Christina Vasilevski

Did you there's another death-tech company out there called Anduril? Specializing in drone technology or something. I fucking hate how these ghouls constantly appropriate Tolkien's ideas despite being everything that Tolkien himself would have hated.

My second win against Typhon involved getting the Dio boon where you get more hp, but your total is hidden from you. I ended up overloading on centaur hearts later, and after I beat Typhon, I learned that I had 700+ hp total, and about 150hp remaining. I was a damage sponge that run.

This is inconsequential in the grand scheme of things, but:

I FINALLY BEAT CHRONOS FUCK YEAH.

The funny thing is that I beat Typhon twice yesterday; it's possible to face-tank him if you have enough hp.

In contrast, Chronos' attack patterns are much more fiddly, especially in phase 2.

#Hades2

I love the omega special for Charon and the omega attack for Than. But I HATE how the general run/move animation has her dragging it along the ground behind her. Makes it look like she's too weak to lift the damn thing.

Have you beefed up the arcana that lets you channel faster? I find with the flames it's super easy to put Zeus or Hestia on attack and then just omega attack shit. Plus, if you get the chain lighting boon from Zeus, it really helps with crowd control/aoe.

Apparently it's been out of print for years. You occasionally hear of people finding a pristine copy at thrift stores, but I am not so lucky.

If you are a fan of #DeepSpaceNine and a certain Plain And Simple Tailor, I have some good news: "A Stitch in Time" is on sale for $1.99 on Kobo.

It's Garak's memoir, written by the actor himself, based on his own notes to flesh out his character's background. I just bought a copy.

#DS9

Even larks and kittycats are supposed, by some, to dream.

The most accurate recreation of DS9 I've seen.

I'm about to start playing #Hades2 in a few minutes. Fuuuuuuck yeah, mama needs her dopamine.

Indulging in topic 3 - can you share any tidbits about the symbol of the 3 rabbits chasing each other, all of whom share ears with each other? I've always found that image so cool.

There's a novel called "King of Egypt, King of Dreams" by Gwendolyn MacEwan that also focuses on Amenhotep and his monotheism.

It's been a decade since I read it, and the book is 50+ years old, but IIRC, the answer is "he was deep into the autism spectrum, and no one knew how to deal with that."

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Please repost to spread the word. The lying is out of control. We have to stop it.

Artists are losing work, wages, and hope as bosses and clients embrace AI Visual artists, illustrators and graphic designers share their stories about how AI is being used to lower wages, degrade work and even replace it altogether, in this installment of AI Killed My Job.

Freelance illustration gigs drying up. Ad agencies using Midjourney instead of hiring human artists. Costume design turned over to AI wholesale. Good work vanishing.

These are the stories of working visual artists, who describe losing jobs, wages, and hope as their clients and bosses embrace AI.

A threat to authoritarianism anywhere is a threat to authoritarianism everywhere

The front cover of Honeyeater by Kathleen Jennings. It features a woman in a white shirt with live insects crawling all over it, and vines snaking out of her collar. Her face is obscured by flowers so that only her lips and jawline are visible, and a bird sits among the flowers so that its head is in the same place that her eye would be. The entire image looks like a painting rather than a photograph.

My copy of Honeyeater by Kathleen Jennings came in at the bookstore today, and holy shamoly, this book cover is even more stunning in person.

I mean, Luigi had those amazingly well-shaped eyebrows. Maybe he should have let them get all scraggly first, THEN wax/thread after the deed.

... On the other hand, it seems like he wanted to be caught to make a statement, so what do I know.

15? Those are rookie numbers, gotta pump them up!

Life hack:

1. Walk past a picket line on your way to work
2. Call out to them, say that your husband is *also* part of a union, and tell them to keep on going
3. Listen to a responding chorus of cheers

Holy fuck, what a HUGE endorphin rush!

Wait, no, I got confused about the background/backdrop vs the actual pieces of scrap.

Ok, so if I understand correctly, this is a staged photo, and the claims about the provenance of the various pieces are false. (I'm not trying to be obtuse, I'm just trying to ensure that my chain of logic makes sense.)

Is....is that an Iron Cross medal?

The reason why older generations burnt the shit out of their meat and boiled the shit out of their vegetables, was your kid died if you didn't.

Medium rare steaks and roasted Brussels sprouts are a side effect of an intact food safety infrastructure

what a terrible time to be sentient

Oh my goodness, look at those big cheeks!

My MS office 365 subscription is coming up for renewal, so here's a friendly reminder: you can switch from the new (more expensive) AI-laden version of Office!

Log in to your account, go to the Cancel section, and there you can switch to the "Classic" version of the product and pay the old price.

Ooh, try Little Kitty, Big City! You play an inquisitive kitten that's fallen out of a window and you have to find your way back home. You get to steal fish, chase birds, and fulfill quests. And there are collectibles!

Maybe if every single shot in your movie is a VFX shot then you just have to accept it's going to be really expensive.

We’re supposed to believe that our computer server deserves human rights, but our restaurant server does not. What a time to be (actually) alive.

Only a few days left to take this questionnaire and write in your own answers to let this Liberal government know that you don't actually want them to be a conservative government.