#hidalgo code

[linuxgamenews]

Olaf the Boozer Demo: Grab it During Next Fest

Olaf the Boozer demo for the reverse Sokoban puzzler game is out now on Linux and Windows PC. Developer Hidalgo Code’s creativity brings this wild adventure to life. Which you can find on both Steam and itch. If you’ve ever woken up after a wild night out, piecing together what happened with a pounding headache and a whole lot of regret. You’ll also get a kick out of Olaf the Boozer. Hidalgo Code has put the Olaf the Boozer demo on Linux and its up for grabs during Steam Next Fest, and it’s a puzzler game with a twist — literally. Instead of just solving puzzles, you’re undoing last night’s chaos, one ale-fueled disaster at a time.

A Dwarf, A Hangover, and A Lot of Trouble

Olaf had one hell of a night. The Horned Rat tavern looks like a warzone, the lumber mill might be haunted now, and somehow, an army of chickens is following him around. The worst part the Olaf the Boozer demo? He remembers none of it. But the king’s furious, the townsfolk are glaring, and Olaf needs to clean up this mess—fast. That’s where you come in. Using a unique time-rewinding mechanic, you’ll help Olaf fix what he broke. Pull barrels, tankards, and tables back to where they were, un-break furniture, make dirt vanish, and return those chickens to wherever they came from. It’s Sokoban puzzler in reverse, but with way more beer and questionable decisions.

Olaf the Boozer demo and Gameplay Trailer

Can Olaf the Boozer Redeem Himself in this demo?

This sample gives you a taste of this short but stout adventure — about two hours of puzzle-solving, slapstick comedy, and good old-fashioned dwarven mischief. It’s a little bit The Hangover, a little bit Skyrim’s “A Night to Remember” quest, and a whole lot of Terry Pratchett-style humor.

Key Features:

Sokoban puzzler, But in Reverse – Instead of pushing objects, you’re pulling them back in time to undo last night’s disasters.

Fix Your Mistakes – Reassemble broken furniture, clean up the town, and convince the villagers you’re not a total disaster.

Dwarven Humor – Hangovers, haunted lumber mills, and chickens with grudges—welcome to Olaf’s world.

Pixel Art Charm – A beautifully crafted world that brings all the chaos, comedy, and mystery to life.

A new gameplay trailer is out, and the Olaf the Boozer demo is live on Steam and itch for Linux and Windows PC. So, grab a drink (or maybe some water), dive into the game, and try not to let the chickens win.

[crownedinmarigolds]

[vortigauntjunior]

Albert Wesker calls out Steve Burnside

Wesker: Steve, come up my boy we need to talk.

Steve: How may I help dad ?

Wesker: Steve, the Veronica virus had been found even though you weren't the test subject. Hive Host Capture Forces got it in that time and I sold this to a bioterrorist named Javier Hidalgo. He is a dead man by the hands of Jack Krauser and Leon Scott Kennedy, I believe you know them yes ?

Steve: No, but I heard Claire once mumbled his name back in Rockfort Island.

Wesker: Okay listen to me, I believe that Manuela Hidalgo is alive and I have a place for that to you travel. Since you know how to fly birds I don't think you will have a problems my dear boy.

Steve: Sure

Wesker: If you somehow came across with anything related to Veronica virus take them down.

Steve: Sure dad.

*Steve grabs his arsenal and startups the helicopter. Departure from the Wesker's place.

*Steve lands in the place and he got contact instantly with the B.O.Ws of Veronica virus and he kicks their asses as usual.

Steve: What else we got here

*Steve enters and he finds zombies

Steve: ZOMBIES ZOMBIES, eat shit and die.

*After clean up Steve interacts with Lisa Trevor

*Wesker from radio

Wesker: THAT SHIT IS SUPPOSE TO BE DEAD

Steve: Who the fuck is that

Wesker: Lisa Trevor

*Steve finds a way to get out from the hands of Lisa Trevor and then finds the company at outside

*Major Jack Krauser and Manuela Hidalgo appears

Krauser: Stop right there boy

Steve: I am looking for a girl named Manuela

Krauser: She is with me

Steve: Give her back or else you know

Krauser: We know

*Krauser transforms his arms

Steve: Not interesting

*Steve transforms arms into claws

*Manuela interrupts

Manuela: Please don't hurt us we don't do anything

Steve: I am here to extract you not this guy but there is an extra seat

*Krauser stands down and Steve as well

Steve: Come with me, both of you.

*After returning back Wesker welcomes the company

Wesker: I thought you were dead

Krauser: I thought that as well Wesker

Wesker: Steve Burnside, the boy who was suppose to be dead but standing. The sample of Veronica virus but he does not carry, the other thing is he fleed the HCF headquarters that day.

Krauser: Interesting.

Steve: I don't trust you

Krauser: Oh is that it boy ?

*Krauser transforms

*Steve transforms his arms into claws

*Krauser threats Steve

Krauser: I could beat the shit out of you

Steve: I will tear apart your whole spine and stick it into your fucking anus.

Krauser: Oh? You have that bravery boy ?

Steve: Yes I do

*Both their heads touching themselves.

Steve: I swear to god, I will fucking screw you like A HELL.

*Wesker interrupts

Wesker: Enough both of you, Steve come.

*Steve huffs

Steve: Bastard

Krauser: What did you say ?

*They both started to scream each other

*Wesker interrupts again

Wesker: ENOUGH!

*Wesker takes Steve and talks to him

Wesker: Look Steve I know but don't be like this. They did not do anything.

Steve: Fine, I will listen for now.

[flynnlovesart]

I think about them a lot

[herewebingo]

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transcript

Age 16- (1993)

Leon Scott Kennedy was born in the Midwest US in a town about two hours from Raccoon City.

His early life was marked by two prominent events. Firstly was the death of his uncle, who perished during a crisis in the 80s. He wasn’t close to the man, but was close enough for it to have a haunting impact on his life, specifically in how his extended family responded to the news.

His mother’s side of the family disowned his uncle, and did not speak to his mother in the fallout that occurred because of this.

The second event put his life into upheaval. Both of his parents died in a car accident, leaving him unintentionally emancipated at 16. At the funeral, his godmother reconnected with him while also taking his family’s home to sell after he graduated high school.

Leon was already working by 16, and balanced his graduating years by taking up smoking instead of more permanent solutions to complex problems he didn’t know how to deal with.

He was shuttled into a state university, and tolerated it for the extent of an associates degree in History.

Afterwards, he saw an advertisement for the Raccoon Police Academy. Wanting to do something “useful” and supposedly “meaningful” with his life, he enrolled and completed the course.

-

Age 21 (1998)

September 28th, 1998. Leon awoke the day after a nasty breakup to the realization he was an entire day late for his first day at the R.P.D. He had drunk himself into a blackout after the fact. This consequently saved his life.

Leon drove into Raccoon City, stopping at a gas station in the outskirts, and met Claire Redfield while they both were being attacked by zombies.

They drove into the city and were hit by an out of control truck, and were separated. Claire and Leon agreed to head to the R.P.D. and regroup. There, they managed to navigate a way out of the city through Umbrella’s secret laboratory underneath the city sewers.

While in Raccoon City, Leon met a woman named Ada Wong. Not knowing she was a spy, he fell into her mission to steal the valuable and coveted “G-Virus”, while also uncovering some of Umbrella’s secrets. Leon took a bullet for Ada in the shoulder, and was patched up by her using a butterfly emblazoned compact to hide her medical equipment.

Leon did not in fact end up giving Ada the G-Virus. Instead, as the Umbrella Lab Nest was self-destructing around them, he confronted her.

Annette Birkin shot Ada in the shoulder before any resolution happened, and she slipped off the edge of the NEST catwalk. Leon grabbed onto her, trying to pull her up, but she fell into the abyss. Pursued by the T-02 “Mr. X” and the mutated form of Dr. William Birkin for the majority of his escape, Leon defeated G-3 Birkin and the Super Tyrant T-02 with help from the shadows.

Leon escaped with Claire Redfield using a train system, and both of them walked out with Sherry Birkin to an uncertain future.

Leon vowed from that point on to “scrub the virus from the face of the earth.”

-

Age 25 (2002)

Adam Benford, a CIA intelligence officer coerced Leon into military special operations service under USSOCOM, leveraging the infected Sherry Birkin against him. For the sake of Claire and Sherry, he agreed. Prior to conscription, Leon kept tabs on Claire, contacting her brother when Claire reached out for help during the events of Code Veronica. Leon went through an absolutely brutal training regimen at the behest of President Graham, who in response to the Raccoon City Disaster, codified “Anti-Virus Weapons Protocol No. 7600”. The protocol gave a lot of decision making power to soldiers under the protocol. Leon was sent with orders into South America, after target Javier Hidalgo, following a purchasing trail of bioweapons. On this operation he met and worked with Jack Krauser against an outbreak of the T-Veronica Virus harvested from Antarctica. They met a girl Manuela, who later turned out to be the daughter of Javier. Manuela was born with a degenerative sickness that left her terminal, and Javier could not accept it. Javier used the T-Veronica virus, and stolen organs to keep his daughter alive. Racing through the jungle, Leon and Krauser eventually fought a mutated Javier to defeat, and Manuela was rescued. She was taken into U.S. custody shortly after.

-

Age 27 (2004)

In 2004, President Graham’s daughter was kidnapped by a Spanish cult named Los Illuminados, and tracked into the village of Valdelobos.

Leon was not initially meant to be sent on this mission, but due to internal breaches, he ended up going. With local PD, he was meant to rescue Ashley Graham, but this did not pan out simply. His escorts were killed, and Leon and Ashley uncovered that the cult was actually a group of humans that had been infected by the Las Plagas parasite.

Leon fought enormous mutated giants, and lake monsters, and was infected himself with a Las Plagas egg that hatched and began to sink into his spine. When he found Ashley, she had been infected with Las Plagas as well. They both escaped the village and were kettled into an old castle of castellan and Illuminados cult member Ramon Salazar. Salazar intended to capture and deliver Ashley to the cult lord, Osmund Saddler.

Luis Serra, an ex-Umbrella researcher on parasites, ended up being one of their most valiant allies in their race to escape the Valley of Wolves and the cult. Luis mentioned there was a way to remove these parasites, and haunted Leon and Ashley’s steps through their escape.

Meanwhile, Ada Wong reintroduced herself to Leon in the background, and assisted him in the shadows, while he assisted her with his destruction-first approach in her mission.

Leon fought his was through hordes of cult members and parasite-infested monsters, eventually losing Luis Serra in the process to Jack Krauser. Luis handed Leon the key to his lab, trusting him to do what he had to to rid himself of the parasite.

Leon and Ashley fought their way to Osmund Saddler, and alongside Ada, defeated him.

Ada provided a way out for Leon, as the island was set to be destroyed, and he was commended for his service upon his return.

-

Age 28-29 (2005-2006)

In 2005, Leon was deployed during a bioterror outbreak in Harvardvale, and helped quell the attack alongside Claire Redfield and Terrasave.

2006 proved to be one of the most painful years of service. Early in the year, Leon was involved with combatting the outbreaks in Pennsylvania, combatting the fanatics and fascist movement of the Population Control Movement. Directly afterwards, he was pulled away to D.C.

Leon immediately got involved in the politically brutal Penamstan Coverup, which saw Leon get involved in the plot of Jason and Shenmei, who resorted to using the virus to uncover more sinister actions by the US Government. Alongside Claire Redfield, Leon collected a wealth of information on the current internal corruption. Claire insisted he hand over the collected information on the incident, but Leon did not report his findings directly. He instead took them to his F.O.S. handler, Ingrid Hunnigan. Together, they took steps to form their own solutions to internal corruption at the tail end of Graham’s tenancy as the President.

In the summer of 2006, Jill Valentine was declared dead. Jill was seen as virtually invincible, and downright superhuman. She was considered something of a guiding light for anybody in this seemingly endless fight.

That light gone, the people close to her had to learn to cope without it. Leon turned to what he always did, and drank after her funeral.

-

Age 32 (2009)

In 2009, United States Senator, Doan Everett disappeared on a diplomatic visit to China, and suspicions arose that a strange group was responsible. The group was suspected of being in possession of a strain of the T-Virus, the virus responsible for numerous biological disasters, including Raccoon City.

Leon alongside Manuela Hidalgo journeyed to China, following a seemingly endless trail through neighboring countries and then further distanced countries, to find evidence of Doan’s whereabouts.

They tracked her down to the country of Daijoon, and further, into the city of Nohsava. The city was gripped in a family’s religious schism, with one side of the family engaged in worship and use of a sacred tree (the Savaviens), and the other, insistent on its protection and secrecy above all else.

Leon and Manuela discovered Doan hanged by the Nohsava in the “Tree of Ages”. This tree seemingly reanimated the corpse, planting “ghosts” in the bodies.

Things go horribly wrong, when Leon and Manuela are trapped in Nohsava by the Savavien, and call “ghosts” into the bodies of the deceased to detain Leon.

Leon was separated from Manuela, and fought through horrific creatures in an effort to reunite with her. He succumbed to a fever halfway through a howling rice field, and collapsed.

Stricken with illness, a strange woman in a raincoat, who seemed eerily familiar, approached him as he was fevered. Flanked by sweltering undead, the woman took a look at him, and handed him some water, before vanishing.

Leon had to be evacuated by Manuela, and succumbed to malaria, and was rushed to a hospital in neighboring Vietnam. While there, he received a visit from the old Nohsava leader, who contracted him for a task off the record.

Jill Valentine was rescued simultaneously alongside this mission, and morale was given a much needed boost.

[darkmaga-returns]

The US Department of the Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) is implementing new rules that limit the amount of cash transactions allowed before Currency Transaction Reports (CTRs) must be filed – and that amount is capped at $200.

The Geographic Targeting Order (GTO) affects banks, and financial sector businesses like check cashing and currency exchange in 30 ZIP codes that border with Mexico in California and Texas – a total of seven counties (San Diego, Imperial – and Cameron, El Paso, Hidalgo, Maverick, and Webb, respectively).

The US has 44 counties along the bobrder with the neighbor to the south, and it isn’t immediately clear if this is the definitive extent of the area the order covers.

Critics of the new measure see it as a way to expand financial surveillance. Personal data that is contained in CTRs includes social security or tax ID numbers.

[hidingoutbackstage]

Can you do the queer coding thingy for Manuela please?

Lol sure anything for you bestie

Reasons why Manuela Hidalgo is queer coded

Is never shown to have a male love interest despite being surrounded by men the whole game. I will be ignoring the fact that all the men she interacts with are adults or family members

Her powers from the virus are seen as something negative, something to keep hidden, but at the end Manuela shows her strength by not hiding her true self anymore and she ends up saving the day. This is a coming out metaphor

The song she sings says “my love” several times and there is no gender given to the person she’s talking about, so it could be anyone or any gender

Her hair is short, which is not traditionally feminine

I ship her with Ashley and despite the two never interacting I know they are lesbian icons they told me so

She got retconned out of existence by re4make, which is common practice to happen to many lesbian characters!

[linuxgamenews]

Embark on a Legendary Adventure with Olaf the Boozer

Olaf the Boozer is an epic retro style pixel art detective comedy game for Linux and Windows PC. Credit goes to the brilliant minds at Hidalgo Code. Which is due to make its way onto Steam. Ever wake up after a wild night out, not sure how you ended up where you are? Meet Olaf, a dwarf who’s taken that experience to a legendary level. In Olaf the Boozer, Hidalgo Code invites you to dive into a comedic, time-bending puzzle adventure on Linux. One where a night of ale-fueled mayhem leads to a day of reckoning. And also redemption. Olaf’s epic pub crawl left a trail of destruction through taverns, farms, and even a haunted lumber mill. Now, with a raging hangover and the king ready to throw him in the dungeon, it’s up to you to help him clean up his mess, figure out what went wrong, and maybe figure out why that angry chicken keeps following him.

Olaf the Boozer - Announcement Trailer

This isn’t just about picking up the pieces. Olaf the Boozer is about rewinding time, retracing Olaf’s ale-soaked footsteps, and solving the messiest puzzles you’ve ever seen. Picture The Hangover, but with a pixel-art dwarf stumbling through a fantasy world full of angry townsfolk, haunted places, and barrels that need some serious rearranging.

Key Features to Keep You Laughing

Time-Bending Puzzles Turn back time to uncover what Olaf did and solve environmental challenges. Every NPC has something to say about your shenanigans — so don’t expect them to be thrilled.

From Chaos to Cleanup Olaf the Boozer has some serious damage control ahead. Think flipping barrels, fixing busted furniture, and patching up the chaos he caused while under the influence of way too much ale.

Pixel Art with Personality The visuals are as charming as they are hilarious. From grumpy chickens to ghostly lumberjacks, the game’s world is packed with quirky, comedic details.

Fantasy with a Twist It’s a classic dwarf story—just with way more ale, questionable decisions, and a very persistent chicken.

At just two hours long, Olaf the Boozer is a compact, laugh-out-loud adventure that’s perfect for fans of clever puzzles and offbeat humor. You’re due to retrace Olaf’s steps, clean up his mess, and maybe help him regain a shred of dignity (or not). So, ready to help this hungover hero piece his life back together? So add Olaf the Boozer to your Steam wishlist now and prepare for one boozy, time-twisting release. Coming to both Linux and Windows PC. WARNING: May also contain traces of ale, regret, and one very angry chicken.

[tarisilmarwen]

Rebels Rewatch: "Double Agent Droid"

Don't mess with Hera's droid, y'all.

Zeb and Ezra fistbumping in solidarity and relief that they're not the ones doing this mission.

KKKKGNNHHDD AP-5 THROWING SHADED INSULTS AT WEDGE.

I still cannot believe they sampled "Anything You Can Do" from Annie Get Your Gun, the audacity and wackiness of that choice.

Wedge regretting all of his life choices now lol.

Neat.

Right so the Stormtroopers don't make Chopper... wait at all? While the scanner is thinking? They just let him through the doors while it's still deciding if he's legit or not?

I'm sorry, these guys are just... so bizarre. The one dude with glasses that looks uncannily like Pablo Hidalgo just takes me RIGHT of the immersion.

*whispers* What do they even do?

Also why does the Controller sound way more human than the others????

I have so many questions and even AP and Chopper's bickering can't distract me from them.

Bond Villain Stupidity in not alerting the station.

Though... does anyone actually... work here? We see the other AP droid and no one else inside the facility at all.

The Controller is thinking to capture the base coordinates from Chopper. Not a bad plan but fortunately Hera wipes his memory banks between every mission, because as much as she loves her droid she can't risk compromising the safety of the Rebellion's operations and therefore takes reasonable precautions in case Chopper gets lost, stolen, or captured, Anakin.

Who are you, weird glasses man?

I'm not sure why the Alliance needs the orbital clearance codes for Lothal. They're not exactly planning to sneak in through the blockcade when they make their attack. Unless they planned on using the Quasar carrier or something to get behind the blockade and then release a whole bunch of fighters while in atmosphere?

Like, this wouldn't be an issue if the episode had not established, specifically, "We need these codes for the eventual attack on Lothal." If they had just needed updated codes to get in and out through the blockade since they'd been changed or cycled out that would be one thing but as it is....

*CLUELESS SHRUG*

Yooooooouuu are gonna need to run those numbers again my man, there's no way you had close to any kind of 80% chance of getting near the Rebel base.

Chopper being nice is immediately suspicious.

Controller dude is doing a terrible job impersonating Chopper, which is why this was a dumb plan to begin with.

"We must appease him [AP-5]." Literally the opposite of what Chopper would do, you need to actually study your targets before trying to impersonate them, why are y'all so bad at this?

This is one of those tropes that annoys me, when the impersonator is doing such a bad job of playing the target that it should ping people's suspicions or at least make them ask what the hell is up with them.

Poor Wedge is such a butt monkey in this episode but it is hilarious.

Rebels said don't be so quick to discount conspiracy theories, send note.

<333333

To AP-5's credit, Ezra and Hera do ping Chopper's behavior as weird.

Ezra honey, please sit on the furniture like a normal person lol.

All right, some props in that we figure things are funky much quicker than most characters in this type of scenario.

-squint-

Who's... who's room is that?

*mental map of the ship*

Gotta be Hera's, right? Closest to the cockpit, correct side... Except it doesn't look like the props and assets from Hera's room so I dunno.

*rubs temples* Why do they need a data spike to decode the navicomputer? Chopper never needed to do anything put plug in to access the navicomputer before, this is only to add a ticking clock device isn't it?

Some people questioned why Ezra didn't use his lightsaber, which could have been a plot hole except for one I'm sure Hera would severely disapprove of her ship being chopped up and two... he doesn't have his lightsaber, it's not clipped to his belt anywhere.

Ezra managing to hang on to Zeb here is kind of impressive, actually.

You can tell Chopper's compromised and trying to find the base from the hold computer? Really?

"We don't have spacesuits." YOU GET 'EM LATER THOUGH, LOLOL.

I'm sorry I cannot take you seriously dude, lol.

Gdgkjhkgshd WAS THAT THE DEJARIK TABLE CHOPPER PICKED UP THOSE BLASTERS FROM? HOW. THERE WERE NO BLASTERS ON THE TABLE WHEN THE GROUP LEFT THE ROOM. WHOSE BLASTERS EVEN ARE THOSE?

*shakes writers* WHY DOES THIS EPISODE MAKE SO SENSE?!

Ooooh Hera mad.

See, Ezra knows.

That's... not even remotely how that works, Hera, but okay,

OKAY.

This genuinely sad moment deserved such a better episode.

The unhinged insanity that is AP-5 almost breaking into a musical number.

"No no no go away! I was SO happy!" WHY DID THEY STICK THE FUNNIEST LINE IN THIS EPISODE IT'S NOT FAIR LOLOLOL.

Wedge getting caught in the crossfire lol.

This episode is... I don't even know. Nothing about it makes sense, it has moments of genuine hilarity but they're mismatched pieces in a weird patchwork of tropes and plot elements that are disjointed and slapdash and I just--*rubs face over hands*--it's so BIZARRE and it's funny in a way but I can't I just... can't.

Not even trying to superficially tie this into Thrawn's search for the base gives this enough plot relevance, I would... I would not keep this episode. Like, either fold some of this into "Warhead" to make that stronger or axe this entirely and wholecloth replace it with something else. (Maybe another episode of Ezra struggling with his holocron addiction since people were apparently so pressed that that arc was short.)

I think even the show was embarrassed about this one, I remember we would usually get an episode preview in the Rebels Recon and a TV spot before each new episode and with this one they just kind of... skipped ahead to talking about "Twin Suns", ha ha.

Final verdict I guess? I would save the funny bits and try to put them in a different episode but otherwise this episode is kind of a skip.

[vortigauntjunior]

A Great Memory That All Of Us Would Have Wanted It

Wesker: Last time I check, you were this much furious Steve. What changed your mind ?

Steve: I am not here for to be a sexual toy of yours.

Wesker: Oh please Steve don't say that can you ?

Steve: Why would I forgive you ?

Wesker: I am involved indirectly to your case, I don't know your past or anything ? All I treated you as a corpse but I end up miscalculated, nobody have thought that you were alive on my shoulders. Do you think I am the responsible afterall ? I am not going to hurt humans neither you.

Steve: Then what should I do ? How can I have a face to visit Claire ?

*Wesker silences for a moment

Wesker: Redfields already buried me into that volcano besides, I do believe that you have an opportunity. Even if they reject you dear, you can stay with me as much as you long even keep hating me. But my guts telling me that you are not such person to feel this much hate and grudge, what do you want Steve ? Do you want Claire Redfield ? All those bad things I did maybe I will help a child. Visit her

Steve: Thanks

Wesker: Even if she rejects you, there is something I should tell. Manuela Hidalgo is alive.

Steve: Who the hell is that ?

Wesker: The t-veronica virus was going to be sell to her father Xavier Hidalgo, a bioterrorist and she was in the last days of her life. Until just like you. She is so alive and standing , tell me the story what is going on. Those are not coincidences Steve. Tell me who saved your life.

Steve: A man called Doctor Alex J Mercer, a person from different universe not from our universe. That day after the wound inflicted by Alexia Ashford to my belly, I was having my last moments it was all over for me. Claire and Chris were there talking to me, suddenly he appears and intervenes it. He knocks down both Claire and Chris to unconscious then stabs my heart pumping his creation into me things got dark for me afterall. I find myself in Hive Host Capture Headquarters lab waiting for the autopsy in a container, I had fought and escaped. Are you happy now ?

Wesker: The protagonist of Prototype game franchise basically was in our universe and infected you with Blacklight virus ?

Steve: Yes, that day. T-veronica was gone, I don't just have the virus I have the knowledge and skills of Doctor Mercer

Wesker: This explains a lot, do what you gonna do dear Steve. You are not alone in this place.

[janny-aqua]

Alexia would treat Manuela like she was her little sister. (Don't tag as ship please and thank you)

[llynnl2]

HMU for posters

Speaking of Heathers, I wanted to print a bunch of those alt posters for my room, but since not every movie I wanted had some for sale and because different vendors make them in different styles, I just went ahead and made my own. If anyone else wants to buy any I'm adding them to my Etsy!

Shop Link: https://lvrrart.etsy.com

Current posters (uploaded) include:

Heathers

Beetlejuice

Beetlejuice Beeltejuice

The Parent Trap (1998)

The Truman Show

Back to the Future

Hidalgo

Barbie

Scream

Dead Poets Society

Serendipity

Promising Young Woman

Pride and Prejudice (2005)

What We Do in the Shadows (movie)

However I'll also soon be uploading for Jojo Rabbit, Eighth Grade, Chicago, The Lizzie McGuire Movie, The Iron Claw, Mamma Mia, Palm Springs, and Baby Driver. Probably more soon as I think of them.

If you have any other suggestions for posters you personally would be interested in ordering, I'm having fun with this so send me a DM! And I'll reply with a discount code for it since you requested it (I can't afford to sell it for free but order through my Etsy and I'll give you a one-time reduced price as thnx).

Selling in 6"x8", 12"x16", and 18x24"

Thank you :)

[thepastisalreadywritten]

25 July 2024

The opening ceremony of the Olympic Games will see competitors parade on boats along the River Seine through central Paris on Friday.

An unprecedented security operation is in place, with organisers also facing challenges over the cleanliness of the Seine, costs and the environmental impact of the Games.

When are the Paris Olympic and Paralympic Games?

The summer Olympics run from 26 July to 11 August, with 10,500 athletes competing in 329 events.

The Paralympics take place from 28 August to 8 September, featuring 4,400 athletes in 549 events.

There will be 206 countries represented at the Olympics, and 184 at the Paralympics.

Where will Olympic and Paralympic events take place?

The main athletics events will be at the Stade de France, on the northern outskirts of Paris.

There are also Olympic and Paralympic venues in the city centre.

The Pont d'Iena, for example, is hosting cycling events, while beach volleyball is at the Eiffel Tower and the marathon starts at the Hotel de Ville and ends at Les Invalides.

Is the Seine clean enough for swimming?

Open water swimming and triathlon events are due to take place in the Seine, more than 100 years after swimming in the river was banned.

Tests done in mid-June showed that levels of E. coli in the water were 10 times the acceptable level.

However, Games organisers hope July sunshine and measures like a rainwater storage basin will make it clean enough.

Ahead of the Games, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo took a dip to try to prove the river was safe.

How are France's security forces preparing for the Games?

The Games will be protected by the largest peacetime deployment of security forces in French history

Up to 75,000 police, soldiers and hired guards will be on patrol in Paris at any one time to guard venues and events.

The use of the Seine for the opening ceremony, with crowds watching the parade from the banks, is a first for the modern Olympics.

The original plan was to give free tickets to 600,000 members of the public to watch from the river's banks.

However, the government was worried about potential threats such as a drone attack, and spectator numbers were scaled back to 326,000.

More than 220,000 of those will be invited guests and 104,000 will be members of the public who have bought tickets.

Some 44,000 barriers have been erected, with QR codes for residents and others seeking access to the river Seine and its islands.

Many of the barriers will be removed after the opening ceremony.

Intelligence services uncovered two plots against the country by suspected Islamic militants in early 2024.

In May, a man was detained on suspicion of planning an attack on the torch relay in Bordeaux, and another man was arrested in southern France over a plan to attack an Olympic football venue.

How much are the Games costing?

The cost of this year's Games is estimated to be about 9bn euros (£7.6bn), less than any of the previous four Games — in Tokyo, Rio de Janeiro, London, and Beijing.

Much of the funding is coming from private companies, as well as sales of tickets and broadcasting rights.

The government's official auditors have said it may have to pay between 3bn and 5bn euros (£2.5bn and £4.2bn) for costs such as policing.

Are the Games environmentally friendly?

The organising committee of Paris 2024 has promised to make it the greenest Games in Olympic history, with half the carbon footprint of London 2012 and Rio 2016.

The Games will be held in the same city where, in 2015, world leaders agreed to try to prevent global temperatures rising by more than 1.5C.

About 95% of the Olympic and Paralympic sites are either existing structures or temporary ones.

The organisers say they are using as much recycled material as they can — including recycled cardboard beds for athletes — and trying to minimise carbon emissions.

However, it has been reported that thousands of air-conditioning units have been ordered for Olympic Village rooms by some national teams.

Are the Games pushing up prices in Paris?

Millions of visitors are expected in Paris during the Games, with ticket holders expected to spend an estimated 2.6bn euros (£2.2bn).

Hoteliers in Paris pushed up their rates, in many cases doubling them or more, in anticipation of a big rise in demand.

But there have been reports that many hotels have had unexpectedly low sales.

Bus and metro fares are also doubling in the capital during the Games.

In January, the Louvre art gallery put up its entrance fees by almost 30%.

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Jeux Olympiques 2024 : de bien belles perspectives

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Petites chroniques désabusées d'un pays en décomposition rapide… du 19 Avril 2024 que je vous invite à savourer....

(Source : https://h16free.com/2024/04/19/77292-jeux-olympiques-2024-de-bien-belles-perspectives)

À moins de 100 jours des prochains Jeux Olympiques à Paris, on sent nettement l’excitation et la joie s’emparer de tout le pays. La capitale et ses habitants se réjouissent très manifestement des festivités et jamais le mot “épreuves olympiques” n’aura trouvé une aussi belle résonance avec ce que traversent actuellement les Parisiens qui goûtent maintenant chaque minute d’anticipation de ces futurs grands moments.Futurs grands moments qu’il faut minutieusement préparer et qui ont déjà été l’occasion, notamment pour la maire de Paris, d’aller visiter les lieux des différentes épreuves dans lesquels on trouve – assez commodément – Papeete, cette petite localité qui jouxte Paris et qui accueillera notamment les épreuves de surf.

Moyennant un petit déplacement en avion (cela jouxte à 15.000 kilomètres près) dont la compensation carbone n’a pas été évoquée – mais dont on peut être sûr qu’elle a été réalisée tant Anne Hidalgo est forcément éco-consciente – et une petite facture pour le contribuable parisien de l’ordre de 60.000 euros, les installations ont pu être vérif…ah non, finalement, le voyage déclenchant des démangeaisons pour l’opposition, les contribuables parisiens, une partie de la presse et pas mal de Français en général, la maire n’aura pas poussé jusqu’au site de l’épreuve de surf.

Tout ceci nous amènera quelques mois plus tard à une petite enquête et des perquisitions pour ramasser les éléments de preuve d’une éventuelle prise illégale d’intérêts et détournement de fonds publics (oh, ça alors) dont on ne doute pas qu’elles permettront de totalement laver l’honneur de l’équipe municipale.

La préparation ne s’arrête pas là puisque, rappelons-le, elle comporte aussi le déménagement furtif des encombrants étudiants qui prennent le pain le logement des athlètes : les expulsions ont commencé. Ouf, la place est libérée, les sportifs sont soulagés, l’Olympisme respire.

De même, la déportation le déplacement discret des centaines de migrants et autres vagabonds en dehors de la ville et leur relocalisation, toujours aux frais du contribuable, un peu partout dans le reste du pays, se passe plutôt bien même si certains maires (celui d’Orléans par exemple) s’en offusquent de façon un peu verte. Ouf, la place est nettoyée, les organisateurs se détendent, l’Olympisme retrouve le sourire.

Mais que serait cette belle cérémonie sans une belle organisation et surtout une solide sécurité garantissant à tous de profiter d’un spectacle à nul autre pareil ?

Et justement, en la matière, on sait déjà que tout sera mis en oeuvre pour obtenir un niveau de sécurisation des individus. Comme jamais auparavant… ou presque, puisqu’on va finalement remettre en place ce qui fut une véritable réussite en 2021 et 2022, à savoir affubler les Parisiens et les spectateurs d’un solide petit QR code lors de leurs déplacements (l’auto-attestation ne devrait plus tarder, maintenant).

On se réjouit déjà de savoir qu’une plateforme internet sera bientôt disponible, qui laissera à tous les Parisiens concernés l’opportunité de saisir tout un tas de petites informations pertinentes sur leurs allées et venues, et on souhaite un courage olympique à tous nos seniors dont la maîtrise des outils numériques est largement suffisante pour garantir que ces petits QR codes seront correctement distribués.

Et franchement, qui ne se réjouit pas déjà d’un retour des contrôles et des patrouilles policières dans une partie de la capitale ? Voilà qui permettra d’assurer la légendaire sécurité des rues parisiennes au moins pendant la période des jeux. Les habitants concernés vont a-do-rer !

Enfin, toutes ces considérations ne seraient pas complètes sans mentionner que tout ceci se déroulera avec une maîtrise presque totale des coûts et des dépenses.

En effet, lorsqu’on lit l’article consacré aux coûts de ces Jeux Olympiques, il apparaît que le calcul du total est particulièrement pointu : entre le budget initial, le budget courant, les dépassements, les cautions de l’État, les différents postes de dépenses et de recettes, on est tout à fait rassuré sur ce qui sera inévitablement du ressort final du contribuable.

Mais si.

Il apparaît cependant que le total devrait osciller autour de 11 milliards d’euros selon différentes estimations, dont 3, 4 ou 5 milliards resteraient à la charge des moutontribuables pardon de l’État selon Moscovici, l’actuel président de la Cour des Comptes, le tout pour un budget initial de 3,8 milliards d’euros, déjà supérieur au 3,2 milliards du dossier de candidature. On ne pourra qu’admirer la précision véritablement diabolique de ces chiffres et de l’organe officiel chargé des Comptes : pour un total à 11 milliards, cela nous fait 7 milliards de petits dépassements dodus, et de 3 à 5 milliards d’euros d’argent public, ça nous fait une enveloppe qui varie allègrement de plus de 60% sur des dépassements de plus de 100%. C’est coquet.

Rassurez-vous cependant : les équipes de propag journalistiques sont déjà sur le pont pour bien nous rappeler que même avec une facture de 11 milliards d’euros (que la Nation Française tout entière peut très bien se permettre en ces temps de croissance et d’opulence macronienne), ces jeux seront probablement parmi les moins coûteux de l’histoire récente.

Mais si.

En fait, on se demande même, devant ces chiffres si modestes, pourquoi on mégote tant, à tel point même que la région Île-De-France a par exemple refusé de prendre à sa charge les déplacements de 200.000 accrédités (athlètes, officiels, journalistes…) alors qu’elle avait été courtoisement sollicitée par le comité officiel des Jeux et que ce budget ne représente qu’un peu moins de 10 petits millions d’euros.

Il n’y a pas à dire, cet événement fleure bon la précision millimétrique et la maîtrise des coûts jusqu’au plus petit poste de dépense ! Voilà qui met dans les meilleures dispositions pour imaginer ce que pourrait donner l’organisation des épreuves elles-mêmes, de la cérémonie d’ouverture et celle de clôture, et qui laisse présager d’un niveau de qualité exceptionnel pour la sécurité et l’accompagnement des joueurs, des spectateurs et de l’ensemble des corps de métiers autour de cet événement. Les supporters anglais vont a-do-rer !

Pas de doute, cela va très très bien se passer. Tout va même être olympique, pour sûr.

[doubletamponne]

Dont ask me what I was doing scrolling through the comment section of a fucking LinkedIn post at 3 a.m., but recently a cyclist was straight-up murdered by a driver -- the automobilist was driving on a bike lane, ran over the foot of a cyclist, who punched the car in order to alert him. When the driver backed off and stopped, the cyclist went up to the driver to protest, upon which the driver turned the car towards him and ran him over. The author of the post mostly deplored the fact that 48h hours later, the ministry of Transportation had yet to make a statement (he has since met with representatives from various cycling collectives), while TV and radio discourse tended heavily towards blaming cyclists. The comments were a delightful mix of :

Honing in on the first sentence "Paul was murdered by a man driving an SUV" to either brandish la présomption d'innocence or jump to defend SUVs -- and honestly the people in the comments comparing this to US gun discourse don't seem far off, whether it's "the SUV didn't kill anyone, a madman did, and he would've done it all the same with a Twingo", "stop appropriating tragedies for the sake of an ecolo-bobo agenda", "umm, actually, there's no such thing as an SUV" or "I'm a housewife and mother, I need an SUV to drop my children to school BC that's all you can buy today, and *I* never wanted to run over anyone!", occasionally with people pointing out that sure, any car has the potential to be deadly, but SUVs are deadlier in a variety of ways, their much-touted safety features being only for the benefit of the driver and passengers

Bonus round: blaming the outcry against motorists and SUV drivers in particular on a culture of victimhood that depicts cyclists as poor innocent angels against the big bad SUVs

That very same cyclist-blaming, complete with anecdotes of badly behaved cyclists sometimes severely injuring friends or relatives of the commenters, which I don't mean to downplay, but I'm not sure how they relate to a cyclist being run over by someone driving in a bike lane. Also sometimes throwing in stuff about electric scooters. And people who identify as pedestrians taking the side of drivers???

"Sure, Scandinavian countries have robust biking infrastructure and a strong biking culture but they're culturally homogenous"

Since this happened in Paris, blaming it on Anne Hidalgo's anti-car dictatorship. There's one lady in particular who commented about a hundred times that back in her day, everyone was respectful of each other and the code de la route.

For that matter, denying the notion of vehicular violence and saying it's only a matter of lack of "respect" from all sides

The cherry on top: pointing out that the cyclist was a pro-bike activist as a manner of saying that he kinda had it coming.

[garyalanhidalgo]

Introducing Me, The Hotel Cairo, and a New Queerniverse!

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