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Mer!

@darqhunter.bsky.social

Fiend for miniatures and nerd shit. I'm DarqHunter on most things. πŸ³οΈβ€βš§οΈ

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DM: As you reach the peak, you are the first ever outsider to witness The Shadowed Temple of Assassins!

Me: Hey DM?

DM: Yeah?

Me: Does this mean we're getting…a sneak peak?

DM:…a thousand blades materialize from the shadows, avoid your senses, & stab you in the back…

Me:…worth it

#dnd #ttrpg

08.05.2025 08:58 β€” πŸ‘ 48    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Doc Holiday: I'm your cuckleberry.

Doc Holiday's wife's boyfriend: I know.

08.05.2025 09:03 β€” πŸ‘ 26    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Still sick, testing a werewolf pattern I'm working on 🐺

07.05.2025 19:28 β€” πŸ‘ 912    πŸ” 202    πŸ’¬ 18    πŸ“Œ 1
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New MA goal for May.

Rent is going up next month with lease renewal, too. I need to get rid of some debt so I can get my head above water.

If I met this goal early in the month it would legit be life changing. Every dollar and boost helps!

#MutualAid #TransCrowdFund

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07.05.2025 22:19 β€” πŸ‘ 23    πŸ” 33    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 12

See, the nice thing about having a huge lead pile of unpainted minis is when you are too broke to buy new minis you actually have something to do with your time. Like look at your huge lead pile and dream of the minis you will buy when you get paid.

08.05.2025 11:10 β€” πŸ‘ 43    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Some leftists need to grasp that when far right voters tell pollsters they want mass deportations and also wealth redistribution, that's not two separate parts of their brain talking. They're not secret socialists who are just kidding about the racism. They want economic benefits *for whites only*.

08.04.2025 07:20 β€” πŸ‘ 2268    πŸ” 539    πŸ’¬ 75    πŸ“Œ 67
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New monthly goal thread - March kicked me further down and I'm TRYING to stabilize while still looking for a viable day job.

I would love it if I didn't have to do so much of the daily panic this month. Every single dollar and boost helps. πŸ’œ Goal is high to lower debts.

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09.04.2025 01:28 β€” πŸ‘ 26    πŸ” 48    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 11

Been applying for jobs every week. Only gotten two phone screener style interviews so far. Feeling a little lost. Trying to figure out if and what to pivot to instead of the games industry.

09.04.2025 02:47 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

the thing this movie got completely right was the feeling of playing D&D with a good group of people

at the core of every successful party is a group of irreverent fuckasses who are ready to lean in and embrace dramatic and emotional moments but never lose sight of that irreverence

24.03.2025 02:06 β€” πŸ‘ 2029    πŸ” 309    πŸ’¬ 66    πŸ“Œ 11
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Character Commissions are open, contact me via smayerillustration@gmail.con to get started

20.05.2024 15:22 β€” πŸ‘ 229    πŸ” 71    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 7

This is called "rejection sensitivity dysphoria" (RSD) and is a little discussed or known symptom of #ADHD.

Basically you get hit by waves of feeling that nobody likes you and they are going to leave you, even if all evidence shows otherwise.

24.03.2025 09:32 β€” πŸ‘ 145    πŸ” 26    πŸ’¬ 14    πŸ“Œ 2
Kris and Mer in front of the Makita/Hull Statues outside United Center.

Kris and Mer in front of the Makita/Hull Statues outside United Center.

Stadium #5 down. 27 more to go. #LetsGoKraken

19.03.2025 01:28 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I liked shopping in Target. They'd figured out how to make it pleasant, or pleasant enough.

Oh well. Too bad. They can eat a ballburger.

18.03.2025 02:54 β€” πŸ‘ 165    πŸ” 37    πŸ’¬ 13    πŸ“Œ 0
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I am working out of a public library and there are a good number of people who seem to be on hard times using the facilities for various reasons like job searching, entertainment, charging peripherals, using the bathroom, etc., and I am struck by how important it is that libraries continue to exist

17.03.2025 20:45 β€” πŸ‘ 21048    πŸ” 3380    πŸ’¬ 431    πŸ“Œ 148

The way green tie turned and said "say it again bitch" 😭 now next time he needs to say her name properly. Also, I don't like that the chair got to dismiss the hearing without her being heard.

11.03.2025 22:47 β€” πŸ‘ 21    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Fresh thread and goal for March. Starting out on time is SUCH a welcome change, but we are starting from zero.

Goal is set at 2500 - 1640 for rent, and then bills, basic house needs, hopefully repaying a little bit of debt.

As always, everything helps, boosts included.

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03.03.2025 05:26 β€” πŸ‘ 36    πŸ” 51    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 7
Hand painted miniature of a space marine from the Salamanders faction. He has bright green power armor with a flamethrower attached to his left arm, and raising a spear aloft with his right. He wears a cape made of drake skin with a firey hem

Hand painted miniature of a space marine from the Salamanders faction. He has bright green power armor with a flamethrower attached to his left arm, and raising a spear aloft with his right. He wears a cape made of drake skin with a firey hem

Hand painted miniature of a space marine from the Salamanders faction. He has bright green power armor with a flamethrower attached to his left arm, and raising a spear aloft with his right. He wears a cape made of drake skin with a firey hem

Hand painted miniature of a space marine from the Salamanders faction. He has bright green power armor with a flamethrower attached to his left arm, and raising a spear aloft with his right. He wears a cape made of drake skin with a firey hem

WIP of Vulkan He’stan as a commission for my local game store with a slight alteration in the spear!

I don’t often paint Space Marines, so it’s nice to get an excuse to, especially Salamanders!
Share if ya like it πŸ’•

#minipainting #miniatures #warhammer #warhammer40k #spacemarine

12.03.2025 00:04 β€” πŸ‘ 39    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
screenshot of an email saying Adobe wants to hear from you!

screenshot of an email saying Adobe wants to hear from you!

New Adobe Photoshop survey is up, it sure would be a shame if it was flooded with artists leaving anti AI sentiment survey.adobe.com/jfe/form/SV_...

11.03.2025 23:11 β€” πŸ‘ 4252    πŸ” 1939    πŸ’¬ 69    πŸ“Œ 41

Guys I want to quit Twitter real bad. Please for gods sake put me in your starter packs and tell people to follow me here. It’s absolutely hell over there 🀣

12.03.2025 00:06 β€” πŸ‘ 945    πŸ” 107    πŸ’¬ 190    πŸ“Œ 30
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I'm really hoping it loosens. I'm working my way to German fluency.

09.03.2025 16:43 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
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Subscribe to Erin In The Morning News and discussion on trans legislation and life. Click to read Erin In The Morning, by Erin Reed, a Substack publication with hundreds of thousands of subscribers.

10. Lastly, I am an award-winning transgender journalist covering LGBTQ+ issues every day. You can subscribe to support my journalism at www.erininthemorning.com/subscribe.

09.03.2025 16:10 β€” πŸ‘ 611    πŸ” 39    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 1

9. The new German, Austrian, and Swiss guidelines mark a significant advancement for transgender healthcare in those countries, reinforcing a growing trend in Europe toward expanding, not restricting, access to gender-affirming care.

09.03.2025 16:10 β€” πŸ‘ 919    πŸ” 55    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 3

8. They criticize the Cass Review and NHS’s rec of β€œpsychotherapy” to cure transness: "However, it is also recommended or the β€˜management of [GD] associated distress.’ None of the studies included in the review in question were able to show a reduction in gender dysphoria through psychotherapy.”"

09.03.2025 16:10 β€” πŸ‘ 741    πŸ” 59    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1
β€œMedical professional societies were not recognizably involved in the preparation of the report. A so-called β€œAssurance Group” was appointed, but it was explicitly not involved in the development of recommendations for the Cass Review. There are reports that an β€œAdvisory Board” was also established. The composition and specific contribution of this β€œAdvisory Board” are not documented (Ruuska et al., 2024; Cass, 2024),” read the guidelines.

β€œMedical professional societies were not recognizably involved in the preparation of the report. A so-called β€œAssurance Group” was appointed, but it was explicitly not involved in the development of recommendations for the Cass Review. There are reports that an β€œAdvisory Board” was also established. The composition and specific contribution of this β€œAdvisory Board” are not documented (Ruuska et al., 2024; Cass, 2024),” read the guidelines.

7. The guidelines slam the Cass Review, saying they do not have much applicability to the German guidelines due to severe methodological shortcomings and transparency.

They especially critique the lack of transparency in the advisory committee and the lack of expertise:

09.03.2025 16:10 β€” πŸ‘ 810    πŸ” 78    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
The guidelines directly recommend puberty blockers and individualized, prioritized care for transgender youth undergoing physical changes. In the section on puberty blockers, the guidelines state with a strong recommendation: β€œIf, in individual cases, the progressive pubertal maturation development creates a time pressure in which health damage would be expected due to longer waiting times to avert irreversible bodily changes (e.g. male voice change), access to child and adolescent psychiatric or psychotherapeutic clarification and medical treatment options should be granted as quickly as possible.”

The guidelines directly recommend puberty blockers and individualized, prioritized care for transgender youth undergoing physical changes. In the section on puberty blockers, the guidelines state with a strong recommendation: β€œIf, in individual cases, the progressive pubertal maturation development creates a time pressure in which health damage would be expected due to longer waiting times to avert irreversible bodily changes (e.g. male voice change), access to child and adolescent psychiatric or psychotherapeutic clarification and medical treatment options should be granted as quickly as possible.”

6. The guidelines directly recommend puberty blockers and individualized, prioritized care for transgender youth undergoing physical changes.

"access to child and adolescent psychiatric or psychotherapeutic clarification and medical treatment options should be granted as quickly as possible.”

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5. From the outset, the guidelines explain the importance of gender affirming care, stating that there are β€œno proven effective treatment alternative without body-modifying medical measures for a [person with] permanently persistent gender incongruence.”

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