Introducing my mercenary outfit: Carcini's Aces. Because everyone hires crabs eventually.
Still in time for Pride Month.
Gotta love the puns.
Carcini’s Aces add two more members to the roster.
in the Marauder 5T is codename: Horseshoe Crab
piloting the Falconer 9R is codename: Fiddler Crab
Old abandoned grocery store repurposed as a library
Certified Library Post
"Hey, we need to renovate this grocery store into a library."
"Okay, I got you."
*Removes the B from the BREAD sign*
"Done"
"Raven Beak" is kind of a weird name for a guy who comes from an entire species of bird people. It'd sort of be like a human being named "Hispanic Nipples" or something.
In the actual game itself, his name in the Chozo language is pronounced Ashkar Behek which is like, that's a pretty good alien name, not sure why you wouldn't just use that. (Side note, pretty cool that the Chozo language in Dread is fully translatable)
We can probably assume there's some cultural context lost in the translation from Ashkar Behek to Raven Beak, as can be the case with human names being translated to other human languages, too. Ravens are an Earth species presumably unrelated to the Chozo despite some similarities in appearance, so a Chozo would probably not be named after literally that. "Raven" is just the closest match in vibes, perhaps.
(Metroid Dread spoilers:)
why is everything a dead wife to you people.
my dead skateboarding cousin
Memento Throckmori
So this is not a plea for money. This is something that surprised me, and chatting with people on discord, they were unaware of as well.
Discovered last year I couldn’t look at my 2015 MacBook Air without it triggering nausea and migraines, and figured the screen died. Have been getting by on my phone, but concluded I really need a laptop again.
Saved up, realised I could afford a brand new MacBook Neo, and got one.
ALT-And I couldn’t spend more than five minutes looking at the screen without massive eye strain, nausea, vertigo, and if I pushed it, I-need-to-lie-down-in-a-dark-room-for-hours migraines.
Looking up MacBook and Eyestrain explained what is going on. The liquid retina displays that Apple currently has uses Pulse Width Modulation or PWM. In order to give the screens a deeper depth of colour and contrast, PWM flickers between several hundred to thousand times a second.
And there is currently no way to turn it off. There are settings and apps to reduce it, but there is no way to stop the screen from flickering. Checked Apple forums, called Apple Support, and the time I could look at the screen kept shrinking. Got the laptop Tuesday, returned it Friday, today is Sunday and I’m still dealing with a vertigo migraine.
For MacBooks, it seems to vary on the computer model and the software it uses. In retrospect, the issue with my MacBook Air started after a major software update.
And it’s not just an Apple thing. Current Windows and Android screens do the same thing. There’s even a Reddit for people who are sensitive to PWM flickers to help find computers and screens that won’t trigger eyestrain and headaches.
So, yeah. This week has been a learning experience. But for those who are prone to headaches and migraines, this may be something to be aware of, cause I was not.
ALT
And here’s part 2. Some improvement can be seen (and maybe when I started running out of blue).
literally just start posting about your OCs. you don’t even have to “properly” introduce them just make them a dedicated tag, tag them on posts that remind you of them, and then start talking about them like everyone’s supposed to already know who they are. i am not joking when i say this method works.
AND CRUCIALLY NEVER APOLOGIZE FOR TALKING ABOUT THEM. IF YOU DO NOT LOVE YOUR CREATIONS ENTHUSIASTICALLY AND UNAPOLOGETICALLY THEN WHY SHOULD ANYONE ELSE!!!!!
in regards to the USA hockey leagues policy update effectively barring all transgender athletes from playing hockey at any level I hope heated rivalry doubles the fuck down n every background hockey player in season two is trans. fuck the leagues queer ppl deserve to be in sports.
Hear hear! From your keyboard to Jacob’s ear.
And sources for that:
bringing this back around to include a petition for anyone willing to sign. this started off kinda light hearted but really this is so important. to clarify this is not an nhl policy. this is regarding any usa league down to the recreational ones played in shitty hometown rinks. this is a USA policy that would ban Trans players from leagues that are strictly for fun. don't let them get away with this bullshit. make your voice heard.
