The Laird's Awards - 2015

As tradition bids the staff of Bock in SecondLife, consisting of the editor in chief Bock McMillan and the editor for science, geeky stuff and photography Tomais Ashdene, have been racking their brains to assemble this list of worthy recipients of the 2015 Best in SecondLife Awards.

And without further ado here they are!

Best Friend

• Ebbe Linden of Second Life & Linden Labs
• The Linden Lab (award sent to Pete Linden, Senior Director, Global Communications)
• The Phoenix Firestorm Viewer Project Team (award sent to Jessica Lyon, FS Project Manager)

Best Blogger

• Apmel Goosson of Min avatar heter Apmel
• Eddi Haskell of Eddi & Ryce's Second Life
• Honour McMillan of Honour's Post Menopausal View (of Second Life)
• Inara Pey of Living in a Modem World
• Petr Vanbeek of Confessions of a Digital Daddy Bear
• Ziggy Starsmith of Ziggy Starsmith On The Edge Of Second Life

Best Builder

• Adham DeCuir of Boystown
• Fordis Flores of all over the place
• Jak Calcutt of Second Pride
• Karl Kalchek of Second Pride
• Samuel Fallen of Lytton & Fallen
• Truck Meredith of The Calas Galadhon Park Sims
• Tymus Tenk  of The Calas Galadhon Park Sims

Best Deejay

• Aeschylus Shepherd
• Butch Diavolo-Ğrăçємσûηт
• Cupric Router
• Helene Dragoone
• Hottie B Lockjaw
• Michelangelo Vilota
• sirhc DeSantis

Best Designer

• Ansor Hoorenbeek  of The Hoorenbeek Team
• Apple Fall of AppleFall
• Damien Fate of FateWear
• Masa Plympton of Deadwool 
• Winter Thorn of What's Next

Best Performer 

• Samm Qendra
• Strum Diesel

Best Scripter  

• Chaz Longstaff of Blue Balls
• Kip Ashbourne of Blue Balls

Best Pose-Maker

• Finn Millar of Vice Poses
• RubyStarlight Writer of Exposeur
• Spencer Ronzales of Vice Poses
• Winter Thorn of What's Next

Best Photographer

• Bre Czaroux
• Darkyn Dover
• Joseph Nussbaum
• JJ Goodman
• Nikolai Warden
• Skippy Beresford
• Static Frenzy
• Strawberry Singh
• Tomais Ashdene
• WayneNZ Resident

Best Dressed

• Dex Moleno
• Guyke Lundquist
• Hottie B Lockjaw

Best Frienemy

• Guyke Lundquist

Best Gay

• Garrett Smith
• Kahvy Smith, nee Sands
• Lee McKay

Best Husband 

• Bock McMillan
• Tomais Ashdene 

Best Wife

• Iendi Laville 
• Vampi Twine-McMillan-McMillan (honorary)

Best Son

• Guyke Lundquist
• Pook Czaroux

Best Daughter

• Donna Pavlova

Best Brother

• Dejerrity Mycron
• JJ Goodman
• Michelangelo Vilota
• Rylan Sirnah

Best Sister

• Lucretia Brandenburg
• Millimina Salamander

Best Boyfriend

• Fordis Flores
• JJ Goodman

Best Girlfriend

• Lucretia Brandenburg
• Pieni

Best Wingman

• Butch Diavolo-Ğrăçємσûηт

Love Has No Labels

(via J.M.G.)

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While the vast majority of Americans consider themselves unprejudiced, many of us unintentionally make snap judgments about people based on what we see—whether it’s race, age, gender, religion, sexuality, or disability. This may be a significant reason many people in the U.S. report they feel discriminated against. Subconscious prejudice—called “implicit bias”—has profound implications for how we view and interact with others who are different from us. It can hinder a person’s ability to find a job, secure a loan, rent an apartment, or get a fair trial, perpetuating disparities in American society. The Love Has No Labels campaign challenges us to open our eyes to our bias and prejudice and work to stop it in ourselves, our friends, our families, and our colleagues. Rethink your bias at lovehasnolabels.com.

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"Curious Kitty" by Wayne NZ

If you wish to see more of Wayne's photography, please visit his Flickr photostream here.

NSFW Month on Ello

The social network Ello responds to Google.

"Following Google’s decision to ban NSFW content from Blogger (followed by an awkward reversal), we decided to celebrate freedom of speech on Ello by naming March NSWF Month.

You can’t ban some content without seriously impacting freedom of speech for everyone.

The last people we want to dictate what we can't say on the Internet are the advertisers that control big ad-based social networks. Ello doesn’t believe in censorship, and because Ello is ad-free, we will always be a dependable haven for free speech.

Help us celebrate NSFW Month on Ello by posting and discussing ideas about free speech, censorship, and why it's important that Internet remain open and free.

Much Love,
Ello

PS. Some people love adult content. Other's don't. Ello is all about respecting each others' point of view. You can always turn NSFW content on or off on your Ello settings page."

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Chew on that Google & Blogger!

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"booooooooooo" by millionBOO

If you wish to see more of millionBOO's photography, please visit her Flickr photostream here.

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"@Frisland" by Uli Jansma

If you wish to see more of Uli's photography, please visit her Flickr photostream here.