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@arrath.bsky.social

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Book nerd, professional exploder, video game enjoyer.

A screenshot of the tactical RPG MENACE from Overhype studios, the post-mission after action report, specifically. Showing that the player suffered 9 KIA and 2 WIA over the course of a 12 minute battle to protect a civilian instillation from an infestation of predatory bugs. Considering I deployed ~40 troops, that is a hefty casualty rate. And a sizable portion of the troops I have available. Ouch.
An early passage from the Discworld novel Mort, in which the titular character, newly appreciated to Death himself, motivates himself while mucking out the stable where Death's charger is kept. "After a while he got into the rhythm of it and started playing the private little quantity-surveying game that veryone plays in these circumstances. Let's see, he thought, I've done nearly a quarter, let's call it a third, so when I've done that corner by the hayrack it'll be more than half call it five-eighths, which means three more wheelbarrow loads.... It doesn't prove anything very much except that the awesome splendor of the universe is much easier to deal with if you think of it as a series of small chunks."
A screenshot from Nebulous: Fleet Command, an indie tactical space combat game. Close to the camera is a hostile heavy cruiser, which is firing a stream of point defense rounds at an incoming flight of 8 anti-ship torpedoes. Lurking in the distance of the screenshot is Shrapnel squadron, having just launched their strike after cresting the horizon of an asteroid that concealed their approach from the enemy ship's sensors.
A modern self contained hydraulic rock drill on a crawler chassis, that drills boreholes to be filled with explosives for blasting in rock excavation, mining, quarrying, construction, etc.
A very pregnant deer chilling in some grass.
A teeny tiny bunny eating near a relatively much larger grey squirrel.
Standard household fire extinguisher, rather dusty, with the needle firmly in the "recharge" section of the gauge.
Michael Keaton as Ray Croc making a dumb face while ordering fries in that McDonalds movie.
A screenshot of the turn-based tactical game MENACE. The screenshot is of the after-action report of a successful Interdiction mission, in which each squad netted at least 6 kills, all a mix of vehicles and infantry, while taking a single casualty in return. A very successful outing.
A small squirrel sheltering from the rain on top of a car tire, peeking out from under the fender.
A screenshot from the Minecraft mod "Gregtech: New Horizons" showing a mid-game power solution: a fusion reactor generation Helium Plasma which is fed into a series of 16 Large Plasma Turbines.
A fair size house spider chilling and minding its own business in the bathroom sink, pictured from my vantage point as I do my own business.
Pictured is a sign advising visitors entering a gallery of exhibits in the Perth Museum, Perth, Scotland that reads: "Loot Around the time the collections displayed in this museum began to be amassed in 1784, a new word entered the English Language. 'Loot' is a Hindi word meaning 'stolen goods' and was used to describe the widespread plundering of Northern India by the East India Company. As people from Perth & Kinross emigrated or travelled to capitalise on the opportunities which an expanding Empire offered, they sent or brought back evidence of their interactions with other cultures and societies. These interactions were often predicated on state and corporate violence, exploitation, extraction and corruption. Museums were founded on and perpetuated this power dynamic through the ways they have displayed and represented different cultures. Museums articulate and exercise power. Whose stories get told and whose don't? Who is represented and who is erased? Who gets to tell these stories and who has the right to hold these objects? This gallery examines some of the circumstances in which this collection was acquired. It explores some of the ways in which abuses of power in the past can start to be redressed."
A gif of the character Brian from Apple TV's shrinking announcing a "cone of silence" to another character, ensuring them that lawyer-client confidentiality is in place.
A business sign visible from the road that says "Free Beer" in large lettering, but in small lettering "WiFi" under Free and "Great" over beer.
An old film camera photo, of my uncle holding me as a baby, in front of a piece of heavy equipment, with another in the background.
A picture of the DVD two-set for the movies "They Call Me Trinity" and its sequel "Trinity Is Still My Name"
A beautiful blue, partly cloudy sky over a ski run.
A single serving milk decanter from a tea set. The interior is molded to have 4 protrusions, looking like a cow's udder.
A picture by Brian Snyder of Reuters, of the first cabinet meeting of Trump's second term. Elon Musk is standing and gesticulating, the center of attention in the room while Trumps head is pointed down at his hands hidden below the table in a deflated pose. Whether he is fooling with his phone or sleeping is unclear.