#accessibility improvements

[delicatelysublimeforester]

Breaking Barriers Together

[saltyyetbland]

Welcome 양띵 to the QSMP!

I know that the current state of the QSMP is a bit iffy and many may not feel comfortable watching QSMP right now (valid response), but I still feel like a warm welcome to these new Korean creators is still needed regardless as they are being introduced to an international community, which is a very scary thing ngl.

So welcome 양띵 or Yangdding who will be one of the new Korean CCs!

She streams on CHZZK and her channel can be found here.

Her Youtube can be found here.

Fun fact: She was the first YouTuber in Korea to reach 1 million view and is considered to be the one to create the foundation for Korean Minecraft content.

[sizzlingsandwichperfection-blog]

Last week, Johnson & Johnson agreed not to enforce their secondary patents on bedaquiline in most countries after a long public pressure campaign by TB activists around the world.

(A special shoutout to Nandita Venkatesan and Phumeza Tisilethe, the two women who led the charge to prevent the patent evergreening in India, which is the only reason generic bedaquiline is in production.)

But the problem of patent evergreening is everywhere--as this NYT story reports, Gilead intentionally denied people access to a drug they knew to be less toxic than alternatives because it wanted to extend its monopoly on HIV drugs for as long as possible.

Similarly, Johnson & Johnson has been intentionally denying people access to affordable bedaquiline, even though they knew they could make a profit even if they decreased the price by 65%.

What's especially galling is that both these companies benefit tremendously from public investment (bedaquiline research was funded primarily by the public), and so we end up paying for it twice--once to develop it, and once to have it available to the sick.

This is infuriating, and it is resulting in the real impoverishment and death of so many people. How does it end? With better governance and regulation. In this respect, India can be a model for us--their courts have done a much better job than U.S. ones of determining what really deserves to be patented and for how long. I'm hopeful that we can learn from the, but disgusted by this ongoing horror.

[shamelesslymkp]

"As he read, I fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly, and then all at once." -John Green, The Fault in Our Stars | inspired by a softer world

[stygianbluetentacles]

The Clans as Florida Resident articles

Baali: Florida Man Calls Himself Satan, Threatens to Kill If Not Given a Car

Banu Haqim: Florida Man Dressed As FBI Pistol-Whips Haunted House Host with BB Gun

Brujah: Florida Man pulls gun and says, "I'll kill anybody in here!" after he was honked at in the Burger King drive-thru

Caitiff: Florida man faked his death and went on the run for 20 years

Cappadocian: Florida man steals deceased vet’s wallet to buy pizza

Duskborn: Florida Man hides in chest, uses whiteboard to evade deputies

Gangrel: Florida Man Claims to be “Half Man, Half Dog”, Fatally Attacks Couple and Bites Their Faces

Giovanni: Florida Man plans to stalk newly reopened beaches dressed as the Grim Reaper

Malkavian: Florida man dressed up as 'Spider-Man' seen pressure washing roof during rainstorm

Nosferatu: Florida man caught illegally feeding wild alligator resists arrest: "He's a good boy…and he loves bagels"

Ravnos: Florida Man Robs 7 Eleven by Pointing Finger Like a Gun at Clerk

Salubri: Florida Man Breaks into Home, Cooks Breakfast, Tells Owner to “Go Back to Sleep”

Setite: Florida man busted with drugs in bag labeled "bag full of drugs"

Toreador: Florida man reports handgun stolen during orgy at his home.

Tremere: Florida Man Arrested For Covering Sleeping Girlfriend In Ketchup

Tzimisce: Florida Man's cow is 'faster than it looks' and has evaded police since January

Ventrue: Florida Man blows a .339 blood alcohol level and gets a DUI on a golf cart

[quicksilversnails]

To my knowledge there hasn't been any thorough documentation of Slay the Princess' script/internal logic, which is a shame, because that would make tracking down specific lines/interactions a lot easier.

There's a few good reasons why this hasn't been done yet. Even if you decompile the game and open the various script files, all the dialogue is mixed in with the rest of the code, and organizing all the branching paths and dialogue variants is tricky…. but tbh I think it's doable?

So to demonstrate the concept, here's the script for the entire Wraith route. I chose Wraith because it's not too long or complicated of a chapter to begin with, but also has multiple voice combinations, and multiple ways to enter the route, so I could figure out how best to represent those variations (and also because I like her)

I generally kept the logical structure of the code while translating as much of the syntax as possible to be clear for a reader with no experience in reading/writing code. I also kept achievement/gallery unlocks as well as some cut lines of dialogue in there (pretty sure these got removed in the pacing patches made ~December 2023) because I thought ppl might find them interesting!

[kkoct-ik]

new website just dropped (guy who was up literally all night making it responsive to mobile. its 5am)

[beastwhimsy]

six YEARS of art between these two drawings. I'm proud of where I am now and the practice I've done over the years [: I can't wait to see where I go next with my art!!

[illegal-prime]

Normalize updating laws and regulations that are no longer fit for purpose.

Normalize working with powerful enemies to find a solution where everybody wins.

Normalize mutual compromise.

Normalize collaboration over opposition.

Normalize civil discourse on divisive issues.

Normalize good faith and the principle of charity.

Normalize discussion of specific social, political, and economic issues.

Normalize advocacy for specific and implementable policy reforms to to tackle said issues.

Normalize imperfect solutions.

Normalize civic engagement.

Normalize public sector action.

Normalize incremental success.

Normalize improving society instead of destroying and rebuilding it from the ground up.

NORMALIZE PROGRESS!!!

[atomicwrongs]

Itch.io has me by the throat . I see a charity bundle full of funny little ttrpgs and I pass out and wake up atop a pile of roll tables

[leviiackrman]

SIMS 4 OC BUILDS: Saitama Loft

Finally got my builds sorted and photographed! First up is my first build, Ms Enatsu’s apartment with her boyf Katsuki! The ‘house’ is what their flat would look like in an apartment building but I’ve made it more livable in the sims lmao.

Lookbooks: Ackermans || Rikihisas || Enatsu || Kyutoku || Olalias || Hatakes || ATLA || Ginnivan || Ishimoto

Tag list (ask to be added or removed): @carrionsflower @statichvm @risingsh0t @simonxriley @tommyarashikage @kanos @bbrocklesnar @confidentandgood @unholymilf @florbelles @thedeadthree @shellibisshe @roofgeese @aezyrraeshh @faerune @tekehu @jackiesarch @minaharkers @sergeiravenov @carlosoliveiraa @rosenfey @greenecreek @queennymeria @heroofpenamstan @alexxmason @tethrras @jamessunderlandgf @a-treides @solasan @bigbywlf @delzinrowe @fenharel @imogenkol

[pigeon-butch]

I certainly have my own concerns about the treatment of moo deng but um. well i think some of you may just be racist

[derzaphir]

i don't feel like trying to fix/finish this anymore so i'm just gonna post it lol

redraw of this image

[transgender-chiroptera]

Can you share some of your favorite bat facts? I wanna add more to my lil arsenal of cool random facts. :]

Of course! Apologies for the late response, I saw this at like 1am four days ago, forgot everything I knew about bats, and then fell asleep and only remembered I even got this ask today. Anyways! Some bat facts :)

Common Vampire bats are some of my absolute favourites, mostly because of their ability to run on the ground! They can gallop with their forelimbs and take off from the ground by leaping into the air and catapulting themselves with their wings, which is speculated to be how Pterodactyls took off as well! Most bats cannot take off from the ground, and must be elevated to take flight, so this is pretty cool. Makes sense too, since they mostly feed from the ankles of large mammals and so need ground maneuverability!

Here's a video of a vamp taking off, and here's a video of one walking around! I think their skittery movements and lil' faces are just the CUTEST, but I know I'm probably in the minority there. Also there's a large dish of blood in the second video, so fair warning there!

All three true Vampire bats have evolved special grooves in their mouths in order to act as a gutter of sorts to funnel the blood into their mouths, but the exact arrangement differs between them. The Hairy-Legged Vampire bat has a groove along the roof of the mouth, whereas the White-Winged and Common Vampire bats have lingual grooves under the tounge! Speaking of White-Winged Vampire bats, they're the only bats in the world with 22 teeth, for some reason (likely no reason since the molars are vestigial), AND they have scent glands in their mouths that might be used to deter predators. Pretty cool stuff!

Finally, all three species of true Vampire Bats are cute as hell. Look at these lil' guys!!

(left to right- White-winged, Hairy-legged, and Common Vampire bats!)

[nonbinary-octopus]

help I am intricately designing things in my brain instead of sleeping again