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Ashigaru

@Ashigaru@kbin.social

Tokyo-based American working in the video game industry. Role-playing gamer, occasional writer, and goth/industrial music fan. He/him.

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Anera is the charity I've been considering. They've got good ratings from Charity Navigator, Charity Watch, etc.

"Anera is responding to the immense humanitarian need in Gaza, the West Bank and East Jerusalem. Your donation will provide immediate and sustainable relief in Palestine, Lebanon and Jordan."

https://support.anera.org/a/donate

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The Netflix series Sex Education is all about a wide variety of characters' wellbeing and mental health. Even antagonistic "bad" characters tend to have hidden depths and nuance. As a show it was also surprisingly gentle with its characters, rather than just constantly beating them up for drama's sake.

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They're on his forehead, tho...

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I was lucky enough to get one of the transparent red ones from the second round of limited editions, but the new red one looks gorgeous as well.

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The king of empty promises.

Mozilla shutting down Pocket app for Mac, recommends installing iOS app — 9to5Mac (apple.news)

Mozilla has announced today that its read-it-later service Pocket will be retiring its Mac app this month. Users are encouraged to install the iOS app on their Mac or use the web going forward. Here’s when and why Mozilla is shutting it down.

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Not sure why folks here are so down on Pocket. I've used it on a daily basis since it was called Read It Later, long before the Mozilla acquisition. It's a handy way to hang on to links temporarily, when bookmarking is overkill and I don't want to have a million browser tabs open.

Very often I spot something on Mastodon (or pre-Musk Twitter) or one of my Discord servers and want to come back to it later. Maybe I'm on my iPhone and the site is something that would be better on my PC monitor. Maybe it's a YouTube video and I'm someplace where I can't play sound. Pocket does the job.

What app do you use to read ebooks?

I'm looking for recommendations. I usually use Overdrive with books I've downloaded (I think in the epub format). But now I hear that Overdrive is no longer being supported (I think the company wants people to use their Libby app instead). I'm hoping to find something open source and privacy minded. Also not wild about what...

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Marvin on iOS for ePubs, Goodreader for PDFs. Both solid pieces of software I've used for years.

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Several of the Commander Cody serials can be seen in early episodes of Mystery Science Theater 3000.

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It hasn't been that long since their last SF-themed release, with Gabriel Soma and The Singularity.

That being said, I love Alien and a Nostromo map could be amazing.

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A Short Hike is a very charming game that's included in the sale. If you've picked up one of the bigger charity bundles on itch.io in the last couple years you may already own it.

NPD/NID TWSBI 700VAC R and Iroshizuki Kon-Peki (files.catbox.moe)

It’d been a minute since I bought a new pen, and I’ve always wanted to try a vacuum fill pen so I finally pulled the trigger. The pen writes so well straight out of the box but that’s always been my experience with TWSBI pens. The kon-peki ink is a nice beautiful blue that also seems to dry fairly quickly which is nice...

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I like Iroshizuku ink a lot. I have a bottle of Shinkai ("Deep Sea") that's a nice blue-gray (more gray than blue, though).

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I, too, recommend Jinhao pens. I have a Jinhao 75 and it is an absolute pleasure to write with, I like it even more than my US$50-70 fountain pens.

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The children were devoured by saltwater crocodiles, venomous spiders, and Drop Bears within minutes.

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Great overview! More D&D-faithful games like Old School Essentials are certainly fine, but I have the most fun with DCC. The third party support and community are both great.

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The issue in question is a free download from Amazon/ComiXology or direct from the publisher:

Conan the Barbarian Free Comic Book Day 2023

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I'd like to be able to double jump, platform video game-style. Mostly pointless in daily life, but imagine how good it would feel?

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At a minimum, I'd want to be able to unrealistically change direction in mid-air.

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Kobold Press' monsters are fun and original. Just be aware that they hit at their listed Challenge Rating, while many of the first party WotC monsters are easier/less effective in combat than their listed CR.

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@Stinkywizzleteets Well done!!

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I'm not generally into racing games, but this is one series I miss. I was surprised about how it just seemed to disappear.

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War is bad, but I love the planes.

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"The street finds its own uses for things." - William Gibson

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Jumpman on the Commodore 64.

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