Adrian
@avernian.bsky.social
I love learning new-to-me words.
Today it was "clement" ("mild"), as in "clement weather" vs. "inclement weather".
I'd just... never considered the etymology of "inclement weather" I guess haha. Could've extrapolated the existence of "clement" from that, but... nope!
Today it was "clement" ("mild"), as in "clement weather" vs. "inclement weather".
I'd just... never considered the etymology of "inclement weather" I guess haha. Could've extrapolated the existence of "clement" from that, but... nope!
June 18, 2025 at 9:02 PM
I love learning new-to-me words.
Today it was "clement" ("mild"), as in "clement weather" vs. "inclement weather".
I'd just... never considered the etymology of "inclement weather" I guess haha. Could've extrapolated the existence of "clement" from that, but... nope!
Today it was "clement" ("mild"), as in "clement weather" vs. "inclement weather".
I'd just... never considered the etymology of "inclement weather" I guess haha. Could've extrapolated the existence of "clement" from that, but... nope!
Had another dream I was back in high school. All art classes, fortunately haha. But as usual I couldn't remember my schedule so I didn't know which classes to go to after the first ones ended. So I ended up stressed out anyway.
But in one class I was trying a new craft I've been thinking about... 🤔
But in one class I was trying a new craft I've been thinking about... 🤔
June 17, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Had another dream I was back in high school. All art classes, fortunately haha. But as usual I couldn't remember my schedule so I didn't know which classes to go to after the first ones ended. So I ended up stressed out anyway.
But in one class I was trying a new craft I've been thinking about... 🤔
But in one class I was trying a new craft I've been thinking about... 🤔
Welp. That's the ending of Clair Obscur: Expedition 33.
O u c h.
But what an incredible game. One of my favorites of all time for sure!
...for a game named after the artistic contrast between light and shadow, that ending sure had a LOT of shades of grey...
My heart. 😭
O u c h.
But what an incredible game. One of my favorites of all time for sure!
...for a game named after the artistic contrast between light and shadow, that ending sure had a LOT of shades of grey...
My heart. 😭
June 2, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Welp. That's the ending of Clair Obscur: Expedition 33.
O u c h.
But what an incredible game. One of my favorites of all time for sure!
...for a game named after the artistic contrast between light and shadow, that ending sure had a LOT of shades of grey...
My heart. 😭
O u c h.
But what an incredible game. One of my favorites of all time for sure!
...for a game named after the artistic contrast between light and shadow, that ending sure had a LOT of shades of grey...
My heart. 😭
So Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is... wow. I don't think I've felt so fully enthralled by a game since my first RPG (Final Fantasy IX back in 2000). I'm near the end (just hunting collectibles in act 3) so still avoiding most content online, but... yeah. I'm so in love.
May 29, 2025 at 12:07 AM
So Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is... wow. I don't think I've felt so fully enthralled by a game since my first RPG (Final Fantasy IX back in 2000). I'm near the end (just hunting collectibles in act 3) so still avoiding most content online, but... yeah. I'm so in love.
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The ascii art at the top of internet video game tutorials were actually talismans holding the universe together
we lost our way when people making tutorials closed notepad.exe and started filming themselves instead
May 11, 2025 at 2:59 PM
The ascii art at the top of internet video game tutorials were actually talismans holding the universe together
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Today— May 10 —marks the anniversary of the destruction of the Institut für Sexualwissenschaft, a pioneering clinic and library of human sexuality. Nazis looted and publicly burned its research, records and artifacts to bury evidence of trans/queer existence.
The parallels today are unmistakable.
The parallels today are unmistakable.
May 10, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Today— May 10 —marks the anniversary of the destruction of the Institut für Sexualwissenschaft, a pioneering clinic and library of human sexuality. Nazis looted and publicly burned its research, records and artifacts to bury evidence of trans/queer existence.
The parallels today are unmistakable.
The parallels today are unmistakable.
So much happening, and my health has me feeling like I'm frozen in time while the world spins around me. I've been here before and I've always made it through, but man it sucks while I'm in the middle of it. In 10 days things should be helped somewhat, but that feels so far away.
March 18, 2025 at 1:44 AM
So much happening, and my health has me feeling like I'm frozen in time while the world spins around me. I've been here before and I've always made it through, but man it sucks while I'm in the middle of it. In 10 days things should be helped somewhat, but that feels so far away.
I still think about last year's solar eclipse pretty regularly. I'm so glad I went to see it in totality, and I hope I get to see another in my lifetime somehow. It was absolutely breathtaking. Easily the most beautiful natural phenomenon I've ever seen.
March 14, 2025 at 4:02 PM
I still think about last year's solar eclipse pretty regularly. I'm so glad I went to see it in totality, and I hope I get to see another in my lifetime somehow. It was absolutely breathtaking. Easily the most beautiful natural phenomenon I've ever seen.
Trying to ignore the world for a bit and focus on my art. Working on some renaissance guitar pieces. Pleased to (re)discover that some time away somehow makes the harder pieces a tiny bit easier. "O Passy Sparsy", I'll master you one day.
March 5, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Trying to ignore the world for a bit and focus on my art. Working on some renaissance guitar pieces. Pleased to (re)discover that some time away somehow makes the harder pieces a tiny bit easier. "O Passy Sparsy", I'll master you one day.
Spent a couple days in the hospital for a minor emergency (mostly just for observation since they couldn't schedule what I needed right away, all is well now) and now my sleep schedule is a liiiiittle messed up. It's 7:30am, why am I wide awake?? I woke up so much last night! Bleh, oh well lol
March 2, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Spent a couple days in the hospital for a minor emergency (mostly just for observation since they couldn't schedule what I needed right away, all is well now) and now my sleep schedule is a liiiiittle messed up. It's 7:30am, why am I wide awake?? I woke up so much last night! Bleh, oh well lol
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No lande hath evir had but one language. Even the monolingual do not lyve wyth just one tongue. Historye ys polyglot, culture ys a glorious babel of invention, and lyfe itself ys made out of translaciouns.
February 28, 2025 at 10:45 PM
No lande hath evir had but one language. Even the monolingual do not lyve wyth just one tongue. Historye ys polyglot, culture ys a glorious babel of invention, and lyfe itself ys made out of translaciouns.
Very cool to see Steam holding a Women's Day sale featuring games "created by teams led by women and other gender-marginalized developers". Two of my recent favorites, Dredge and Tiny Glade, are in there, at 50% and 15% off respectively. I'll be digging for more new favorites to add to my library!
Women's Day Sale
Browse and discover games: from demos of hot upcoming games to all-time fan favorites heavily discounted.
store.steampowered.com
February 28, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Very cool to see Steam holding a Women's Day sale featuring games "created by teams led by women and other gender-marginalized developers". Two of my recent favorites, Dredge and Tiny Glade, are in there, at 50% and 15% off respectively. I'll be digging for more new favorites to add to my library!
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1. Nearly a century ago, Nazis burned trans books to usher in fascism.
Now, Trump is doing the same, digitally burning all records of transgender people and striking the community from records.
This must be seen for what it is: a move towards atrocity.
Subscribe to support my journalism.
Now, Trump is doing the same, digitally burning all records of transgender people and striking the community from records.
This must be seen for what it is: a move towards atrocity.
Subscribe to support my journalism.
Nazis Burned Trans Books To Usher In Fascism: Now Trump Does The Same
Transgender people have often been a canary in the coalmines of Democracy.
www.erininthemorning.com
February 24, 2025 at 6:27 PM
1. Nearly a century ago, Nazis burned trans books to usher in fascism.
Now, Trump is doing the same, digitally burning all records of transgender people and striking the community from records.
This must be seen for what it is: a move towards atrocity.
Subscribe to support my journalism.
Now, Trump is doing the same, digitally burning all records of transgender people and striking the community from records.
This must be seen for what it is: a move towards atrocity.
Subscribe to support my journalism.
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Made the mistake of attempting to eat a tuna sandwich within range of Cheddar, my adorable orange cat with knives for feet, and now I am bleeding a little.
But the sandwich was delicious, so I'll probably make this mistake many more times in the future.
But the sandwich was delicious, so I'll probably make this mistake many more times in the future.
February 16, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Made the mistake of attempting to eat a tuna sandwich within range of Cheddar, my adorable orange cat with knives for feet, and now I am bleeding a little.
But the sandwich was delicious, so I'll probably make this mistake many more times in the future.
But the sandwich was delicious, so I'll probably make this mistake many more times in the future.
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Keith Haring died of AIDS aged 31 on 16 Feb 1990.
One of his last works, Unfinished Painting, was deliberately incomplete, reflecting the devastating, unquantifiable loss to the arts due to AIDS.
#LGBTplusHistoryMonth
One of his last works, Unfinished Painting, was deliberately incomplete, reflecting the devastating, unquantifiable loss to the arts due to AIDS.
#LGBTplusHistoryMonth
February 16, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Keith Haring died of AIDS aged 31 on 16 Feb 1990.
One of his last works, Unfinished Painting, was deliberately incomplete, reflecting the devastating, unquantifiable loss to the arts due to AIDS.
#LGBTplusHistoryMonth
One of his last works, Unfinished Painting, was deliberately incomplete, reflecting the devastating, unquantifiable loss to the arts due to AIDS.
#LGBTplusHistoryMonth
This whole thread is really cool!
Not true. I'll give you some examples of when styles crossed over from womenswear to menswear, and how men have worn straight-up womenswear or just feminine styles in cool ways. 🧵
February 16, 2025 at 7:09 PM
This whole thread is really cool!
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This is where you go to tell the National Park Service to restore the word "transgender" in its entry on the Stonewall monument.
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Stonewall National Monument (U.S. National Park Service)
Before the 1960s, almost everything about living openly as a lesbian, gay, bisexual (LGB) person was illegal. The Stonewall Uprising on June 28, 1969 is a milestone in the quest for LGB civil rights a...
www.nps.gov
February 13, 2025 at 10:53 PM
This is where you go to tell the National Park Service to restore the word "transgender" in its entry on the Stonewall monument.
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Currently in a good-natured argument over which is the superior vegetable, onions or potatoes. I say onions, because they are especially versatile and elevate every savory dish they go in, but JD says potatoes, because you could survive off them, and he also just always wants potatoes.
February 13, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Currently in a good-natured argument over which is the superior vegetable, onions or potatoes. I say onions, because they are especially versatile and elevate every savory dish they go in, but JD says potatoes, because you could survive off them, and he also just always wants potatoes.
The hat is DONE! Beanie Quest is OVER, I have done it, I have acquired the perfect black summer beanie and I just had to crochet it myself. It is comfy as heck and I can't believe it worked out — I didn't use a pattern, just kinda did half a gauge swatch and crunched some numbers lmao.
February 7, 2025 at 8:12 PM
The hat is DONE! Beanie Quest is OVER, I have done it, I have acquired the perfect black summer beanie and I just had to crochet it myself. It is comfy as heck and I can't believe it worked out — I didn't use a pattern, just kinda did half a gauge swatch and crunched some numbers lmao.
How dare my therapist trick me into looking up different philosophers and philosophical concepts after almost every session
Did I sign up for this?? Maybe
Is it kinda cool? Also maybe
Did I sign up for this?? Maybe
Is it kinda cool? Also maybe
February 7, 2025 at 4:11 PM
How dare my therapist trick me into looking up different philosophers and philosophical concepts after almost every session
Did I sign up for this?? Maybe
Is it kinda cool? Also maybe
Did I sign up for this?? Maybe
Is it kinda cool? Also maybe
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I know all of us who understand what is happening are experiencing mental health challenges because of that.
The only message of comfort I can offer to this community of readers is this: you are correct.
What you think is happening is really happening, and is just as concerning as you think it is.
The only message of comfort I can offer to this community of readers is this: you are correct.
What you think is happening is really happening, and is just as concerning as you think it is.
February 5, 2025 at 7:12 PM
I know all of us who understand what is happening are experiencing mental health challenges because of that.
The only message of comfort I can offer to this community of readers is this: you are correct.
What you think is happening is really happening, and is just as concerning as you think it is.
The only message of comfort I can offer to this community of readers is this: you are correct.
What you think is happening is really happening, and is just as concerning as you think it is.
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PITCH: An updated version of the curse of Cassandra where she's describing things that are happening now, in front of everyone, but still isn't believed.
February 5, 2025 at 12:41 AM
PITCH: An updated version of the curse of Cassandra where she's describing things that are happening now, in front of everyone, but still isn't believed.
Trying to stay distracted, so fell down the rabbit hole of video game covers on YouTube, and remembered this Legend of Mana medley I had seen many years ago at this point. I'm not sure if the group's name is MeloHolic or Akaringo, but I adore their take on one of my favorite game soundtracks.
2010.11.20表参道ライブ。聖剣伝説LEGEND OF MANAより【MeloHolic】
YouTube video by Akaringo
www.youtube.com
February 5, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Trying to stay distracted, so fell down the rabbit hole of video game covers on YouTube, and remembered this Legend of Mana medley I had seen many years ago at this point. I'm not sure if the group's name is MeloHolic or Akaringo, but I adore their take on one of my favorite game soundtracks.