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Shaw! Digitally inked and coloured Hollow Knight Oraxia

Got this done a lot faster than I thought I would :)

(Tumblr didn't want to accept the full quality image so this is a slightly compressed jpeg, the nicer png is on reddit if you just search for tycho9000)

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I think life might be awesome

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the. guy

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Been experimenting with a different approach to drawing and thought it was the perfect chance to celebrate one of my favorite deluxe skins - Nekros Irkalla :D

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aoi doodle i made bc i wanted to picture her on a flight. bc i was on a flight !!

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grhhGHRHGHHGHH!!!!!

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my diplomerrr

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>First, we’ve discovered that about a quarter of all the internet connection in or out of the house were ad related. In a few hours, that’s about 10,000 out of 40,000 processed.

>We also discovered that every link on Twitter was blocked. This was solved by whitelisting the https://t.co domain.

>Once out browsing the Web, everything is loading pretty much instantly. It turns out most of that Page Loading malarkey we’ve been accustomed to is related to sites running auctions to sell Ad space to show you before the page loads. All gone now.

>We then found that the Samsung TV (which I really like) is very fond of yapping all about itself to Samsung HQ. All stopped now. No sign of any breakages in its function, so I’m happy enough with that.

>The primary source of distress came from the habitual Lemmings player in the house, who found they could no longer watch ads to build up their in-app gold. A workaround is being considered for this.

>The next ambition is to advance the Ad blocking so that it seamlessly removed YouTube Ads. This is the subject of ongoing research, and tinkering continues. All in all, a very successful experiment.

>Certainly this exceeds my equivalent childhood project of disassembling and assembling our rotary dial telephone. A project whose only utility was finding out how to make the phone ring when nobody was calling.

>Update: All4 on the telly appears not to have any ads any more. Goodbye Arnold Clarke!

>Lemmings problem now solved.

>Can confirm, after small tests, that RTÉ Player ads are now gone and the player on the phone is now just delivering swift, ad free streams at first click.

>Some queries along the lines of “Are you not stealing the internet?” Firstly, this is my network, so I may set it up as I please (or, you know, my son can do it and I can give him a stupid thumbs up in response). But there is a wider question, based on the ads=internet model.

>I’m afraid I passed the You Wouldn’t Download A Car point back when I first installed ad-blocking plug-ins on a browser. But consider my chatty TV. Individual consumer choice is not the method of addressing pervasive commercial surveillance.

>Should I feel morally obliged not to mute the TV when the ads come on? No, this is a standing tension- a clash of interests. But I think my interest in my family not being under intrusive or covert surveillance at home is superior to the ad company’s wish to profile them.

>Aside: 24 hours of Pi Hole stats suggests that Samsung TVs are very chatty. 14,170 chats a day.

>YouTube blocking seems difficult, as the ads usually come from the same domain as the videos. Haven’t tried it, but all of the content can also be delivered from a no-cookies version of the YouTube domain, which doesn’t have the ads. I have asked my son to poke at that idea.

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So this month's electrical bill came in hot; the electric company have recalculated our electricity spending since 2021 and now we owe them around 100k Russian Roubles. I don't have this kinda money, and I never will. I am at my wit's end. Also, we are just straight broke and ours and our cats' food supply is running low. I am tired of begging for money online, but if anybody could donate or, idk, share around the donation links, I wouldn't be against it: https://boosty.to/themugbearer/donate https://hipolink.net/the_mugbearer/tips

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"I know chatgpt is bad but you just don't really have any choice" you literally do. Don't use it. Have some moral backbone.

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"I'm not changing myself for anyone."

Can't believe I managed to finish my Tennocon piece.

Flare has become quite special to me. And I love the dynamic between them and Lizzie. The symbolism that can be found in their story is super cool. Really speaks to me.

#warframefanart #tennocreate #warframelizzie #flarevarleon

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EMERGENCY COMMISSIONS

One of our cats got UTI. We had to send him to an emergency visit to the vet. The visit went well but we need meds/food to cure his UTI. $150 (8,400PHP) are the needed amount of his meds/food and we're a bit tight this month.

If you're interested with commissioning me, please feel free to DM me! Or contact me thru my BlueSky.

Here's my Ko-Fi, any small amount is greatly appreciated!

Reblogs are appreciated!

Here's my precious baby:

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The Hanged Man - my Tennocon 2025 Showcase submission.

Thoughts and extras below the cut!

This piece is kind of a love letter to Alad and all he has been through I suppose! I'm sure plenty of people have drawn Warframe Tarot Cards before, but I decided to draw Alad as the Hanged Man card.

Upright, the Hanged Man represents a change in perspective, surrender, sacrifice. In this position you can see Nef Anyo to Alad's left, and Shadow Stalker + Hunhow to his right. People Alad has come to the Tenno for help against, or even assisted us in besting.

Nef, who sought to destroy Tyl Regor's lab data for the sole purpose of stopping Alad from curing himself, causing Alad to instead come to us, desperately seeking help to stop Nef and cure his self-inflicted malady. Nef, who while Alad suffers as an underdog trying to claw his way back to his seat on the Corpus board, continues to gain the favor of his peers.

Though Alad did initially gain from assisting us in the Second Dream, he immediately had to surrender that gain when the Shadow Stalker sent his Acolytes after him. Once again finding himself in the position of asking the Tenno for help.

In this position Alad is hung by a string of infestation, the very thing that caused his downfall and sparked this change in perspective.

Reversed, the Hanged Man represents stubbornness, a refusal to change, selfishness and egotism. In this position you can see Natah to his left, and Frohd Bek to his right.

It was Alad's stubbornness and refusal to play nice with his fellow board members, and his selfish dedication to the Zanuka project, that sparked Frohd Bek attempts to sabotage him, seeking the aid of the Tenno to halt his work and removing Alad from the Corpus Board, bank rolling his projects. One of the many events that incited his downfall.

Alad's old habits and greedy nature caused him to take the red flag filled deal with Regus, leading to his regretful forced partnership with the Sentients, of which Natah placed the Ropalolyst on his front doorstep as a reminder of his mistakes and his forced servitude. Despite his numerous mistakes in the past, he had not learned a thing, he had not changed.

In this position Alad's head is bracketed by sentient like structures, alluding to his cowardly attempt to hand over Corpus ships during the new war. Though we don't know his true intentions, given his thoughts through the Partnership Fragments, I believe this was just another attempt to save his own skin. After all, you know what he always says: If you can save just one life, it better damn well be mine.

Here it is in reverse, and with some extra closeups so you can see the background characters.

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