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07.06.2025 19:43
notes (@notes@transfem.social)

I wanted to a drawing to express the way I feel spending time with all of you in my livestreams recently. Thank you all so much for being there and for all the love and support you give me. Every single one of you fills me with pride and joy~ ​:trans_rain_kanji_heart:​ ​:menhera_admire:​

#graphitedrawing #art #drawing #pencilart #pencilsketch #pridemonth #lgbtq #pride #trans #transfem #transpride #youtube #livestream #vtuber #vtuberavatar





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02.06.2025 21:31
videos (@videos@librepoop.de)

YouTube Kacke: ＺＷＩＥＢＥＬ . ＴＶ

librepoop.de/videos/watch/0075




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08.04.2025 09:02
sven_md (@sven_md@mastodon.social)

#youtube with #awesome #tunes to #nap ...
youtube.com/watch?v=LFASWuckB1c

#chill #trance #music #relax #relaxing #chilling #ambiente #sleep #sleeping #guitar #play #listen #listening #playlist #playlists #listennow #nowlistening #tune #TuneTuesday #sound #sounds




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27.01.2025 03:53
diegopds (@diegopds@bolha.us)

Bem interessante esse canal da Europa Filmes. Há nele uma playlist com 126 filmes completos no momento em que escrevo:

youtube.com/playlist?list=PLv8

#EuropaFilmes #FilmesBrasileiros #Streaming #FilmesCompletos #Filmes #Movies #Youtube #Playlist #Brasil




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23.01.2025 23:38
ishambard (@ishambard@cupoftea.social)

Star Wars Dark Forces (DOS)
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfY

Shadows of the Empire (PC)
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfY

Rogue Squadron (PC)
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfY

Episode One Racer (PC)
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfY

Star Wars Starfighter (PC)
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfY

Star Wars Episode One Phantom Menace (PC)
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfY

Tomb Raider 1 (PC)
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfY

Tomb Raider 2 (PC)
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfY

Morrowind (PC)
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfY

Oblivion (PC)
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfY

Cassette Beasts (PC)
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfY

A Little to the Left with my Wife (PC)
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfY

Darkside Detective with the Wife (PC)
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfY

Minecraft Legends (PC)
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfY

#PCGaming #YouTube #LetsPlay




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23.01.2025 23:23
ishambard (@ishambard@cupoftea.social)

Going forward, I plan to have all my YouTube Playlists available in a list form on pinned toots on my profile.
So here is the first batch, a bunch of Nintendo games I have played on my channel.

Fire Emblem (NES)
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfY

Castlevania 1 & 2
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfY

Super Mario Bros 3
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfY

Super Mario Bros Advance 4 E-Reader Levels
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfY

Super Mario World
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfY

Super Mario 64
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfY

Donkey Kong Country
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfY

Donkey Kong Country 2
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfY

Legend of Zelda: Link to the Past Randomisers
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfY

Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask Randomised
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfY

Star Fox
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfY

Star Fox 64
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfY

Star Fox Assault
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfY

Kirby's Adventure
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfY

Super Aleste
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfY

Aladdin (SNES)
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfY

#NES #SNES #N64 #GameCube #LetsPlay #YouTube




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06.10.2024 14:02
2024 (@2024@iridescentalchemyst.wordpress.com)

My Very First YOUTUBE Video!!

Check it out guys- I published a video on YouTube! 🎉🎉🎉

I have no doubt it won’t take so much time as I grow more familiar with the process, but I have a whole new appreciation for creators that put together videos for platforms like YouTube! It was a lot of work! If I had to guess, I would say that I probably put at least 36 hours into this video! AT LEAST!!

Introducing: My Bitmoji

I also want to share with you a little backstory..

A couple years ago, I started playing with the Bitmoji app on Snapchat. I was absolutely amazed at how much my Bitmoji really did look like me! Several months later, I was “shopping” through the new clothes when I found the first AMAZING synchronicity… My bitmoji and I were TWINNING with the same hat!!

I was so excited when I realized that we have the SAME HAT!! 😍

THEN…

So last early fall- about a year ago already (wow, really? 😳)- I had started writing a course. And I was lovingly adding my Bitmoji every spot I could find an appropriate sticker.

This is a slide from the introduction to my course Creating Holistic Goals

There are almost 1,000 stickers, which is more than enough to choose from. Plus, I have gotten pretty good at using Krita- the highly versatile and open source FREE software for digital illustration and animation- so the options are literally limitless.

Another Surprise

Earlier this year, around late January- early February I remember it was unseasonably warm out for a couple days. Jim and I decided to go out for a late night bike ride, when I spotted a dumpster sitting alongside a house. Without hesitation, we pulled up behind it and parked our bikes before we jumping in.

You see, Jim and I are dumpster divers. We like it call it “the Dumpstore.” And you would be absolutely AMAZED to hear the things we have rescued from the dump… But that is for another post.

In this particular Dumpstore, I was giddy like a kid on Christmas morning when I pulled out yet another gift from the universe…

The universe sent me my very own
Hand Pointer Stick! 🤩

Look at that smile on my face!! I was absolutely OVER THE MOON about this!! I took it with me everywhere for weeks after that so I could show all my friends!

The Best Surprise Yet!

Ok… One of the best surprises! Because there have definitely been many of them!

I had been contemplating how to present a certain project I was working on. In fact, that project will be the second video I post… Coming soon!

I remember wishing that I could make my Bitmoji talk earlier in the day. And as I kept working, it hit me to look into this idea further. So I did a quick Google search and it wasn’t long before I was downloading an app, and VOILA!

My singing, talking BITMOJI was born!

My Bitmoji lip-syncing along with Miley Cyrus in one of her newest hits “Used to be Young” 😂
Made with DreamFace

I was officially HEAD OVER HEELS IN LOVE… with my Bitmoji!!! 😍

DreamFace is an amazing app that uses AI to create videos from text, photo animation, lip syncing, and beautiful photo enhancement. It does have some paid features but I think it’s worth the money! And I HIGHLY recommend it!

Check out this photo comparison of before and after DreamFace enhanced an old photo from my childhood!

After enhancement! Thanks DreamFace!

I thought that was giddy before… ERMEHGERD!!!

My Bitmoji and I were THRILLED!!

And now…

The moment I am sure you have been waiting for… 😝😂

Iridescent Alchemyst & Ashley Marie Meredith are PROUD TO PRESENT…

MY VERY FIRST YOUTUBE VIDEO!

https://youtu.be/z7AbVAdDvEs?si=VJ0nMxepabZoLAEd

Feedback Welcome!

Let me know what you think! The good… The bad… The ugly… I wanna hear it all!

And please, take it easy on me…

It’s my first time! 😉

Don’t forget to hit the like and subscribe buttons on YouTube so you don’t miss it when new content is posted! ✌️💖🌈🦄

Pumpkin #5- Benton County DHS

I love the dramatic effect of this shot that was taken in front of the Benton County DHS office as the sun was coming up.

I usually only decorate four pumpkins- one each for me and the kids. This year, I added a fifth pumpkin.

I realized that I had neglected to represent the fifth member of my former little family… the boys’ dad. And even though we were no longer together when the kids were taken from us, he is still family to me. And regardless of what happened in our past, I know how badly he is hurting. I know he struggles with grief.

The same local office took not only our children, but all five of his children.

His youngest child was adopted by a local family and is doing well from what I hear.

His older two children were taken from their mother about a year after we started dating. They stayed with Scott’s sister for awhile, until the case worker decided his sister had too many children in her home.

And granted it was complete chaos at times, but his sister was a good mother and it was a home filled with love. The kids were happy with their cousins! Which is a lot more than I could say about their maternal grandmother’s house, where they were placed next.

Theirs is not my story to tell, but I can assure you that it was not a good situation, and those kids are still impacted by the separation from the only family they knew.

The front of this pumpkin was a clear indication of the intended recipients: the men and women that work for Benton County DHS.

Good job!

In the picture above, you can barely make out the main message that I want them to get this year. Here’s a better shot.

“Benton County DHS gave my sons to CHILD ABUSERS! GOOD JOB!”

I won’t get into that here… you can read more about what I am referring to in my post “Do they read my letters?“

Below that, you can see another key point that I wanted to make: Largest jump in increased founded cases was 1994-1995… who started working there? The arrow that points to this statement came from…

1800% Increase

Between 1986 and 1995 1800% increase in founded abuse cases- Top 5 in the state!

Between 1986 and 1995, Benton County had a 1800% increase in the number of founded abuse cases. That percentage put them in the top 5 in the state! But you won’t find those figures anywhere online. The online databases on the Iowa Department of Health and Human Services website only go back to 2015.

By the grace of the Gods, I came across a publication in a dumpster a few years ago that reported the statistics BY COUNTY on indicators of child welfare in Iowa from 1986 to 1995. Very interesting information! I will have to dig a little bit to find the booklet, but I will update this article when I do.

I made a spreadsheet with some of the statistics from that book, but again, I will have to do a little digging to find it, and I will update this article when I find it.

Staff Turnover

Average turnover rate statewide is 1.5 to 2 years.
Benton County maintained several staff for 30+ years

Like the pumpkin says, the average staff turnover rate statewide is 1.5 to 2 years. Benton County maintained several staff for 30+ years. That makes me wonder… why do they not have the same issue as other counties?

VPD Officer Josh West made the comment to me once, “We got rid of all the bad ones.”

I wish I could get my hands on the body cam footage from that day- a story for another time- but I promise you that is exactly what he said. I talked about a few of my favorites before… And it may be true that the “bad ones” are no longer in the Vinton office, but I found out that several of them were PROMOTED. It’s scary to think that their toxic, malicious mindset is now in a higher role amongst their ranks.

Wouldn’t promoting them only serve tp reinforce and solidify in their minds the superiority they demonstrate in their words and actions?

I hope they read this post… and when they do, I pray that they have the courage and conviction to look themselves in the mirror and ask themselves the following questions? And, just as importantly, I pray that they can answer them honestly and objectively.

Viktor E Frankl

The last message on pumpkin #5 is a quote from Dr. Viktor E Frankl. Dr. Frankl was a Jewish Austrian psychiatrist, and one of the earlier arrivals to Auschwitz. After surviving the horrors of the concentration camp, he went on to write dozens of books, including Man’s Search for Meaning (*paid link).

Jim and I recovered a copy from a dumpster a couple years ago. It is where I found the following quote, and I cannot emphasize enough- the book is a MUST READ! In fact, I would insist that Frankl’s book become part of a mandatory reading list for the same professionals that are held to mandatory reporter training.

In the book’s 184 pages, Dr. Frankl shared details about his time at Auschwitz. He describes the horrors of humanity with bone chilling simplicity, summing up his analysis of the psychologies that surrounded him and outlining the basis of his life changing theory of logotherapy with insightful clarity.

“The one thing you cannot take away from me is the way I choose to respond to what you do to me.” Viktor E Frankl

Those are some POWERFUL words from the Doctor! The wisdom in those words give me strength when I find myself reliving the events that led up to the wrongful termination of my parental rights… more on that a little later in this post.

Pumpkin #4- Child Welfare By The Numbers

The fourth pumpkin features statistics from the annual report Child Welfare By the Numbers (download link for 2023 report) from the Iowa Department of Health and Human Services. I have been watching these statistics very closely, and just today I downloaded and reviewed every report going back to 2012.

I hope the staff at Benton County DHS take a minute to read this blog post, because I doubt they are interpreting the results the same way that I do. And I don’t just analyze them from my own perspective. I can understand one’s skepticism, but judging by some of the jaw-dropping comments people have made, I seriously doubt anyone bothers to take other perspectives into account as thoroughly.

2023 Child Welfare #s The pie charts show 1) the breakdown of unconfirmed, confirmed, and founded reports; 2) the breakdown of founded abuse types

It doesn’t look like the department saw fit to share the total number of reports made to the hotline this year, but I can guess from the results of years past that a majority of them were accepted. The criteria they use is listed in Iowa Code 175.22(1)

Any report made to the department which alleges child abuse, as defined in Iowa Code section 232.68, or constitutes a complaint that a child is a child in need of assistance, as defined in Iowa Code section 232.2(6), shall be accepted for assessment.

I will go more in-depth with the actual definitions in just a bit. And that criteria sounds legit, right? I would’ve thought so too…

Assessment Findings

Of the 32,857 reports that met the criteria for assessment, there were 26,613 child abuse assessments conducted.

My point in showing the assessment findings is this: SEVENTY PERCENT of the reports made to the hotline were NOT CONFIRMED. This means that almost 19,000 reports were made that were potentially a complete waste of the department’s time, energy, and resources.

Because trust me, these men and women are trained to look for every bit of evidence they can find so they can prove that the parents are abusing their children. They don’t want to miss something and end up with their name in the next headline about how DHS messed up- and I can’t fault them for that in itself.

And when they walk in the door believing that the allegations are true- that you are abusing your children- any and everything they see and hear is interpreted through that lens.

This classic book was part of the curriculum when I was growing up, now it is a BANNED BOOK!

False Allegations

I can personally speak from experience, and I have the documentation to prove it… there are some petty bitches (men and women alike) out there that make false allegations to DHS. This type of people are guilty of committing a simple misdemeanor according to Iowa Code § 232.75(3), but they aren’t referred to the county attorney for criminal charges until

“the department receives more than three reports that identify the same child as a victim of child abuse or the same person as the alleged abuser of a child, or which were made by the same person, and the department determined the reports to be entirely false or without merit.”

It would be interesting to see the statistics on how often that actually happens… Versus how many are listed as not confirmed.

And since the caller’s identity is protected, someone that has been falsely accused has little ground to stand on when they attempt to defend themselves.

Whatever happened to our “right to face our accuser?”

Turns out that 6th amendment confrontation clause really only applies to criminal court proceedings, initially only at the FEDERAL level. “That all changed after the Fourteenth Amendment was passed in 1866, which subsequently made the right to confrontation applicable to both state and federal courts.” (Aron, 2021).

…but it still doesn’t apply to the branch of district court known as juvenile, or family court.

Regardless, if you are someone that calls in to the child abuse hotline because you are:

If any of those descriptions apply to you… Then YOU are a big part of the problem here!! And you need to

GROW THE F*CK UP!!!!

Because really, you are not just hurting that other person… you are hurting the child involved. AND (this is important!) anything you say about someone else reflects back on you.

Let me be clear on this point… NOBODY is “winning!!” And you aren’t “getting on their good side.” CHILD PLEASE!

The child protective workers do not care about any of the adults in the situation… They care about your children. They think you are guilty of abusing children, and they will tell you whatever you want to hear to keep you talking. FACTS!

If you are feeling triggered about what you just read, I’m gonna go ahead and guess you’ve been there before. On one side, or the other… Or maybe you’ve even been on both sides of the accusations.

Do us all a favor…. do yourself a favor, and check out the information packet I put together called: PROTECT YOUR FAMILY

Protect Your Family by Ashley Meredith, MSN

Protect Your Family includes information for parents and caregivers about:

Mandatory Reporters

I have discussed this before, but it is worth mentioning again… Another potential source for the “not confirmed” reports stems from the mandatory reporters law.

I do not know a nurse, teacher, childcare worker, or any other professional that works with children that would stand by and willingly allow child abuse to happen! I am not sure what exactly prompted the enactment of these laws, and it doesn’t specifically say why when reviewing the history of child abuse laws in Iowa’s Guide for Mandatory Reporters (link to downloadable pdf).

Let me clarify, because I don’t believe everything about the law is absurd. For example, training for professionals in health and mental health care, education, childcare, social work, and law enforcement should continue to be mandatory for those professions. People that have never witnessed abuse do absolutely need to be educated about the signs and symptoms so they are fully prepared to keep a vigilant eye. And this training should be repeated on a regular basis, even though the training videos are dreadfully boring every time you have to watch them.

I also agree that people in those fields should be protected from any civil or criminal liability if they make a report in good faith, or if they participate in an assessment being carried about by the department.

However… and I feel very strongly about this… the threat of sanctions or revocation of a professional license and the potential for facing criminal charges for failure to report should be repealed!

This part of the law has directly contributed to the division in this country by pinning good people against good people, usually over trivial matters or misunderstandings. And it sets the tone for a fearful/paranoid mindset and overpolicing of families! I am not the only one that thinks so! Check out these articles for more information:

I can’t get into specifics, obviously, because of HIPAA… but there was only one time in my professional career when I made a report to DHS that I felt was valid. Ironically, it was while caring for a child in a foster home. Now that I think of it, it just dawned on me that it was a foster home that house SEVEN special needs children… And memories flood back.

There were three times that I was forced by a supervisor to make a report that I did not agree with, because we had a difference in professional opinion, and I told the operator exactly that when I made the reports. And there was one other time when I had to instruct a family member that the boss said I would have to make a report if they didn’t proceed with doctor’s orders.

Founded Abuse Categories

Look again at the larger pie chart in the picture below. It shows a breakdown of the categories of founded abuse in Iowa in 2023. It is easy to see that an overwhelming majority (59%) of the founded abuse cases fall under the category of neglect, also known in Iowa as Denial of Critical Care.

The next largest category, Dangerous substances, makes up 20% of the founded cases and is followed by the closely related category of Presence of illegal drugs (9%). I will save this discussion for a later post that you definitely won’t want to miss!

Support my work by sharing this blog post! Thank you in advance for your help spreading the word about this important information!

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26.09.2024 19:08
RobertaFidora (@RobertaFidora@mastodon.social)

I can’t resist sharing the budgie head video after mentioning it again. I got some funny looks on the mean streets of Portsmouth that day (and I couldn’t see a thing out of that head). 🐦 youtu.be/1oof6Nrj_xI #Music #YouTube #MusiciansDay #Video #MusicVideo #FediMusic




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21.01.2024 04:07
max (@max@afterspace.rocks)

Wenn ihr #Youtube Links teilt, dann löscht vorher den Bereich "?si=..." oder "&si=..." (inkl. dem Bereich nach dem Gleichzeichen)

Dieser wird zum zusätzlichen tracken verwendet.

Besser ihr verwendet ein Frontend ohne dem ganzen murks
docs.invidious.io/instances/

🔄 erwünscht

#Servicetoot #Tracking #Shortlink




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30.04.2023 17:53
paulfoerster (@paulfoerster@swiss.social)

Inspired by this 2 year old #YouTube #Video by Colleen Padilla, which I accidentally came across today, I used #LEGOStudio to build this #Parody of #DonaldTrump, the #StableGenius. 🤣

youtube.com/watch?v=lJAjTs9hvOw

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13.04.2023 18:07
w (@w@video.hardlimit.com)

Cómo descargar lista de reproduccion de YouTube como un jáquer

video.hardlimit.com/w/bHK4GgDx




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01.02.2023 15:55
poems (@poems@daveydreamnation.com)

Victor Garber blooper reel

for alicia sometimes (as usual)

daveydreamnation.com/poems/vic





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