Monica
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A collection of random thoughts and opinions
A collection of random thoughts and opinions
If the options are between an AU that goes wild with story or a "canonical" one that is far more reserved in fear of messing with the timeline, please put my vote in for the bananas AU
November 10, 2025 at 11:56 PM
If the options are between an AU that goes wild with story or a "canonical" one that is far more reserved in fear of messing with the timeline, please put my vote in for the bananas AU
Reposted by Monica
I cannot recommend you enough to install the Wikipedia app on your devices and use it like you would any search engine. Nowadays they even have tabs so you can open many articles at once.
And, if you can, please donate to the foundation. It has survived the internet enshittification that way.
And, if you can, please donate to the foundation. It has survived the internet enshittification that way.
wikipedia's data shows that AI is siphoning traffic away from the site, which is a danger to its sustainability. ironically Wikipedia is more important than ever to users who want reliable information instead of slop, and to AI companies that need it for training data www.404media.co/wikipedia-sa...
Wikipedia Says AI Is Causing a Dangerous Decline in Human Visitors
“With fewer visits to Wikipedia, fewer volunteers may grow and enrich the content, and fewer individual donors may support this work.”
www.404media.co
October 17, 2025 at 2:41 PM
I cannot recommend you enough to install the Wikipedia app on your devices and use it like you would any search engine. Nowadays they even have tabs so you can open many articles at once.
And, if you can, please donate to the foundation. It has survived the internet enshittification that way.
And, if you can, please donate to the foundation. It has survived the internet enshittification that way.
That the Soldier Constructs don't follow the cycle of the blood moon because they're not controlled by Ganon is just such a fantastic level of detail which is never remarked on
August 20, 2025 at 3:10 AM
That the Soldier Constructs don't follow the cycle of the blood moon because they're not controlled by Ganon is just such a fantastic level of detail which is never remarked on
The fish spatula I bought is too big for my pan and therefore I've been flipping my salmon fillets with a cookie spatula, lil fish cookies
August 15, 2025 at 11:04 PM
The fish spatula I bought is too big for my pan and therefore I've been flipping my salmon fillets with a cookie spatula, lil fish cookies
Replaying TOTK to grab all the Zelda Notes memories, and
-the notes are great and help improve some weird lines in the base game (Zelda advises the Gerudo based on Urbosa's words to her! The goat herder guy was new to the job!)
-Kohga is awesome and a fantastic leader for the Yiga
-the notes are great and help improve some weird lines in the base game (Zelda advises the Gerudo based on Urbosa's words to her! The goat herder guy was new to the job!)
-Kohga is awesome and a fantastic leader for the Yiga
August 14, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Replaying TOTK to grab all the Zelda Notes memories, and
-the notes are great and help improve some weird lines in the base game (Zelda advises the Gerudo based on Urbosa's words to her! The goat herder guy was new to the job!)
-Kohga is awesome and a fantastic leader for the Yiga
-the notes are great and help improve some weird lines in the base game (Zelda advises the Gerudo based on Urbosa's words to her! The goat herder guy was new to the job!)
-Kohga is awesome and a fantastic leader for the Yiga
The average time between me wanting to watch a movie to actually sitting down and doing it is about 10 years
August 12, 2025 at 1:42 AM
The average time between me wanting to watch a movie to actually sitting down and doing it is about 10 years
It's a stressful but an essential read. Impossible to think that people who have a shred of empathy or even simply a belief in divine or karmic consequences can be okay with this.
For the first time since she was freed from an immigration prison, Rümeysa Öztürk speaks. And she does so by ... writing:
"Writing is the heart of freedom of expression. Unbelievably, this single opinion piece, published in our student newspaper, would lead to my arrest and detention."
"Writing is the heart of freedom of expression. Unbelievably, this single opinion piece, published in our student newspaper, would lead to my arrest and detention."
“Even God Cannot Hear Us Here”: What I Witnessed Inside an ICE Women’s Prison
Tufts University doctoral student Rümeysa Öztürk opens up about her 45 days in a South Louisiana processing facility—and the generous and compassionate women she met.
www.vanityfair.com
July 17, 2025 at 5:36 PM
It's a stressful but an essential read. Impossible to think that people who have a shred of empathy or even simply a belief in divine or karmic consequences can be okay with this.
Reposted by Monica
Folks, this is it. This is the best episode of the Book of Matoya podcast. This is the one where we talk about the basketball court of Final Fantasy VIII. Is it good, or is it bad? It's good. It's so good. Don't let anyone lie to you.
Book of Matoya Episode 9: Final Fantasy VIII: Part 5 — Audio Entropy
Squall takes control of Balamb Garden, and journeys to a basketball court that stirs up old memories.
www.audioentropy.com
July 15, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Folks, this is it. This is the best episode of the Book of Matoya podcast. This is the one where we talk about the basketball court of Final Fantasy VIII. Is it good, or is it bad? It's good. It's so good. Don't let anyone lie to you.
I have never, ever, EVER wanted to use a curly quotation mark in lieu of a straight one
July 4, 2025 at 12:03 AM
I have never, ever, EVER wanted to use a curly quotation mark in lieu of a straight one
FF8 had me so excited but I need to mind my F-bombs (apologies)
June 27, 2025 at 1:17 AM
FF8 had me so excited but I need to mind my F-bombs (apologies)
I wish we could've played that version of BotW where the Sheikah Slate was the WiiU screen and open all the time
June 25, 2025 at 11:45 PM
I wish we could've played that version of BotW where the Sheikah Slate was the WiiU screen and open all the time
"You'll be able to schedule messages after you send your first message." WTF Teams
May 29, 2025 at 10:23 PM
"You'll be able to schedule messages after you send your first message." WTF Teams
My younger self... is right.
FF8 is awesome
FF8 is awesome
May 17, 2025 at 2:13 AM
My younger self... is right.
FF8 is awesome
FF8 is awesome
How nice to dream of distant warm watered planets with nothing more than algae life
www.cbc.ca/news/science...
www.cbc.ca/news/science...
Scientists find strongest evidence yet of life on an alien planet | CBC News
In a potential landmark discovery, scientists using the James Webb Space Telescope have obtained what they call the strongest signs yet of possible life beyond our solar system.
www.cbc.ca
April 17, 2025 at 11:05 PM
How nice to dream of distant warm watered planets with nothing more than algae life
www.cbc.ca/news/science...
www.cbc.ca/news/science...
I've never really played a Donkey Kong game, but as a person who will habitually dig everywhere anytime there's a game with that mechanic, I'm super excited for Bananza
April 3, 2025 at 6:04 PM
I've never really played a Donkey Kong game, but as a person who will habitually dig everywhere anytime there's a game with that mechanic, I'm super excited for Bananza
I suspect that the Switch 2 Zelda Notes functionality (phone app map with points of interest and audio logs) will be in Metroid Prime 4. Or at least it makes incredible sense to be, for collecting powerups, hearing federation logs, or just having a second screen with a persistent map available!
April 3, 2025 at 5:58 PM
I suspect that the Switch 2 Zelda Notes functionality (phone app map with points of interest and audio logs) will be in Metroid Prime 4. Or at least it makes incredible sense to be, for collecting powerups, hearing federation logs, or just having a second screen with a persistent map available!
My life has been improved by putting a recurring April Fools reminder into my calendar
April 1, 2025 at 4:21 PM
My life has been improved by putting a recurring April Fools reminder into my calendar
I DID IT
TWILIGHT PRINCESS ZELINK IS REALLY GOOD NOW
TWILIGHT PRINCESS ZELINK IS REALLY GOOD NOW
Monica has decided on a Friday night to change my mind about Zelink in Twilight Princess
February 15, 2025 at 4:17 AM
I DID IT
TWILIGHT PRINCESS ZELINK IS REALLY GOOD NOW
TWILIGHT PRINCESS ZELINK IS REALLY GOOD NOW
Cameron is wearing his reading glasses right now and his hair is swooping across his brow... megane character
January 31, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Cameron is wearing his reading glasses right now and his hair is swooping across his brow... megane character
The way the black fur is shaped on her jawline, against her white undercoat, makes Cocoa look like she has dark fangs.
January 24, 2025 at 1:13 AM
The way the black fur is shaped on her jawline, against her white undercoat, makes Cocoa look like she has dark fangs.
I love pivot tables
January 23, 2025 at 11:47 PM
I love pivot tables
Reposted by Monica
Amazing new JWST image. The blue stars in the lower right are part of one of the faintest nearby galaxies that has not been strongly affected by another galaxy. All of the other galaxies are much further away (and more massive). 🧪
Oh come ON now. This new JWST image is just ASTOUNDING.
I feel like I’m falling looking into it, and that I would fall forever, and that I would enjoy it.
NASA, ESA, CSA, K. McQuinn (STScI), J. DePasquale (STScI)
I feel like I’m falling looking into it, and that I would fall forever, and that I would enjoy it.
NASA, ESA, CSA, K. McQuinn (STScI), J. DePasquale (STScI)
January 17, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Amazing new JWST image. The blue stars in the lower right are part of one of the faintest nearby galaxies that has not been strongly affected by another galaxy. All of the other galaxies are much further away (and more massive). 🧪
A majestic bunny (insert Lion King song)
January 17, 2025 at 3:59 AM
A majestic bunny (insert Lion King song)
Mochi just had a nightmare and in the scramble, fell off of the chair seat he was napping on. After deploying a thump warning and turning down both food and pets as he scanned the environment actively, he has now settled back down and is napping beside me. What a brave little man.
January 8, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Mochi just had a nightmare and in the scramble, fell off of the chair seat he was napping on. After deploying a thump warning and turning down both food and pets as he scanned the environment actively, he has now settled back down and is napping beside me. What a brave little man.
Person who cast on 150 laceweight stitches and knit 10 rows when she needed 152...
I counted!! A tiny gnome went and changed things up when I wasn't looking
I counted!! A tiny gnome went and changed things up when I wasn't looking
January 8, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Person who cast on 150 laceweight stitches and knit 10 rows when she needed 152...
I counted!! A tiny gnome went and changed things up when I wasn't looking
I counted!! A tiny gnome went and changed things up when I wasn't looking