#ScribesAndMakers 17. To what extent do you think art can promote social change?

regimes would not censor art if it were powerless.

i decided to replay my Yellow game, with no glitches, trades, or cheating this time. (last time i used the Mew glitch.) your opponents' pokemon maintain a pretty fair level against yours until the very end, where all of a sudden you're fighting at a 15 level disadvantage against everyone (though still managing to one-shot a fair number of enemies.) this is what we call 'fake difficulty,' friends. though the game kind of needs it, given how primitive the AI is.

regardless, if you know what you're doing, you're never in any actual danger of losing. final team: Venusaur, Dugtrio, Jolteon, and Lapras, with mascot Pikachu warming the bench for the majority of the game. he didn't seem to mind.

she thinks nobody notices when she's hunting the other cats

#CatsOfMastodon #TabbyCat

she thinks we put out this tablecloth just for her

#cats #CatsOfMastodon #TabbyCat

do commenters on mastodon think that social media is supposed to be like food service, where the servers are helpless and contractually prevented from giving back exactly as much rudeness as they receive

#ScribesAndMakers 21. Tell us about a non-fiction book you've enjoyed.

for a lighter read, i've been enjoying Storm by Hank Schyma, which is a coffee table book featuring information on storms, and some great photographs. the text is meant for general audiences but it goes over the basics of storm physics, including thunderstorms, supercells, tornadoes, and weird aurora-like phenomena called transient luminous events. for me the main draw was the storm photography, but Schyma is an engaging storyteller, too.

she always flops down right when i'm about to sit in this chair

#cats #CatsOfMastodon #TabbyCat

#WritersCoffeeClub 27. C&R: Describe your opening scene without using your text. Everyone: What mood does it set?

Raphael has been summoned to Yahweh's tower for reasons unknown, though he understands that it is for a matter of some importance. privately he suspects it is something to do with his Father's health, which has needed more careful management in recent years.

on entering Yahweh's chamber, however, Raphael finds Him seated before the dimensional portal, gazing at the cosmos; the planet Venus is in centre focus. a still figure is lying on a plinth in the corner, covered by a shroud. Yahweh reveals this to be Raphael's newest Brother, who is unfinished: a creation with the blessing of the Morning Star, who will be the conclusion of His efforts, surpassing all His previous creations.

but there is something a little off kilter in Yahweh's speech. He starts ranting, a little, about previous creations that have fallen short, and even the light within the room begins to flicker and sway. doubts about the project form in Raphael's mind, though they are quickly suppressed. surely his Father knows what He is doing, after all.

eventually, Yahweh burns Himself out, and the shadows in the room stop flickering. He invites Raphael to look beneath the shroud, which he does. and what does Raphael think of what he sees? a multitude of things that he can't say.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/62147545/chapters/158967184

am i the only person on fedi who doesn't despise self checkouts? sometimes i'm buying five items and i don't want to stand in line with melting ice cream while the person ahead of me is buying enough to get them through the next apocalypse.

who knew that this trivial consumer choice could become yet another moral test that you can fail