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anakin78z

@anakin78z@mograph.social

Using emerging tech to make cool things. Big fan of well being. I sometimes bake cakes, and eat them, too. I also watch & post about soccer, mostly #WoSo
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Teryl_Pacieco, to writing
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"What did you do to my laptop?!"

The young mage beamed before noting the anger and dismay; deflating slightly, "I m-made it more secure?"

"You carved runes into the letters! And all around the lid, the base, there's goo on the camera..."

"T-the glyphs protect you from typos, battery failure, spam and spy-ware."

"Oh. Sorry technomancy wasn't a thing when I was your age. Thank you."

"That's okay, mom."

"What?"

"Er, I mean, ma'am!"

anakin78z,
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@Teryl_Pacieco But what does the goo on the camera do?

samhainnight, to random
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Well, damn. Looks like pipes aren’t covered in our policy. Gonna have to upgrade the policy at some point.

anakin78z,
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@samhainnight Assuming you mean the sewage pipes (I thought I saw you post about that), our town is always trying to get us to get extra insurance for them, because they know how old the pipes are, and that regular home insurance doesn't cover them. I have no idea why they are separate.

Skepticat, to random
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~...a raw diet? If you mean cookie dough, then yes, I do a raw diet.

anakin78z,
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@Skepticat OK, I'll be that person: Raw flour and eggs are totally not safe to eat.

Pillsbury recently adjusted their cookie dough recipe so that it can be eaten raw, because it knew that people ignored warnings.

You can also make your own edible cookie dough: https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/255365/edible-cookie-dough/

Pretty sure neither qualifies as raw though.

purplepadma, to random
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I’m struggling and I need cuteness or soothing things in my feed, anyone able to oblige?

anakin78z,
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@purplepadma

shippychaos, (edited ) to random
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(without looking it up, please!)

Which country do you think produces the chocolate brand Kinder?

anakin78z,
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@shippychaos Son of a... It's from Italy.

lizzard, to ADHD German
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Parents of #adhd children: how do you help your kids to sit still, especially in (the first few years of) school?

@adhd #neurodiversity

anakin78z,
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@lizzard @adhd We switched to home schooling. Probably not what you want to hear, but we never found a solution for school, and she's much happier now.
We were told to get a 504 plan (in the US), but that wasn't as straightforward as it first sounded, so it may come down to how your school handles it.

Amr1ta, to random
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Nature is the antidote to (most) people.

Also, I don’t what these nice floating thingies are to add to my alt text nor do I know which hashtag to accompany this picture with. I do know though that it could be a nice wallpaper for any one willing.

anakin78z,
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@Amr1ta they're called water lily pads.

cat_news, to Cats
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There is a bee in the house and it is being very loud and aggressive. Danny (BC, Canada) has never seen such an extra insect. He is watching its every move as his humans try and get it to leave.

https://www.cat-news.news/

anakin78z,
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@cat_news not sure about bees, but one of our cats, Beta, was a master wasp hunter. I always worried about him getting stung, but he would dispatch them swiftly and without issue.

NicoleCRust, (edited ) to random
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What, if anything, makes mood fundamentally different from memory?

My new piece in @thetransmitter

https://www.thetransmitter.org/the-big-picture/what-if-anything-makes-mood-fundamentally-different-from-memory/

You might hear, "Mood disorders are psychological, not biological." What does that even mean? Here I lay out not just this but five different clusters of positions around what mood and mood disorders are (along with a six that you might suspect but no one adopts).

I also asked researchers to chime in on the most effective path forward for mood research. The diversity of opinions is insightful, and telling.

In my own mind, mood is among the most challenging functions that exist. We'll need all hands (and all perspectives) on deck.

Insights from: @awaisaftab, Austin Coley, @eikofried, Steve Hyman, @amygdaloid, Lisa Monteggia, @russpoldrack, Lauren Ross, Robb Rutledge, Maryma Shanechi, Shan Siddiqi, and Eric Turkheimer

anakin78z,
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@NicoleCRust @thetransmitter @awaisaftab @eikofried @amygdaloid @russpoldrack

Years of dealing with a mood disorder have taught me that it's definitely biological, with no doubt in my mind about it. Mindfulness, diet, exercise & such might (only might) reduce severity, and might help manage, but it will not prevent an episode from happening.

anakin78z, to baking
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Baking a lot of beautiful bread today.

vlrny, to random
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What sorts of things have folks been doing to counter loneliness and connect with other humans?

It can be anything - big community building things, small touches with friends, online or irl.

@lonelinesscorps

anakin78z,
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@vlrny @lonelinesscorps Started playing pickleball.

anakin78z,
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@vlrny @lonelinesscorps It's the fastest growing sport in America! (or so I've heard).
It's kind of similar to tennis, but usually played with 4 people, 2 on each side. There's less running, and it's a bit more quick trigger type of play.
The nice thing is that there seem to be 'open' games everywhere, where you can just show up and join a game at certain times. In my small town there are usually 6-13 people there.
It does not involve actual pickles, but my paddle has a pickle on it 😛

Claydisarray, to art
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Here's some of the polymer paintings currently available at my store - I definitely need to add to the collection soon! 🖤

https://claydisarray.bigcartel.com/

My clay interpretation of Mona Lisa by Da Vinci
My clay interpretation of The Desperate Man by Gustave Courbet
My clay interpretation of Frida's Self Portrait with Monkey

anakin78z,
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@Claydisarray Random note: There's a typo in the Hot Fuzz listing: these one-off models stand at j͟u͟t͟ over 7" tall.

anakin78z, to random
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Happy caturday from Peep, who is in a bit of a mood.

anakin78z, to random
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Particle is excited for caturday

bedirthan, to DnD
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I've taken two different approaches to sports in

The first was sports as a tool.

https://fullmoonstorytelling.com/2023/05/03/sports-dungeons-and-dragons-tool/

The second was more elaborate, and leaned into what can do with skills and expertise dice.

Once the Elysians kickstarter is fulfilled I'll link you up with where you can add that to your game

anakin78z,
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@bedirthan One of the first times I played D&D with my kids I wanted to have a non-violent skills challenge, so I came up with a race with obstacles, not unlike some of the mud run 5k races in the real world. To this day the kids will say: "Hey, can we play D&D? No, the one with the running and jumping."

And I'll have no idea what to do, because I made most of it up on the fly, and didn't keep any notes on it.

anakin78z, to random
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Happy caturday from Peep, our farm cat.

Claydisarray, to random
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Why does cold weather mess with my ears so much - they feel like they're full of pressure or something :blobawkward:

anakin78z,
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@Claydisarray pressure changes with temperature changes. It happens a lot in winter and is annoying. Also felt in my eyes.

anakin78z, to Steamdeck
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My daughter has discovered that she REALLY likes playing Stardew Valley on the Steam Deck.
So I've lost 'my' Steam Deck 😿.

Might have to save up for that LED one...

reginasbread, to random
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are there any fantasy books with the main characters being villains, women, AND gay for each other?
I've just read something like this, but it was YA, and I thought how wonderful it would be to have something similar with adults.

anakin78z,
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@reginasbread What's the YA book, if you don't mind me asking?

anakin78z,
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@reginasbread 😆, no, I mean which book did you just read that had the gay women villain main characters.

skaeth, to indieauthors
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Hey bookish folks, I'd love your help! How do you find new-to-you books to read?

I'm trying to figure out where to advertise my books now that I have a fourth book out ( https://buy.bookfunnel.com/vxvlyi6b0v ). I'm rather unknown so can't spend big $$ but it's hard to know where is best to find readers. And yet, it's hard to have a budget without readers, too!

@bookstodon @sffbookclub @fantasy

anakin78z,
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@skaeth @bookstodon @sffbookclub @fantasy

The main ways I find new books:

  1. Look at the 'now available' section in the Libby app, and scroll until something resonates with me
  2. Read random 'top 10 in this genre' or 'if you liked this book, check out...' lists online. Google seems to recommend them to me sometimes. I'll go through and add a bunch to my to-read list.
  3. If I'm in the mood for something specific, I'll google 'books like ...' with a title of a book I liked.

Hope that helps.

anakin78z, to animals
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Particle following us to explore the snow covered meadow.

Melpomene, to DnD
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To my 1.2 followers: If you had to pick a fantasy race to become, which would you choose?

Yes, yes. You can pick human.

anakin78z,
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@Melpomene probably wood elf, as long as there are woods too live in.

bedirthan, (edited ) to DnD
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During the product reveals at PAX U the team also shared a way that fewer stories will be able to be told via D&D -- a huge shift from what they've done in 5th edition's evolution.

http://fullmoonstorytelling.com/2023/12/03/changes-coming-to-5e-backgrounds-further-reduce-story/

anakin78z,
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@bedirthan Well, there's a very high chance that they did some research and found that 90+% of players go with the sample backgrounds, so they went all in on that. But I've never met a DM who said you have to use them.
We've actually mostly ignored them in our games. Not sure why... we just wrote our own background stories and picked background features that seemed to match.

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