uspol covid important, activism
@cdmnky Reminder, however, that there are data sources that are still trustworthy.
For WA, for example, they're here with methodology mentioned in the footnotes: https://www.doh.wa.gov/Emergencies/Coronavirus
Some folks are also privately aggregating data. Rebekah Jones, who was fired for not politicizing the numbers in Florida, has her own dash for the state here: https://floridacovidaction.com
I believe aggregators for these exist, but more are welcome.
old mmos, photo
Not that the game is entirely legible on this small a device, and HID is weird, but it plays.
Setup: GPD XD, SWGEmu + old discs, and Steam running from the other room via Steam Link
scp-wiki (+)
I've been rereading scp-wiki lately, and ran across two positive ones that I didn't expect to end on a hopeful tone. Both are good antidotes to dreading the state of the world right now.
* Short one: http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-5270
* Long one: http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-4043
I’m never not thinking about the AbstractSingletonProxyFactoryBean, which is a convenient proxy factory bean superclass for proxy factory beans that create only singletons https://docs.spring.io/spring-framework/docs/2.5.x/api/org/springframework/aop/framework/AbstractSingletonProxyFactoryBean.html
programming games, nimbatus, shitpost
I beat the game's sumo and programmer captain survival mode, primarily, by creating spinbots that traced paths like a spirograph. Sometimes, with lots and lots of copies of themselves to swarm the objective.
Hey, Secret Little Haven is half-off on Steam! If you somehow missed getting it in the big Itch bundle, now's your chance!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/827290/Secret_Little_Haven/
abuse
I am in 100% agreement with this thread: https://twitter.com/sheabutterfemme/status/1276218247600386048
So often, I've seen abusive people use this very system to perpetuate abuse by turning it on their head. They call the victim of their abuse the abuser and demand people ostracize that person.
The situation is a lot more complicated, and these simplistic solutions, IMO, frequently perpetuate abuse. We have better solutions available to us that we can employ to ensure victims of abuse get the support they need.
spider mention, text only
Several weeks ago, a baby orb weaver set up a tiny web behind my bathroom hot and cold tap, tethered under the mirror. I initially considered moving them, but let them stay and munch on local ants that also tried to move in over the summer.
They're now an adult, and have decided I'm not a threat beyond being mildly irritating when I use the tap. It's given me a chance to see their entire routine, including spinning ants, shedding, and rebuilding their web while I watch.
pokemon swoosh, pokemon home promo
Useful thing I did not know: if you transfer from Pokemon Sword/Shield to Pokemon Home after June 2nd, you'll get all three Galar starters with their hidden abilities.
Since Cinderace's is incredibly overpowered, and wasn't obtainable elsewhere prior to this change, it's worth picking up.
chaz/chop, psa
"Durkan said the city would attempt to phase down nighttime activity in the Capitol Hill Organized Protest area, known as CHOP — or earlier, as CHAZ — but would not be using police to clear the zone. Rather, Durkan said, they’d ask people to leave the area voluntarily at night"
Pretty easy to read the veiled threat in this one. Stay safe out there.
pretty sure I was on mastodon hiatus when I got this art so I don't think anyone here has seen it yet
this is cove, a new sendaen character of mine
🎨: CherrySnakeCat #galuart
RT
https://twitter.com/shotgunskunk/status/1273737195690442752 https://twitter.com/Taborlin123/status/1273775178007425024
The latest Icewind Dale adventure adds the best character yet: Three Kobolds in a Trenchcoat
acnh, mini review, ramble
I guess, overall, it feels like they were given a very limited mandate, turned randomness and event frequency down to make it easier to put down for awhile, and will add and fix stuff later.
I hope they do, because there's a ton of stuff I want to play around with again.
Dragon. Agender, otherkin, occasional artist and writer, infosec engineer, in about that order. Avatar by Xeirla. Singular they/them preferred.
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