Pastelbat @pastelbat@awoo.space
- Pronouns
- They/Them/Theirs
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Vandals will be ~PASTELBAT~
Joined Dec 2017
That's just the indoor/private area fwiw, nowhere near the actual size space they live in. The male chose not to come in for food and hung around the big outdoor enclosure to eat later instead. Apparently the female is a lot more sociable though. She hung around the indoor area for ages after food was clearly over, just chilling out and watching us and the keepers.
We got to feed a sneppard
It was a pretty amazing life experience
She was very enthusiastic about food and then just super-chill
Hey everyone, sorry I've not been around online much lately. Partner is over from the US, so spending time together while he's here.
hi everyone
I'm.. Idk, spacy. Here. Laying down.
Hiiiiii.. *tired wingwave*
yknow, side-shielded non-sunglasses would be pretty useful for like
not being quite so overwhelmed in crowded spaces where I need to focus on something
🤔
boardgame/trek nerding
It's the only game (digital or traditional) I've found that captures the feel of Star Trek
Like, the sheer variety of it allows for a lot of weird spontaneous situations and very different games
You can have ones that are absolute battles, or where no combat happens at all, and you're pootling around the galaxy discovering weird stuff and building starbases. All the while getting weird situations happening, like Mirror Universe Reginald Barclay rescuing the Klingon flagship from a black hole, or Kes as a Romulan double agent planting Tribbles on the Defiant
Managed to introduce a friend to Star Trek: Fleet Captains today. It's my favourite boardgame, but I rarely get a chance to play it with people. She really enjoyed it a lot too, so we'll probably do that again sometime.
Mini Painting, Fantasy
Really proud of how this one turned out!
Mini is the Reaper Miniatures Shipwreck Golem, with a bit of conversion to fix the right arm and make the treasure pile.
silly wargaming smut
There are many reasons to love Frostgrave
But seeing wargaming stalls stock a book about hyena furries, called "Into the Breeding Pits"
That never gets old, really
Copying Helm's Deep into your fantasy setting, aka "Anyway, here's Wonderwall."
(Total War: Warhammer 2)
I should really set up a posty-place for my mini painting again. I used to have a Tumblr for such things, but.. Tumblr.
Getting back into painting Dungeon Saga after a couple of years of health issues & focusing on other things hobbywise. Orks aren't done yet, but they're coming along orkily.
Shipwreck Golem is by Reaper Miniatures. Almost complete now. ;w; The little stowaway octopus is by far my favourite part.
re: Wheelchairs, Venting, Info Request
Guh
If I had the energy skills & hardware to make secure custom mountings (for the brakes and the handles) I could just install some standard-ass caliper brakes
(like the ones on any roadbike, ever)
I however lack these things
So the formal options seem to be "buy some reeeeal expensive ones from Texas, including ditching my current wheel setup for buying their wheels"
or switch to some kinda electric wheelchair or electric hybrid setup (also expensive, a lot heavier)
Or the informal gamble of asking around the local hackspace to hire a random bike-modding enthusiast
Cuz I like self-propelling, but grip strength is not something I will ever be at the required level for "just grab the wheelrims with yr hands lol" to be reliable/safe/not-massively-painful
Wheelchairs, Venting, Info Request
Does anyone know of any handbrakes for wheelchairs, or wheelchairs with handbrakes?
By this I mean "I get brakes for my wheelchair" rather than "someone stood behind me gets brakes for my wheelchair".
(there are *tonnes* of the latter around, but afaict none of the former outside of one company who make brakes for specific wheels in Texas)
Like, I'm a big fan of turn-based grid tactics generally, and the writing's good
But the most satisfying part of the game is unlocking an expanding range of improbable showerhose attachments & glowy green thingamajigs to dress them up in
I did not realise how much I wanted a dressup-doll game with WH40K's grumpy transhumanist tentacle-clergy til Mechanicus came along
but the game is 100% onboard with indulging that
I am making a new Gamedev Law, so listen well:
If you're going to call a video a "pre-alpha gameplay trailer"
It has to just be the devs running round miming what's going to happen in the game, making all the noises with their mouths
(sock puppets will be considered on a case-by-case basis)
Autism, Ablism Snark
the Secret Autistic Pronoun Set:
your child / your child's / your childself
ADHD & PTSD Overlap
I think, something a lot of people don't click onto until a lot later in life (and most doctors don't at all)
Is that all the longterm symptoms of childhood trauma on the nervous system don't just diagnostically overlap with ADHD, you can have both at once.
When you do, the combination amplifies the effects. In frequency, breadth and intensity.
This also goes for chronic pain, digestion, mood stuff, anxiety, etc.
Trauma is a massive, longterm injury to your entire Nervous System. That impacts your body in a whole lotta ways that aren't usually what people think of.
Bladerunner 2049, movie snark
I tried watching the Bladerunner sequel because I was bored and too exhausted to move, but I had to stop about 1/3rd through because jeez
There's sitting through tedious male gaze stuff, and then there's watching a movie try to speedrun the 'sexist tropes in noir/cyberpunk' bingo sheet
- Pronouns
- They/Them/Theirs
This is a graffiti-free zone.
Vandals will be ~PASTELBAT~
Joined Dec 2017
