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bestanimal · 3 months ago

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Round 3 - Reptilia - Accipitriformes

(Sources - 1, 2, 3, 4)

Our next order of birds are the Accipitriformes, colloquially called “raptors” or “birds of prey”, though these paraphyletic terms are often used to include unrelated orders such as owls and falcons as well. Accipitriformes are comprised of the living families Cathartidae (“New World vultures”), Sagittariidae (“Secretarybird”), Pandionidae (“Osprey”), and Accipitridae (“hawks”, “eagles”, “kites”, and “Old World vultures”).

Accipitriformes typically have a sharply hooked beak with a soft cere housing the nostrils. Their wings are long and fairly broad, adapted for soaring flight. They have strong legs and feet with raptorial claws and opposable hind claws. Almost all Accipitriformes are carnivorous, hunting by sight during the day or at twilight. They are predominantly active predators and/or scavengers, and many are specialized for particular prey items.

Accipitriformes are generally monogamous over many years, though they will choose a new mate if their old mate dies. Females are usually larger than males, sometimes to a substantial degree. Courtship typically involves displays of flight, and presenting gifts of food. Most Accipitriformes build nests, and return to the same nest site each breeding season. Typically, both the male and female will build the nest, incubate the eggs, and raise the young. Many Accipitriformes are long-lived, and can take several years to reach sexual maturity.

Accipitriformes arose in the Eocene, around 50 million years ago. DNA sequence analyses suggest that divergences within the Accipitriformes began around the Eocene/Oligocene boundary, about 34 million years ago.

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The California Condor (Gymnogyps californianus) is often considered a conservation success story, having just barely escaped from the brink of extinction. In 1987, only 27 individuals remained. Conservationists at the San Diego Wild Animal Park and the Los Angeles Zoo rounded up all 27 remaining wild birds and began a captive breeding program. Beginning in 1991, captive bred California Condors were reintroduced into the wild. Today, around 561 California Condors live wild. The bird is still critically endangered, and its population is only kept stable by regular vet checks and frequent captive releases, with all wild California Condors being tagged and closely monitored. Like many North American Accipitriformes, the California Condor is threatened by lead poisoning. Lead shot is often used for hunting, and when it enters an animal, it explodes into tiny fragments. When hunters field dress an animal (ie. butcher it at the kill site and leave the inedible bits for scavengers) small fragments of lead shot often remain in the carcass. It can take a fragment of lead as small as a pea to kill a bird the size of an eagle.

The Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) and the King Vulture (Sarcoramphus papa) (image 4) appear in a variety of Maya hieroglyphs in Mayan codices. While the Black Vulture is often depicted as a symbol of death or attacking humans, the King Vulture is sometimes portrayed as a god with a human body and a bird head. According to Mayan mythology, this god often carried messages between humans and the other gods.

The genus Cathartes locates carrion by detecting the scent of ethyl mercaptan, a gas produced by the bodies of decaying animals. The olfactory lobe of the brains in these species is particularly large compared to that of other animals, giving Cathartes vultures an incredible sense of smell.

The Secretarybird (Sagittarius serpentarius) (image 3) is a highly unique Accipitriform, sporting long legs and being mostly terrestrial. The tallest Accipitriform, it can grow to a height of as much as 1.3 m (4 ft 3 in). The Secretarybird eats small vertebrates and insects, which it flushes from the grass by stomping its long legs. It will then chase after its prey on foot and kill it by stomping. Only small prey items such as wasps and grasshoppers will the Secretarybird kill with its beak.

The Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) (image 2) is the only living species of its family, and the most widespread Accipitriform, living almost worldwide wherever there is water. The Osprey's diet consists almost exclusively of fish. Their vision is well adapted to detecting underwater objects from the air. Prey is first sighted when the Osprey is 10–40 m (33–131 ft) above the water, after which the bird hovers momentarily and then plunges feet first into the water. They will often completely submerge underwater, only to immediately surface and take flight with their prey in tow.

The Palm-nut Vulture (Gypohierax angolensis) is a uniquely omnivorous Accipitriform, with a diet consisting of 60% to 90% palm-fruit, as well as wild dates, oranges, other fruits, some grains, and acacia seeds.

Most vultures have flat feet adapted for walking, and lack the grip strength of their predatory cousins. But the Bearded Vulture (Gypaetus barbatus) has maintained strong feet, which it uses to carry and drop large bones in order to crack them open to more manageable pieces. The Bearded Vulture is the only known vertebrate whose diet consists of 70–90% bone.

The Egyptian Vulture (Neophron percnopterus) is one of the few birds known to use tools. Egyptian Vultures will use a pebble as a hammer on large eggs they wish to eat, swinging the pebble down onto the egg repeatedly until it cracks. They will also use twigs to roll up wool, making it easily transported back to their nest.

The Bearded Vulture and the Egyptian Vulture are the only birds known to use cosmetics. They will bathe in iron-rich dust or mud, or rub it on their bodies, dying their feathers yellow, orange, or even red. Both sexes will dye their feathers, and it seems to serve no purpose other than to look good.

The Snail Kite (Rostrhamus sociabilis), Slender-billed Kite (Helicolestes hamatus), and Hook-billed Kite (Chondrohierax uncinatus) are specialists in preying on snails, which usually constitute 50–95% of their diet.

Many accipitrids of almost all sizes have been recorded as capturing and then flying with prey of equal weight or even slightly heavier than themselves in their talons, a feat that requires great strength. Usually, the bird will leave prey at the kill site and return to feed repeatedly. Accipitrids such as the Golden Eagle (Aquila chrysaetos), Wedge-tailed Eagle (Aquila audax), Martial Eagle (Polemaetus bellicosus) and Crowned Eagle (Stephanoaetus coronatus) have successfully hunted ungulates, such as deer and antelope, and other large animals (kangaroos and emus in the Wedge-tailed) weighing more than 30 kg (66 lb), 7–8 times their own mass.

Most accipitrids are solitary, or only share space with their mate, but the Harris's Hawk (Parabuteo unicinctus) is known for being a “pack hunter”. Flocks of Harris’s Hawks generally consist of a dominant female, her mate, and the young of previous years. The flock will hunt cooperatively, working together to hunt comparatively large prey such as hares, and sharing the meal after bringing it down.

Some harriers have evolved to become polygynous, with a single smaller male breeding with and then helping multiple females raise young.

The single largest known tree nest known for any animal belonged to a Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus), and was found to be 6.1 m (20 ft) deep and 2.9 meters (9.5 ft) across, and to weigh 3 short tons (2.7 metric tons). Bald Eagles usually build onto their previous nest every year.

The Bald Eagle is considered a conservation success story. The Bald Eagle was severely affected in the mid-20th century by a variety of factors, among them the use of the pesticide DDT. While DDT was not lethal to the adult bird, it interfered with their calcium metabolism, making them either unable to lay eggs, or lay eggs which had thin, brittle shells which could not stand the weight of a brooding adult. By the 1950s there were only 412 nesting pairs in the 48 contiguous states of the USA. Other factors in Bald Eagle population reductions were a widespread loss of habitat, as well as both legal and illegal shooting. In Alaska alone, approximately 70,000 Bald Eagles were shot in a 12 year period. The Bald Eagle was declared an endangered species in the USA in 1967, and laws were put into place prohibiting killing of the birds. But the most significant protection occurred in 1972, when DDT was finally banned in the US, and in 1989 when it was banned in Canada. The Bald Eagle has significantly rebounded since then, and as of 2007, is classified as “least concern”, a testament of what regulation can do. However, today, the greatest threat to eagles in the US and Canada is the continued use of lead, with more than half of adult eagles across 38 US states already suffering from lead poisoning. Bald Eagles mainly eat fish and carrion. Lead poisoning comes from lead shot used by hunters, as well as lead sinkers used by fishermen and ingested by fish.

The White-rumped Vulture (Gyps bengalensis) is critically endangered, with a global population of less than 6,000 individuals. Once numbering in the millions, the White-rumped Vulture was thought to be “the most abundant large bird of prey in the world”. Following the Indian Vulture Crisis (see below), the White-rumped Vulture has declined by 99%, the steepest decline in birds since North America’s Passenger Pigeon (Ectopistes migratorius).

Vultures are nature’s disease control. They are highly effective scavengers, and are able to digest and resist many diseases with their highly acidic stomach acid, stopping the spread when they scavenge a carcass.

Old World Vultures are the most imperiled group of birds on the planet, with around 70% of vulture species threatened with extinction. The extent to which we need vultures became incredibly apparent beginning in the 1980s in India, with an ongoing event now known as the “Indian Vulture Crisis”. Most of India’s vulture populations plummeted due to indirect poisoning from NSAID painkillers left in the bodies of deceased cattle. After vultures began to disappear, carcasses were left to rot, increasing the populations of less-effective scavengers such as rats and feral dogs. The feral dog population increased by the millions, also increasing the amount of rabies bite cases. Since the disappearance of vultures, India has seen a significant amount of rabies cases, causing more than 47,000 extra deaths. Animal carcasses left to rot have also contaminated the water supply in rural areas. It is estimated that the Indian Vulture Crisis has cost over $40 billion in economic impact.

Similarly, the African Vulture Crisis has only just begun. In Africa, vultures suffer from accidental and intentional poisonings, as many farmers leave poisoned carcasses out to keep predators away from their livestock. Poachers will also poison and kill vultures, as their presence can alert park rangers that the poachers have made a kill.

While New World Vulture populations seem to be doing fine (excluding the California Condor), and are protected under the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, it is best to be wary should the Americas face their own vulture crisis. Like in Africa, American farmers may target vultures as perceived threats to their livestock, or poison predators resulting in the accidental poisoning of vultures. Vultures also suffer from many of the same threats as other birds of prey, including lead poisoning, rodenticide poisoning, and loss of habitat. Most South American vultures are also severely understudied, and their populations could be dropping without our knowledge.

#physically restraining myself from giving more Vulture Facts #I have a whole hour long PPT presentation on the vulture extinction crisis just sitting here #animal polls #round 3 #reptilia #Accipitriformes

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dawnofplumeria · 5 months ago

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My first ever dragonfruit fanart

Typically I don't draw anything unrelated to Demon Slayer here, but I just find the below picture to be so fitting of my other otp from another show, Dragonfruit (I'm more engaged with it with my other account lol)! Behold, my first ever Dragonfuit fanart!

We'll be back to our regular scheduled programming shortly after this one!

#lego monkie kid #monkie kid #monkie kid mei #monkie kid red son #dragonfruit #lmk #lmk fanart #lmk dragonfruit

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stn-tmblr · 10 months ago

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Mc here! Unrelated to our regular programming just need some quick feedback.

#obey me

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cheemscakecat · 8 months ago

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A slight opportunity missed.

So, there’s not a whole lot that I’d change about Hank and Connor’s storyline in Detroit Become Human, but that being said.

The story takes place in 2038, and Hank is a Millennial.

Millennials don’t have that Gen Z knowledge of new technology, but they do have a pretty decent understanding of it and some have healthy skepticism. They aren’t like Boomers, who struggle to adjust to using new tech and fall for more scams. Like AI generated photos and scam emails.

There are Millennial parents that buy IPads for their literal infants and let them get brain rotted, but Hank doesn’t strike me as the type to do that.

I think there’s a missed opportunity to make Lieutenant Anderson the type of Millennial who doesn’t blindly trust new products in tech. He’s like the sensible Millennial who thinks linking your house up to an Alexa to control the lights, appliances, and doors, is dystopian. Literally does not see a point in doing all that.

Bro probably took one look at the Metaverse trailer, knew it was gonna be dog water, and laughed at its failure. Hank probably used to mess with phone scammers like this Officer:

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Another change I talked about previously is having Conner be in use before the first deviant case, helping with unrelated cases. That way it feels like the Police have a reason to trust Conner enough to include him in the Cyberlife related cases. It’s highly suspicious for them to insert a police Android during an investigation that could make or break their company.

I would write Hank as still having reservations about using Connor, since he’s skeptical of Cyberlife’s intentions. He thinks Cyberlife is using this walking, talking recording device to mine information from the Police department [Which is true].

You know that scene where Connor scans Anderson’s desk to figure out his interests and break the ice? That would literally just make Hank feel like he’s right about the data mining. I’d have him sit down, not stoked about the android but resigned to deal with it, then get progressively more frustrated by Connor’s attempts to act friendly.

Then Hank stomps to the chief’s office and starts refusing to work with the android. Only to be told he has no choice. Lieutenant Anderson disliking Connor, not just because of what happened to Cole, but because he’s smart enough to think Cyberlife is using him as spyware, would be an interesting factor in their relationship.

I think the turning point where you can actually befriend Hank would be when you show up at his house and sober him up. Because a regular machine would probably just stand in one spot and call an ambulance. But Connor very stubbornly moves Anderson to his bathroom and starts briefing him on the mission once he’s sober.

One would assume this android is programmed to wait for an ambulance and confirmation that Hank’s okay, then request a different human cop to help with the investigation that night. But Connor’s actions are much more human and “illogical” than that.

He’s impatient and stubborn, two traits that Cyberlife androids aren’t programmed with. Maybe the Traci Models, but 9 times out of 10, impatient and stubborn androids are bad for business. Any adult should know that, Hank included.

The meaner interrogation could have been written off as Cyberlife programming a bunch of dialogue into Connor based on cases and movie scenes. That was at work, and for all Anderson knows, Connor was always programmed to be able to intimidate criminals. But it’s a lot harder to write off an Android dragging you to the bathtub and refusing to take no for an answer about investigating that night.

That’s human. Illogical, stubborn, overstepping his bounds… and human. Leaving the car at the murder scene, despite being commanded to stay, could have been written off as Connor’s spyware programming too. Not attitude or impatience. But in retrospect, it would make sense as part of his personality too.

#Youtube #Detroit become human #connor rk800 #dbh #hank anderson #not shipping #ramblings #Hank the type of guy to never allow Siri to use his microphone #he will type out a misspelled google search if he has to

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mask131 · 11 months ago

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Other Odysseys: Mission Odyssey

This one is sort-of a follow-up to the "Ulysse 31" cartoon. You'll see what I mean...

Do you know Totally Spies, or Martin Mystery, or Team Galaxy? Those quite specific cartoons coming from a specific set of studios and a quite specific era, with their very distinctive style? Well, there was a fourth cartoon part of this set, so to speak... one adapting the Odyssey. A Franco-German cartoon first aired in 2002. In France we just call it "L'odyssée", The Odyssey, but in English the titled got changed to "Mission Odyssey" (probably to be more appealing to kids?).

This cartoon is another production of the company Marathon Média of the early 2000s pushing forward what has been called the "franime" - a French animation style trying to imitate Japanese anime, or rather marrying some manga visual elements with a more European animation tradition. Where Totally Spies was dealing with the "spy" genre, Martin Mystery with the "horror for kids" and Team Galaxy with "sci-fi space-travel", "Mission Odyssey" actually is meant to tackle a more "traditional" fantasy. And... that's kind of the main problem of this cartoon.

Because when you look at this cartoon... You will see how it clearly was meant to be a D&D-like fantasy show X)

Don't get me wrong, I enjoy this cartoon and I have positive stuff to say about it... But let's get the bad things out of the way. And the first bad thing is that, if you are looking for a faithful adaptation of Greek mythology, turn away because its handling of the Greek myths is very very loose.

The core story is still the same as the Odyssey: Odysseus tries to return home to Ithaca after the Trojan War, but is pursued by the wrath of Poseidon, and must wander from island to island, monster to monster, encounter after encounter, with the final episode seeing him defeat the suitors harassing Penelope (the show is 26 episodes of 24 minutes). And don't get me wrong: unlike "Ulysses 31" which invented out of blue entire episodes completely unrelated to Greek mythology whatsoever, Mission Odyssey ALWAYS takes its elements from Greek mythology, always. But A) In order to provide some padding and extend the story, Odysseus encounters a LOT of monsters and characters NOT part of the Odyssey - Pegasus, the Minotaur, the Amazons, the Gorgons, centaurs, harpies , Lycaon and the Golden Fleece are all at the program. B) The show has an habit of... reimagining the monster and entities of Greek mythology in WILD and bizarre ways.

The Minotaur? He is actually the king of his island and much more human than planned. The Gorgons? They are now two witch-sisters instead of a trio of monsters. Charybdis and Scylla? They are cursed lovers who must be set free from the spell that trap them. The sirens? They're your typical fish-mermaid kingdom. The harpies? They are now an entire kingdom and matriarchy of bird-women, instead of random evil spirits. The Titans? Oh they're just horned-bluish humanoids living in a Norse-inspired frozen land, but very much regular mortal folks. Zephyrus? The human son of Aeolus who ran away from his father's celestial palace to live with other mortals. Etc, etc etc... This show has some of the most unfaithful and misinformative and just plain weird takes on Greek mythology I have seen in kids' cartoons.

The very crew of Odysseus' ship was entirely reinvented. Of course, it is to limit the number of protagonist and make it easier for kids to follow, but outside Odysseus, all of his companions are original characters to the show, and that's where I talked about the D&D vibe: these characters feel like a D&D party the more your think about it. Putting this under this perspective, it starts of make sense why some of the reimaginations are so strange and so unlike Greek mythology: it seems the show's project had some sort of past as a more "fantasy" show before settling for Greek mythology.

Anyway, enough of the bad stuff! What about the good? Why do I enjoy this cartoon and still advise people to go check it out despite its unfaithfulness?

Because - on the one side, it is VERY imaginative and creative in its reimagination. Sure it is not at all like the legends to have Charybdis and Scylla be doomed lover cursed into monstrous shapes to never be together... But you can't deny it still feels like something out of Ovid's Metamorphosis. Yes it is bizarre to have the Minotaur be the king who built the labyrinth instead of the monster trapped in it, but you see how they play with the legend around. And there's a lot of VERY striking visuals and concepts (like the Moirai spinning their web like creepy old-spider-ladies, or Lycaon trapped at the bottom of a well and sweet-talking people nto letting him out). And it does lead to some crazy scenarios that I quite enjoy: there's an episode about the group GOING DOWN INTO TARTARUS TO FREE POSEIDON OUT OF KRONOS CLUTCHES! How wild is that?

But here's the actual "good" point: while it is takes the "creative freedom" to the max in certain areas, when it decides to stick to the Greek myths, it sticks to it in a wonderful way. It's little details here and there, but they are very much appreciated. For example: the entire story of the Odyssey is here framed as actually some sort of contest or bet between Poseidon and Athena, who are the two main gods dealing with the story, and while the cartoon doesn't linger on the concept of the Trojan War (it's for kids after all), they do replace Odysseus' torment in the line of the Athena-Poseidon competitions, with Odysseus as Athena's champion opposed by Poseidon's own minions, monsters and servants.

There is an episode where the crew of Odysseus gets to the Underworld, and here Hades is not the bad guy, which is VERY interesting for an early 2000s cartoon: he is depicted, like in the myths, as a neutral though frightening entity who honestly will be a pleasant host to visitors as long as they don't stay, and follow his rules, but will become an absolute merciless terror if anyone break his law or tries to commit a crime in his domain. In fact, they do juxtapose him with Poseidon precisely to show how unlike Poseidon who is the bad guy here, Hades is much more benevolent than his brother.

Another little detail I particularly enjoy: Penelope and Telemachus are not forgotten, and every episode begins with a scene about them. Most beautifully: each episode's main theme, monster or MacGuffin is foreshadowed by the motif of Penelope's tapestry. Each day a new tapestry, echoing the adventures her husband will have to face...

But my favorite of this cartoon is, of course, Poseidon.

I like to say that if you want a complete idea of Poseidon in Greek mythology, through modern kid fiction, you need to look at both the Percy Jackson books and this cartoon. The Percy Jackson books did a great job at showing the good and benevolent side of Poseidon, but they lacked his evil and dangerous side - which is what this cartoon is all about.

It might just be me, as I am a big Poseidon fan, but Poseidon is here an excellent traditional villain. Of course, it is all the codes we know today - he is this over-arching villain who works only through minions, underlings and indirect attacks (because, as per the rule of the gods' games in this show, deities cannot directly attack or influence or protect the humans and have to work through side-ways), he always comes up with a new evil plot each episode, and at the end of it he goes all "I'll catch you next time!". But it works with the character and material, and its a delightful classic move.

You clearly see here Poseidon as the father and ruler of the monsters and dangers of the sea, and I adore his design which is literaly a mix of Disney's Hades and Ursula with some elements from Bai Tza from the Jackie Chan Adventures. He is this blue-skinned, blond, octopus-man whose size constantly shifts and changes from a tiny thing to a giant because he keeps manifesting himself through various bodies of water and so can appear as much out of the ocean as within a cup of water you try to drink. He is clearly shown as cruel and petty, vengeful and destructive, cunning and filled with dark magic... In fact he is even seen trying to cheat repeatedly throughout the series, only for Athena to step in and be like "Nah, not on my watch".

However there's a bonus point: we have a nuanced Poseidon here. The very episode with the Cyclop is quite interesting, as it actually explores Poseidon's relationship with his son Polyphemus - Polyphemus who is here actually more of a dumb idiot and honestly a bit goofy at times (he is still a man-eating giant, but at least he is polite and timid about it), and while Poseidon is short-tempered and get VERY annoyed by his son's idiocy... He doesn't actually lash out at him, he tries to cajole him, and he even conforts him at the end by promising him to create a new eye (in this version, kid-friendly, Polyphemus' eye is a glass-device). Which is a great contrast with how Poseidon threatens and terrifies his other underlings. In fact, many times in the show we see people who are genuinely pleased and happy to see Poseidon, see him as a benevolent and friendly guy and are more than willing to help him - only to realize too late what he asks from them is actually nefarious. It is made VERY clear that, if it wasn't for Odysseus, we could get to see more of Poseidon's good side, but since he is Poseidon's unwilling enemy, all turns against him.

Even more so: this cartoon had the genius idea of analyzing how Poseidon becoming the main villain and the persecutor of Odysseus in this story ends up ruining him. Because as the episodes pile up and Poseidon is more and more foiled by Odysseus, we see him get increasingly frustrated and mad and vengeful, becoming obsessed with this guy. He keeps telling those who think of him as a benevolent god and nice patron to go kill this guy who turns out to be just an innocent traveller or a nice person (oh yeah, Odysseus in this version is your ur-good guy, no blame whatsoever, he is just Superman without the powers, you know), and as a result he loses all the support he had gathered. It is very interesting how it works by the gods: because a few times Poseidon will use the trust and respect other gods put in him to try to turn them against Odysseus, or trick them into attacking him. It happened with Hades, and with Aeolus, and with Hephaistos, and each time, Poseidon's treachery was revealed, leading him to be banished from their realm and earning their enemity. The result is that... As the show progresses we realize how Poseidon's obsession with Odysseus, destructive grudge and desire to cheat to finally beat Athena lead him to become a hated and humiliated god among mortals and immortals, and I think it is a quite a nice twist.

They do enjoy analyzing the ambiguity and ambivalence of Poseidon - for example the Pegasus episode has Odysseus meet Bellerophon, and the hunt for the Chimera is actually put aside in favor of Odysseus trying to give therapy to poor Bellerophon who is in a sort of passive-abusive relationship with his father. In a similar way, the Cronos episode is all about how Odysseus and crew have to rescue Poseidon because, even though he is their enemy, hates them and will see them dead, he is a needed part of the world and removing him literaly kills the sea (all the sea-waters turn into a strange sand-colored crystal), for ultimately he is the sea, violent and stormy, and cunning and filled with monsters, and never making it easy on sailors.

Though my favorite part is definitively how by the end, once Odysseus gets his happy ending, we cut back to Athena and Poseidon concluding their bet... Only for Poseidon to try to convince Athena to take another bet and begin another "game", begging her like some sort of friend with dares like "Okay but what about him not returnign to the sea, not leaving Ithaca? Don't you want to bet on that, on him not resisting the call of the adventure? Please, Athena, let's just have another game. Let's just bet on anything, pleeeaasse". And... it leaves you with this very strange and still kind of happy note that ultimately Poseidon is indeed, not really a bad guy, but just a short-tempered gambling addict doubled with a very sore loser X)

#other odysseys #the odyssey #odyssey #odyssey adaptations #mission odyssey #poseidon #greek mythology #french cartoons #2000s cartoons

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mx-mehri · 2 months ago

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making a brand new pinned!! yay!!

hello!! we are the crescent constellation, a monoconscious system containing 6 headmates!! you may use they/them for us collectively :)

this is our blog to discuss and share alterhuman experiences (and also to ramble meaninglessly). previously, this was mostly focused on the therian/otherkin community, but after realizing that the therio/kintypes were actually headmates the whole time, we’ve changed things up to focus on plurality a lot more!! (we also vent here on occasion, filter out #unrelated thoughts if you do not wish to see that!!)

we had awakened as a therian in august 2023, and then had our syscovery in november 2024 :)

feel free to send us asks and messages, we love that shit!!!

(please keep in mind that me (marrow) and coi are like the only ones you’ll see on a regular basis because we are the only ones that have some semblance of voluntary switching and communication between each other)

basic list of us ↓

- marrow: human, he/it (host & most frequent fronter) #- marrow

- coi: robot, they/it (semi-frequent fronter) #- 🖥️

- meadow/lynn: aspecies, they/she #- meadow

- pinecone: american crow, it/its #- pinecone

- lune: human, they/them (little around the ages of 2-5) #- lune

- mori: divine computer program(?), she/any (excluding he/him) #- mori

we support endogenic systems (including created ones!!) and physical alterhumans on this blog!!!

main blog is @starite-wishes, may interact from there

#coi chose an emoji as their tag because it changed its name and then had to retag all of their shit #so now they just use an emoji so that they never have to retag again #i think lynn wrote most of the stuff here. thanks lynn <3 - marrow #pinned #🪶.txt

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isat-script-project · 10 months ago

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unrelated but do you know how to find the area maps as images

Here you go! You can't actually get those from game files because the maps are stored per tile in the json files or something, all pulling from the various tilesets somewhere in the data folder.

So a while back chaoticdawn made the images. They used some special program or something I dunno. Thank u chaoticdawn very epic

#feli gets asked #once again. i know everything. hehe

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kittiemitties · 6 months ago

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Unrelated noodling because I got myself a standalone tablet for christmas and was working out the different programs with varying degrees of success

Bonus outfits the regular way because fashion is my one Constant love throughout everything else

#doctor who #zoe heriot #fashon #concept art #Yuu #Scott #Lucas #names subject to change #Seigfried #Pitri #that one too actually #Sparrow #oc #ocs #digital #fanart #original

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hatopixlriffs · 1 year ago

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This week, on CHC:

Welcome to the CHC recap, my name is Pixlriffs, our writer is ZloyXP, our physical copies printed by Lyarrah. So much has happened since the last recap, so without further ado:

Let's take a look at all the events and mishaps that occurred on Camp Hermitcraft, this week!

Starting with @hecatesmadscientist, who went on an epic quest for a subway sandwich, which ended with monster fight and a warrant out for his arrest.

@docm77-hato-ask-blog has been busy bringing new demigods to camp this week.

@spoonsandmustaches and @askscarpjo have both been busy with the camp's newest supernatural phenomena, a cross-dimensional iris message accidentally created by @undead-daughter-of-hebe! Many CHC and CE campers have been investigating this.

Mumbo and Scar's boyfriend, @askhermesgrian, has been busy with their regular love messages and asked Bdubs for flower arranging advice for totally unrelated reasons. Grian has also been enjoying the chaos his side of programming has created as @hato-grumbot continues to answer the other camper's questions.

Grian's flower troubles isn't the first thing @asktheshreeper has helped out with this week, as he's been aiding Etho in the infirmary! They shared a platonic kiss, it was very sweet, and some hermits are going nuts over it.

@boatboynr2 snuck out of the infirmary soon after, and helped Tango with some stomach problems.

@hatotangoftek hasn't been feeling very well this week, and gladly accepted Etho's help. The two hung out with Cleo in the Hades cabin for a bit.

Speaking of Cleo, after accidentally iris messaging another dimension, she made a deal with @thatgayflowerboy to ah, drug @askxisumachc with catnip. Just to see what would happen.

As a result, @askhatokeralis is stuck babysitting a very cuddly and drunk Xisuma while Cleo is hiding out in the Hades cabin.

@goldenqueenfalse has also talked with Scott this week, and had a heart to heard about the accident that put him in the infirmary. She then starts preparing for the fast approaching prom.

@gem-the-oracle spent the week recovering from her magic sickness, but seems to be doing better, according to Apollo.

@askhatoskizz enjoyed the musical with @erempulse, and ended up falling for him. He has been fighting the allegations.

Impulse also enjoyed the musical. He has also been fighting the allegations.

@hatorendiggitydog could not beat the allegations and ended up confessing to and getting together with @inthelittlelore. The two spent the week hanging out.

@pearl-likes-hunting found some bloodthirty chickens and wants to keep them.

@shutupapolloplease says Pearl cannot keep the bloodthirsty chickens. She has also been making progress on her quest to restore her godhood.

@reaperofmenlit has been picking fights with Apollo and @humblebardofcampempires.

@sungod7-fuckyoupearl suddenly has had more important things to worry about than fighting with Literyses, as @notoriginallyatreenypmh found a way to restore @hyancithus to his human form.

Finally, @thesmartonehere has been dealing with @hermes-notthebag, who is one of two gods to have made a blog this week.

The other is @allisfairinloveandwarxoxo, aka Aphrodite, whom has been ruthlessly shipping campers and gods alike all week. She has also started a weekly love report, which she hopes will get some pining relationships moving along.

AND that's about it for this weeks recap, our writer is ZloyXP, and my name is Pixlriff, physical copies printed by Lyarrah. Don't forget to leave a like while you're here, and follow so you don't miss future recaps. Thanks for reading, and we'll see you next week.

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outnumberedsins · 2 months ago

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hello! i don’t want to bother you, so i hope it’s okay if i send an ask (i’ve been scrolling through your page for a while, and as a major psych nerd + heavily suspected system, i’m really impressed with the depth/integrity of the information you post)

lately, we’ve been having some concerns about the origins of our system, especially regarding a proper “label” for the specific type of system we are. we are a traumagenic system that has undergone severe (although unintentional, we believe) conditioning since the body was very young (from ages 4-15, roughly), although we are certain there are no official “programs” instilled into us, not in the traditional sense. we show signs of operant/fear-based conditioning that affects our behaviors and thought processes heavily, as well as signs of polyfragmentation (we have just under 200 known parts now, most of whom have formed during severe yet unrelated periods of trauma).

based on this information, do you think the term “hc-did” would be appropriate for us to use? we don’t wish to offend anyone or use such a stereotyped phrase wrongly, but the signs are very clear to us and it would be nice to put a name to our experiences.

apologies again for the sudden ask, i hope you have a wonderful day/night! thank you for taking the time to read this!

-🔑⛓️

Since you're asking my opinion specifically- I don't think HC-DID is an appropriate term for anybody to use. I won't stop you, but in my opinion, it doesn't do any good. But, I doubt anybody who uses that label would be offended by it.

If your trauma history fits, I think it's fine to call yourself an OEA/RAMCOA survivor. I can't tell you if you're a programming survivor or anything like that, most of what you're asking depends on you on your own. Imo, stop worrying about if your trauma is severe enough for a label and focus on recovery. I'll also say that conditioning like that is also seen in "regular" CPTSD survivors, and can just be a factor of systemhood.

But that's just me, and this isn't meant to sound rude or dismissive. I think you know yourself best and I shouldn't be a deciding factor.

#. my posts #ramcoa #oea #organized abuse #programmed system #. terms #. asks

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blackjackkent · 1 year ago

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Gortash battle report!

Starting state of play:

There are two mechanisms on the wall behind his combat starting point, labeled "Micromodron Force Curtain" and "Deranged Force Curtain" respectively. Examining them, we learn that the former gives him immunity to Thunder damage and resistance to physical damage, while the latter (which is malfunction, hence the "Deranged") is currently making him vulnerable to elemental damage. They seem to operate on a two turn cycle, so we have one turn every other turn where he's unprotected.

A large majority of Minsc's damage with Nyrulna is Thunder damage so this is a bit of a shame and it might be nice to have Hector punch the thing off the wall if possible (it's vulnerable to bludgeoning damage).

Examining Gortash gives the entertaining note that he is wearing boots which give him a +1 to Charisma checks and a coat which gives advantage on Intimidation and Insight, which is hilarious because the person he would be trying to charm/intimidate/read is ME, and I am not governed by the dice.

There's also three Black Gauntlets in here but let's be real, I'm not trapped in here with them, they're trapped in here with me. Gortash and his wall art are the main threat.

Other exciting decor in the room include several wall-mounted "grenade impellers" and "incineration casters" which throw conc grenades and spew fire at regular intervals, respectively.

Combat:

Another interesting wrinkle: Gortash is able to throw something called a "Reflectoguard" onto his companions, which for two turns causes them to reflect any projectile sent at them. This fight really is designed as a huge fuck you to Minsc and his Nyrulna throw build personally. :(

Gortash opens the fight with the scream "This city is MINE!" and then lines up a perfect shot with what appears to be Sunbeam OUT OF HIS CROSSBOW that managed to line up on the entire team and blind everyone. I would like to take a moment to give massive props to whoever programmed his AI to calculate his position to make that happen because I am sure that gave someone fits in development. (Honestly there are SO many little combat AI moments that make me think this; this must have been such an intense project.)

(Side note unrelated to anything - it's funny that I'm still getting XP for things even though everyone's max level. It doesn't do anything at this point right?)

It looks like my read from above was correct - Gortash spends turn 1 resistant to everything, turn 2 normal, turn 3 vulnerable to elemental, turn 4 normal, and then repeat. Some interesting potential strategy here.

As expected, all the adds pretty much went over like dominos so we could focus on the big man exclusively.

Shoutout to me for remembering to finally use consumables; had Karlach load up on the "Crawler Mucus" that has been sitting around in our inventory for a while, hit Gortash in the face, and both Paralyze and Poison him, removing his reactions, bonus actions, and movement and giving him attack roll disadvantage. HUGE.

His paralysis then gave Owlbear Jaheira three auto-crits in a row. >:) It then wore off but it was worth it to the tune of over a hundred damage just on Jaheira's turn, plus he skipped his turn, which I think probably gives us the fight.

SUCCESS!

Hell yeah. (Follow up drabble to follow before I go to bed. XD )

#bjk plays baldur's gate 3 #hector carlisle

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justinspoliticalcorner · 1 year ago

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“Everybody — Alan Dershowitz — everybody says there’s no crime here,” Donald Trump said before his trial in Manhattan resumed on Thursday. “There’s no crime. Jonathan Turley, every single person, Gregg Jarrett, Andy McCarthy, anyone you want to name, Mark Levin, great lawyer, all of them. Great lawyers, great legal scholars, every single one said there’s no crime. The crime is that they’re doing this case.” What do Dershowitz, Turley, Jarrett, McCarthy and Levin have in common? Each has been a fixture on Fox News during its coverage of Trump’s trial. The five have combined for at least 116 weekday Fox appearances from when jury selection began on April 15 through Wednesday, according to Media Matters’ database (Levin also hosts his own show that airs on Fox on Saturday and Sunday nights). Trump’s effort to delegitimize this trial leans heavily on favorable commentary from his friends at Fox. The former president is regularly promoting trial takes from the network, which has offered a full-throated defense of Trump and an unrelenting attack on everyone involved in his prosecution. Indeed, as Trump finished speaking and entered the courthouse on Thursday, Fox brought on McCarthy and Turley to preview the day’s trial testimony.It is impossible to overstate Fox’s impact on Trump’s worldview. The insight he garnered about the GOP base as a regular on “Fox & Friends” helped him to win the presidency. As chief executive, he reportedly used what he called a “Super Tivo” at the White House to watch hours of the network’s programming each day. (In fact, the “Super Tivo” may have been regular DirecTV.) He filled his administration and his personal legal teams with familiar faces from the network’s green rooms; consulted with Fox’s stars as if they were Cabinet members; and adopted positions on a wide variety of federal policies, from pardons to contracts to spending legislation to pandemic response, based on what he heard from the people on his television screen. As Fox remade itself during the Trump administration as a propagandistic extension of his White House, Trump habitually promoted its incessantly favorable commentary as part of his communications strategy. He regularly tweeted in near-real time in response to what he was seeing on the network, a phenomenon I termed the Trump-Fox feedback loop. He also frequently shared video clips of the network’s stars defending him and attacking his foes.

Media Matters For America's Matt Gertz for MSNBC.com on Fox's propagandistic People of New York v. Trump trial coverage that Donald Trump has cheered on (05.20.2024).

Matt Gertz wrote for MSNBC that GOP propaganda outlet Fox “News” Channel’s coverage of the People of New York v. Trump trial is the real driver of Donald Trump’s propaganda campaign baselessly asserting that “there’s no crime” regarding his business record falsification acts.