kobold hheehe

This is worth calling out too, regarding fantasy worldbuilding

Because, as I've mentioned before, technological knowledge in the premodern world is mostly passed down orally from parent to child or master to apprentice, it's REALLY common for people to forget WHY they do things

Getting harder to make meaningful improvements over the years on some of my favorite Lego micro gundams, but I guess that's a good sign. Reeeally brick to brick this iteration of Heavyarms.

Outbursts Of Everett True By A.D. Condo P1-MR. TRUE IS AT THE OFFICE OF A FACTORY MANAGER WHEN AN EMPLOYEE ENTERS EMPLOYEE: MISTER GRIGGS, THAT MACHINE IS OUT OF ORDER AND DANGEROUS TO OPERATE MANAGER MR. GRIGGS: WELL, LET THE MEN RUN IT TILL NOON AND THEN WE'LL, HAVE IT FIXED - P2- MR TRUE IS VERY UPSET BY THE MANANGERS DISREGARD FOR THE WORKERS SAFETY MR. TRUE: DO IT NOW!!!! MR. TRUE POUNDS THE MANAGER RIGHT ON THE TOP OF HIS HEAD CAUSING HIM TO FOLD UP LIKE AN ACCORDION

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April 11,1919

People with preexisting conditions also don’t deserve to die

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screenshot of a post by Isaiah Martin saying "Never forget how Louise Lucas responded when someone tried to tell her to water down her 10-1 blue map which itself screenshots a tweet by @SenLouiseLucas " I have the utmost respect for Senator Laine and Senator Warner but we do not need 'coaching' on redistricting coming from a cuck chair in the corner. How about you all stay focused on the fascist in the White House and let us handle redistricting in Virginia. 10-1"

another gem off FB lmao

First world queers, notice who your fucking enemies are.

dhuartson: Don't let anyone talk you out of spending $15 on a new hobby. That $50 will be the best $400 you ever spent.

This is not wrong.

Three-ish panel comic: a pirate uses a telescope to look out onto the water and seems shocked. He yells out, “Captain! You’re not going to believe this!” Out on the water is what appears ostensibly to be a Pizza Hut, but underneath the surface we see the hut is actually attached to the head of a gigantic kraken squid monster.

Four years ago today, I posted my first beetle moses comic

Illustration of two mechs, the BX-721 "Desperado" and RD-111 "Corvus" standing back-to-back. Their builds are similar, as they're both based on the same technology - they're slim and lithe, with angular, birdlike faces. The two are sworn enemies, but posing them together is fun.

Illustration of the MX-000 "Margrave," an imposing mech with ten arms. It is colored a stark white, black, and red, with turquoise beam emitters in each palm that crackle with energy. Beside it is a short background of its creation: "Developed by the Reingardt Institute with the blessing of House Lisianthus, the MX-000 “Margrave” is Au Galida’s last chance to reconquer the Ingram Union. It fights using ten palm-mounted emitters that produce beams of strange energy. Exposure to this energy has been known to cause adverse psychological effects."

Illustration of Lady Liatris's BX-888α "Monarca Absoluta" in flight. True to her namesake, Liatris's mech is purple and lavender, with a large armored booster cowl that allows it to fly. It fires a gatling gun from its wrist to intercept incoming projectiles while launching a salvo of its own shoulder-mounted missiles.

Illustration of Mother and Father, the heads of the Reingardt Institute. They wear black and gray robes that cover their whole bodies, crowned with ornate golden masks. Their masked faces resemble the heads of Dragoons, with angular beaks and thin eyes. Beside them is a short history of the Institute: From the ashes of the Petal War rose the Reingardt Institute: a secretive cabal of alchemists and machinists led by two towering, masked entities known only as Mother and Father. They wear the robes of the Consorts, those detestable occultists whose avarice destroyed the old Republic. At present they are sheltered by Duke Lisianthus, who insists that they alone have the knowledge needed to reclaim the Republic’s lost glory. Their obsession is singular: a new, perfect Dragoon, coursing with supernatural power: the MX-000 “Margrave.”

Hi #PortfolioDay! I'm apdoodles. I draw mechs and techno-cultists for my original series, Project Margrave! I'm also
secretly hoping you'll read the lore blurbs in these illustrations 😉

Some Gallantour, despite their wealth, are forced to look for sponsors to fund their knight errant adventurism in colonial space. For these pilots, its not simply their pride or status on the line if they lose a battle or campaign; more than one 7th son has become stranded in local gate space.

secret santa for a friend (@squarecloud7310 on insta)

spaceships. I've been enjoying boat-like designs recently

Joining Bluesky :)

how i'm entering silicon valley after the Great Unraveling

"POLIO IS NOT 'SITMAXXING'"

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It's difficult to articulate how foolish this is.

It's akin to saying troops shouldn't use body armor because it weakens their war-fighting capabilities.

Any historian can tell you disease has always been a key contributor to military casualties.

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Digital art of a turtle-koi fish creature with a lily pad and pink lotus flower on its back, mimicking the vague shape of a turtle shell. A small frog rests on their lily pad as drops of water catch on the petals of the lotus flower. A tadpole swims shortly behind them. The background is a greyish blue with swirls and sparkles.

koi pond turtle 🪷

The message of the Right reacting to Virginia is the same as the message of "2020 was rigged": no victory by anyone but us is ever legitimate. We are the only ones allowed to win.

These people are cartoon villains entitled to no respect and no trust. Rabid dogs.

I love that I can look at every member of trump's stupid fascist cabinet and say "I could do that job better" and have it actually be true. Not because I am actually knowledgeable about any of those positions, but because his cabinet is dumb as a bag of hammers

we all know I have no life, so:

He can’t say no to this because, technically, he was on the clock at the Olympics. We paid for that and there’s video of him getting ripped. So we already have proof of at least one instance.

A merman lifting chalice with a horn shell rim

Part 247 of 200 in historically interesting things to inspire your ttrpg dnd

A nautilus shell and silver-gilt cup made in 1585-1586 CE

Nothing has killed more soldiers in the history of humanity than disease. While worst is a more complicated question Hegseth is absolutely the dumbest secretary of defense the United States has ever had. bsky.app/profile/ones...

"The Saturn Orbital Defense Militia's choice for pushing freight and orbital patrol"
a small touchup of an older design, this compositor shader is fun i should play with it more

In the same manifesto, Palantir's owners argued that we need a national military draft, that soft power is over, and that we were too hard on Germany and Japan after World War II. I don't think that company should be allowed to exist anymore.