (synmasaryk Resident): Thank You!
[14:22] SYN MASARYK™ (synmasaryk Resident): it is Indian themed inside also
[14:22] ᴊᴏʀᴅᴇɴ (Jorden Dikes): oh nicee

[14:23] SYN MASARYK™ (synmasaryk Resident): https://gyazo.com/8a9819b97c5ab3af9073b8a7f510e7aa
[14:25] Genevieve Easterling: wow that is cool Syn
[14:25] SYN MASARYK™ (synmasaryk Resident): thank you Genevieve , thanks everyone
[14:25] Zenna Frostypaws: nice home, Syn
[14:25] SYN MASARYK™ (synmasaryk Resident): I am giving tours right now if anyone wants a tp
[14:25] SYN MASARYK™ (synmasaryk Resident): it looks better in pixel
[14:28] Ritina Roussel: Love it Syn!
[14:29] Stella (Stella Carver): That's so creative- just gorgeous
[14:30] SYN MASARYK™ (synmasaryk Resident): thank you
[14:33] ᴊᴏʀᴅᴇɴ (Jorden Dikes): oh! I just saw the last screen shot, I'm loving the interior

I then commented, asking Syn if he minded if I posted this in the paper. He chuckled, "Why would ya be posting hehe?" I chuckled back, "Bellisseria isn't just the antics of raccoons and hamsters." He ended up sending me a tp, and we chatted for a little.

The location of The Syn Mahal, Raspberry Ridge (220, 201, 30)

Press Release: Virtial Ability's Mental Health Symposium- May 17

 

 

 Virtual Ability Presents Our 13th Annual Mental Health Symposium- May 17

This free international professional conference will take place in Virtual Ability’s Sojourner Auditorium, on Virtual Ability island in Second Life, on Friday, May 17, 2024.

The theme of this year’s Conference is “Our Youth, Our Elders.” Children and the elderly face unique mental health challenges that are not well understood and often not adequately addressed. Our presenters will share information from a variety of perspectives related to the conference theme.

Our eight presenters come from all over the world: Australia, Canada, Nigeria, the UK and the US. Some are academic researchers, others are practitioners. Their interpretations of the conference theme are as varied as their geographic origins. We will learn about immigrant children and church-going elders, hear about intergenerational activities that combat loneliness in older adults, and discuss peer support for elders and their caregivers as well as social relationships with AI.

We encourage you to attend live in Second Life, so you can interact with our presenters. However, if you would prefer, you can watch the sessions on Virtual Ability’s YouTube channel. The sessions will be archived in both text and video format on Virtual Ability’s website shortly after the conference.

You can view the conference schedule here:
https://virtualability.org/mental-health-symposium-2024/

All conference times are in Pacific Daylight time (also known as SLT). Please check the conference webpage for updates as we get closer to May 17.

We hope to see you at the conference!

The SLURL is here: http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Virtual%20Ability/54/170/23

 

 

Relaystock Concludes

 

 

 The big thing this weekend was the Relaystock. Three days of music from various DJs and live performers, including Team Sunbeamers. A lot of money was raised, and a good time had by all.

Though I imagine a lot of baths had to be taken after all that mud.

We'll have more on the Relaystock later. 

Addition: Wildstar posted a number of pictures of the event (link). 

Cartoon of The Day: Why The Estinguisher?

 

 

 Taken at the Sunbeamer RFL Air Show. Someone had a fire extinguisher. So, what was it for?

By Bixyl Shuftan