Checks spam mail: Oh, hahaha, hello obvious scam email. Please return to sender and delete their computer.

While my chili is simmering I can get back to my current addiction: Civilization 6.

I bought it for $5, played it some, enjoyed it, fumbled into a victory and left it at that for a few months.

A couple of days ago I finished Star Wars: Zero Company and picked it up again to fidget with. Something turned over in my head last night though, and finally started to grok the interlocking systems and now I MUST MASTER THIS SIMULATION.

#videogames

Rejection Sensitivity Dysphoria is fucking awful and vile and I really fucking hate it. What a shitty thing for a creative soul to have to deal with, when we get rejected CONSTANTLY. It’s my worst internal dragon. 😖

Can anyone give recommendations on a hypoallergenic liquid hand soap? Bonus if there's a portable version I could take to school? I'll put it in a bottle with a flip cap if I have to

#disability #atopicdermatitis #soap #allergies

I dislike quoting final panels of comics, so I'll just say I laughed out loud at Monday's El Goonish Shive.

Good morning from Japan 🌄☁

The chili is going to simmer covered for a couple of hours. Every half hour or so I will check seasoning and adjust. Usually it mellows out a bit more, so it might actually need a bit more spice but I'm guessing not this time.

30min before done I will add kidney beans, an orange bell pepper, half a sweet onion, and a couple remaining Hungarian reds. This is for brightness and texture and also people in this house like beans in their chili for some reason.

Me voy a arrepentir muchísimo, pero mañana voy por la tarde con unos amigos de mis padres....y ya me quiero morir. :BlobHajMlem:

When I think it's right I give it 5min and then add a tablespoon or so of unsweetened cocoa powder and a bunch more salt. Let that simmer a while. The cocoa is magical: it turns an acidic, spicy tomato sauce into a deep, round, warm pot of awesomeness. Fruity flavours are pulled forward, the burn is barely there the first bite but builds slowly. Bites of pepper are refreshing. Now we're cooking!

Dei-Dei taking a midday snooze~ Hope that bamboo staff is stronger than it looks >.>

Art for iGurp!

Post-hog ergo propter hog

Part 2 of my We Heart Webcomics interview is up! :D

Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/weheartwebcomics.bsky.social/post/3mwbwxemud227

Pillowfort transcript of the entire interview: https://www.pillowfort.social/posts/8270347

Six more days to go in the We Heart Webcomics digital comics fair - check out all the great indie storytelling at https://ko-fi.com/spiderforest/shop 😊

#comics #webcomics #WeHeartWebcomics

The mixture is really intense atm but it's going to season the entire pot, so now we build the soup. In goes one can of fire-roasted crushed tomato. Check seasoning. In goes one can of san marzano tomatoes (because that's what was there not because this pot needs fru fru tomato). Recheck seasoning. Still intense, so in goes one can of water.

Bring it to a simmer; recheck. Heat is good and chile flavour is good but missing chile and cumin now.

I'm reading https://eth.poetics.studio/textiles-fundamentals.html and this piques my interest: "textiles that stiffen on impact for sports protection."

Really, I'm looking for ways to make The Embroidered Mixtape even more interactive by playing a clip of music in response to an input (probably the obvious one: touch). But I know next to nothing about electricity much less electronics and I really want to know more, not just enough to do this one project. I'm open to guidance and links and book recommendations.

there are no accidents

Once the peppers and onions are sweating, the meat goes back in and I season heavily with cumin and chili powder. I don't bother making my own these days; Penzey's is pretty good (but needs more cumin). Once everything smells amazing the chile paste goes in. Saute for a few minutes and check seasoning.

It's at this point I know where this particular batch is going flavour- and heat-wise. This one is super fruity with a lingering slow burn. Good so far!

The way tech media covers "AI" is as gullible and ridiculous as if journalists were daily posting headlines with full seriousness like "Magician Conjures Dove Out of Hat" or "Woman Uninjured After Being Cut In Half at Magic Show" or "Transportation Transformed: Fifteen Clowns Fit In This Tiny Car"

Wait... what?? NOOOOOOOO

(Actually, someone in the reviews tried running the game on Steam Deck and it worked well enough, I suppose I can give it a go)

#ControlResonant

If I still had the attention span necessary to read long-form writing, something on my reading outline might be: more James Medlock

I’ve been working on one more battle map for Vala Foundry’s Goblin Cave. Here’s a sneak peek. Things are really starting to shape up for this unique board game!

#fantasymaps #battlemap #hexmap #handcrafted #noai