#three column

[error4343]

Today was one of the biggest russian air attacks on Kyiv.

Drones, ballistic and winged missiles were, as always, prioritizing "critical military infrastructure": student dorms, dozen on residential buildings and kindergarden.

As I'm writing this post, 18 people were injured, 1 dead, but it's likely will get higher soon. Russian missile destroyed entire section of building, likely burying people under it.

UPD: 15 dead, 115 - injured (68 - hospitilized)

[royalty-nobility]

Maria II, Da Gloria, Queen of Portugal (1819-1853)

Artist: Sir Thomas Lawrence (English, 1769-1830)

Date: 1829

Medium: Oil on canvas

Collection: Royal Collection Trust, London, United Kingdom

Maria II of Portugal

Dona Maria II (Maria da Glória Joana Carlota Leopoldina da Cruz Francisca Xavier de Paula Isidora Micaela Gabriela Rafaela Gonzaga de Habsburgo-Lorena e Bragança; 4 April 1819 – 15 November 1853) also known as "the Educator" (Portuguese: "a Educadora") or as "the Good Mother" (Portuguese: "a Boa Mãe"), was Queen of Portugal from 1826 to 1828, and again from 1834 to 1853. Her supporters considered her to be the rightful queen also during the period between her two reigns.

[portrait-paintings]

The Family of Sir Robert Vyner

Artist: John Michael Wright (English, 1617-1694)

Date: 1673

Medium: Oil on canvas

Collection: National Portrait Gallery, London, United Kingdom

Description

The sitters are Sir Robert (1631--1688) and his wife Mary (née Whitchurch; d. 1674), the wealthy widow of Sir Thomas Hyde, whom he married in 1665; Bridget Hyde (1662-1734), Lady Vyner's daughter by her first marriage; and Charles Vyner (1666-88), their only son. The family is shown in the garden of their house, Swakeleys, in Middlesex, which according to Samuel Pepys was 'a place not very moderne in the gardens nor the house, but the most uniforme in all that I ever saw - and some things to excess'.

[blood-mocha-latte]

HOMESICK + H COMPANY

for the hboww2rewatch - week one prompt: friends.

[bonefall]

This may be a bit of a silly question but I’m trying to research this for a fanclan and I cannot make a fox’s tail out of the non twoleg workings

So how would you/Windclan go about reinforcing the tunnels? Used to think it was just ‘put a thick branch up there and every few fox lengths, it’ll support all that’ and that doesn’t seem quite right anymore. Please and thank you 🐈‍⬛

I'm gonna try and keep this reply simple and not get into the in-depth mechanics of digging holes, that's a post for some other time and I'd have to talk about depth and learn math and shit

So very simply putting it, usually, you would naturally dig square tunnels, and this is where all the tension of digging comes from. See, a square tunnel is really bad for physically holding things up, so beams are there to help.

Think about a tunnel kind of like building a bridge. The tunnel is a structure that needs to hold up the dirt above it. Really, functionally think about how many bridges are truly flat; it's not many! You want Arches.

And, it just so happens, a tunnel ALSO wants to be an arch. I'm not sure if I'm explaining this well so I drew a little diagram of a cave-in;

[ID: A drawing of a square tunnel with a dotted line showing the arch of where the dirt will collapse. It progresses into the second drawing of a rock fall, revealing the arch of the first drawing.]

Most cave-ins aren't the ENTIRE tunnel collapsing, it's the part of the tunnel that WANTS to be arch. Arches good. Arches are physically the best way for holding things up. Problem is that you can't dig like that without dropping however many pounds of earth on yourself.

So really, what you want is a beam, not just a stick in the middle of the hole. You want to put a beam from wall to wall, supported by two columns beneath. Like minecraft.

Other various things;

Older tunnels are, actually, usually more structurally sound. There's been more time for them to "stabilize."

The deeper the tunnel, the more stable. This is because the earth above the tunnel is packed in better. You do NOT want to open up a staircase downwards like minecraft, the entrance will COLLAPSE.

However, naturally, a collapse in a deeper tunnel is more deadly and severe for obvious reasons.

Just to state the obvious, sand bad. You do not want to dig in sand. Sand Bad.

Canon vastly overstates the severity of shallow tunnel collapses. Cats will die in less than a foot of dirt :/ There's this part in DOTC where Jagged Peak activates a quicktime event and a burrow collapses on him and it was so profoundly stupid it's been in my head ever since

suffocating in an old animal burrow... girl... do you think rabbits are constantly dying in collapses? genuinely? In soft soil?

Gray Wing is like, "you almost out bro?" and Jaggy-P is like, "ya im coming" and then WHOMP. DIRT. thats not how this works thats not how any of this works

And as a final note... the problems with WC's portrayals of shitty parents aside, it actually makes perfect sense that Tallpaw would think his father Sandgorse is a lunatic for feeling safe with going right back in after a collapse. Tallpaw doesn't know that some kinds of cave-ins actually make the tunnel more safe, but Sandgorse, an experienced digger, would.

(unfortunately the writers don't know this. but i do.)

[satoshi-mochida]

Visual novel 'Prolegomena To a Hyperdimensional Interface That Will Be Able to Manifest From Three-Minute Interchanges' announced for PC - Gematsu

Caramel Column, the Japanese studio behind the mobile game Alter Ego, has announced Prolegomena To a Hyperdimensional Interface That Will Be Able to Manifest From Three-Minute Interchanges, a “choose your own adventure“-style visual novel. It will launch for PC via Steam in 2025 with English, Japanese, Korean, Traditional Chinese, and Simplified Chinese language support.

Here is an overview of the game, via its Steam page:

About

Can you hear me? Actually, I’m not sure if “hear” is the right word. Are my words reaching you? … Unfortunately, I can’t tell if you’re responding. Perhaps the communicator is malfunctioning. Still, I’ll trust that my words are getting through to you and tell you this. This is a collaborative experiment between you and me. Not knowing what kind of experiment it is must be unsettling for you. So, I’ve summarized the key points for your reference.

Key Features

You and I can engage in continuous interchanges for approximately three minutes.

My voice will reach you fully voiced.

The outcome of the experiment depends on the content of our interchanges.

Interactions will primarily occur through an interface called “choices.”

However, I might require proof that you are an existence beyond dimensions.

If that happens, I want you to respond through an interface that transcends choices.

Even if I perish, I want you to continue the experiment.

That last point caught your attention, didn’t it? There isn’t enough time for me to complete the experiment. But if you cooperate, the experiment can reach completion. After all, you are—. Time’s almost up—. Time’s almost up—. Join the experiment—. I’ll be waiting—here.

Watch the announcement trailer below.

Announce Trailer

[essential-randomness]

Trying to find a guide to the "kill" command to link to for our upcoming resources website, and god, why are all tech articles so useless for beginners???

(I guess this is why we're building @fujowebdev but STILL)

[pyrosomatic-metamorphosis]

i've mentioned here and there that i made a relationships/dynamic spreadsheet. i have finally put it to use. look on my Works, ye mighty, and despair.

-extra note: i am not omniscient and i cannot watch every stream. i may have missed a sibling declaration or two.

-extra extra note: i currently speak only english and used google translate for the rest. if theres a translation error I'd love to know- i wont be able to go back and fix these, but im always so curious about how accurate google translate can be

extra extra note pt 2: do. do other languages use guardian as in "legal guardian" as in "not a family member but still Primary Caregiver of child" because i am suddenly aware those translations might not be correct. on the other hand tho if google translate decided that the parents are guarding warriors of the eggs im not going to argue

[suffarustuffaru]

my white shirt (an otto poem)

hello!! i got to write another poem for writing class and ended up with this... my restraints was that my title was pre-chosen for me ("my white shirt") and that i chose the form of a contrapuntal, which is a poem that combines two or more poems into one!! i thought it was fitting for a character like otto so i definitely recommend reading this poem in different ways (column by column, left to right, and diagonals). it was fun trying to challenge myself with this so you guys can see it too ig :3

[y-eontan]

it actually drives me mad how some people just decide they are above some things

[harrowclare]

clareeewolf -> harrowclare

[royalty-nobility]

Queen Mary II

Artist: Sir Peter Lely (Dutch, active in England, 1618-1680)

Date: ca. 1677

Medium: Oil on canvas

Collection: National Portrait Gallery, London, United Kingdom

Queen Mary II

Mary II (30 April 1662 – 28 December 1694) was Queen of England, Scotland, and Ireland with her husband, King William III and II, from 1689 until her death in 1694. She was also Princess of Orange following her marriage on 4 November 1677. Her joint reign with William over Britain is known as that of William and Mary.

This portrait shows Mary at the age of fifteen, at the time of her marriage to William of Orange.

[pawsandreflect]

My workplace is right next to a domino’s and I’m about slash this driver’s tires I stg

[cog-go-boom]

stands next to u for like 5 seconds .................................................. what do u think about high roller, frost?

[camellia-thea]

a midsummer night's dream (the globe, 2013) studies of puck, oberon, and titania

[shewantsitall]

Poll bc I feel stupid for overreacting