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λ=> aperispomen @aperispomen.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Something interesting about the Premier-designate and leader-of-the-opposition-designate in Quebec:

Paul St-Pierre Plamondon has mostly attended non-French post-secondary education.

Charles Milliard has mostly attended French-language post-secondary education.

λ=> aperispomen @aperispomen.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

To be clear: I liked the ending. I don't think it was sudden or a swerve. I get why people would dislike the "twist", but IMO the twist was not the point of the ending, in the same way the murder was not the point of the plot.

Thimbleweed Park:

Agent Reyes, talking to Natalie, the reporter,

"Not that it's really going to matter, but it's important to me."

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λ=> aperispomen @aperispomen.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

she also looks better in the cake scene beforehand, but idk how much the models in those fancy scenes share with the gameplay models.

ZZZ: Claret is about to cut into and eat a personal-sized cake. She looks very excited.

Sigrid's hair is in the foreground.

Same scene as before, except now she's looking at Sigrid with a concerned expression on her face.

Claret is awkwardly trying to cut into another guest's cake before they can.

Claret is bracing herself as the guest in the previous scene is about to cut into their cake.

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λ=> aperispomen @aperispomen.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Considering how large the impacted area is, it could last quite a bit longer.

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λ=> aperispomen @aperispomen.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

...maybe don't say that exactly, Kagekiyo.

Fate/Grand Order : Taira-no-Kagekiyo

"Go on! Wield me until I break!"

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λ=> aperispomen @aperispomen.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

As for the icons, they could at least put them in the descriptions, like this:

Zenless Zone Zero: Playing as Promeia, Velina, and Yuzuha. There is a small red icon below Promeia's HP bar, indicating the Tanuki Wish status.

Zenless Zone Zero: Core Skill Description For Yuzuha, but edited to put the Tanuki Wish icon next to the words "Tanuki Wish effect".

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λ=> aperispomen @aperispomen.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

personally, the agent descriptions are so long and stuffed with proper nouns that it's easier to just try playing the agent and intuiting how they work. it also doesn't help that a key part of certain skills aren't described under the skill itself, but under the core passive, e.g.

Zenless Zone Zero: Special Attack Description For Yuzuha

Note that it does not describe the Tanuki Wish effect, even though it is the main reason to use this skill.

Zenless Zone Zero: Core Skill Description For Yuzuha

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λ=> aperispomen @aperispomen.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

I think I lost my mind making this. The resulting gif was over 100MB, so I had to manually convert it to a webm first. #OpusMagnum

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λ=> aperispomen @aperispomen.bsky.social · 09/04/2026

at least it came out fairly symmetrical.

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λ=> aperispomen @aperispomen.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Kinda makes me think of the PCjr keyboard.

An IBM PCjr keyboard. Notably, there are gaps between rows of keys (since the letters are printed on the board itself, not the keys), and the arrow keys are arranged in a diamond.

Photo by Jason Scott. See https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Living_Computer_Museum_IMG_0034_(9639456054)_(cropped).jpg

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λ=> aperispomen @aperispomen.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

all i'm seeing about this super bowl is drakes getting owned. which is a shame, i like all kinds of drakes:

A Wood Duck (Aix sponsa) drake. Photo by Chuck Homler / FocusOnWildlife.

Taken from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Wood_Duck_Wissahickon_Creek.png

Mandarin Duck (Aix galericulata) drake. Photo by Adrian Pingstone.

Taken from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Mandarin.duck.arp.jpg

Muscovy Duck (Cairina moschata) drake. Photo by Bernard Dupont.

Taken from https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Muscovy_Duck_(Cairina_moschata)_male_(29039391935).jpg

Harlequin Duck (Histrionicus histrionicus... wait seriously? THAT'S their Latin name? Histrionic histrionic?) drake. Photo by Chuck Homler / FocusOnWildlife.Me.

Taken from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Drake_Harlequin_duck_(Histrionicus_histrionicus)_perched_on_a_rock_in_the_Barnegat_Inlet,_New_Jersey,_USA_(cropped).jpg

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λ=> aperispomen @aperispomen.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

Interesting effect when you take a photo of the sunset through (orange) ski goggles.

A standard photo of a sunset, fading from blue higher up to orange at the horizon.

A photo of the same sunset, about 10 minutes later, except taken through a pair of orange ski goggles. The colour fades from an almost-black navy to a bright pink at the horizon. The colours are reminiscent of the bisexual pride flag, except upside-down.

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λ=> aperispomen @aperispomen.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

Reminds me of how in Thimbleweed Park, they let backers put their name in the in-game phonebook and record a message for players to listen to. Including a German guy named 'David Assmann'.

A phonebook in Thimbleweed Park, showing the names of some the backers of the game. You can call some of the people on the in-game telephone, and listen to a message they recorded for the game (only in one language, though).

Of particular note is one 'David Assmann', whose name has a checkmark next to it (indicating the player has tried calling their number). Of course, his message is in German.

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λ=> aperispomen @aperispomen.bsky.social · 30/11/2025

...okay, all but one were birds. To make it up, here's some photos. I don't remember whether the photos of the turkeys is from the time I sorta got stalked by a pair of wild turkeys, but they were close enough.

Some cliff swallows flying around near their nests.

Several cliff swallow nests on the underside of a building's eaves.

A wild turkey on a leaf-covered pathway in the woods.

A wild turkey looks into a hollow tree stump.

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λ=> aperispomen @aperispomen.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

Still haven't seen whether there's a direct elevator from the REM to the Blue line at Édouard-Montpetit or not.

Two diagrams of Édouard-Montpetit station on top of Mont-Royal, Montreal. It is the station where the REM and the Montreal Metro Blue line intersect. The station is noteworthy, since the REM station is 72 metres below ground, making it the second deepest rail/metro/LRT station in North America.

Even though the two lines intersect here, there are two different station buildings for the REM and the Metro. However, there is a small shaft directly connecting the REM platforms with the Metro station. It is unclear whether this is an elevator shaft, or just a work/ventilation/emergency shaft.

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λ=> aperispomen @aperispomen.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

my butternut era was more like this

A trio of butternuts (Juglans cinerea) posed on a paper towel.

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λ=> aperispomen @aperispomen.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

George Springer immediately after this game:

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λ=> aperispomen @aperispomen.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

I love processing overripe damson plums

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λ=> aperispomen @aperispomen.bsky.social · 10/08/2025

Sanae over Mer Bleue? I... Guess that fits?

A pixel drawing of Sanae Kochiya on wplace (wplace.live) over top of Mer Bleue in Southeast Rural Ottawa.

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λ=> aperispomen @aperispomen.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

Or if they really wanted to swing for the fences, extend Line 4 along the old railway through River Ward, Nepean, Bells Corners, and into Kanata.

A theoretical schematic map of Ottawa O-Train Lines 2 and 4, with Line 4 extended through River Ward, Nepean, Bells Corners, before ending in Kanata North.

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λ=> aperispomen @aperispomen.bsky.social · 27/07/2025

somehow remembered and found that time I tried to transcribe 'Feels so Good' for Shamisen. I'm... not sure I remember what I mean by all the notation here, or even which parts of the song they correspond to. anyway rip Chuck.

'Feels so Good' by Chuck Mangione, but transcribed to tablature for Shamisen.

It was transcribed in Notepad, so it's pretty rough.

The beats are marked by alternating -x-o at the bottom of the tabs.

More of 'Feels so Good' by Chuck Mangione, but transcribed to tablature for Shamisen.

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λ=> aperispomen @aperispomen.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

yeah it's definitely better with the jp voice track

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λ=> aperispomen @aperispomen.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

Got some plumcots. or maybe they're pluots. idk

A plumcots, a green-speckled red-skinned cross between a plum and an apricot. It is partially cut open, exposing the deep red flesh within.

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λ=> aperispomen @aperispomen.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

fuck I hadn't even considered that she dies in the main route by blowing herself up. like, supposedly they didn't want to make any direct comparisons to any real-life wars, but... uh... this is pretty close to Japanese propaganda from WWII!

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λ=> aperispomen @aperispomen.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

Though I guess Kyoshika's logo is more reminiscent of a plum blossom than a cherry blossom? Typically, cherry blossom emblems have notches at the end of the petals, but hers doesn't. Maybe it's to make the connection slightly less overt.

A typical Sakura-mon, or Cherry Blossom Emblem/Crest. It is a stylised depiction of a typical (single-flowered) cherry tree flower. Note the notches at the ends of the petals.

Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:%E5%B1%B1%E6%A1%9C%EF%BC%88%EF%BC%91%EF%BC%89.png

A typical Ume-mon, or plum blossom emblem/crest. Unlike the cherry blossom crests, there are no notches at the ends of the petals.

Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Japanese_Crest_Ume.svg

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λ=> aperispomen @aperispomen.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

Hmm... #hundred_line (spoilers, discussion of death/war crimes)

A section from the Wikipedia page for "Cherry Blossom", on the symbols relationship with militarism in Japan.

During World War II, cherry blossoms were used as a symbol to motivate the Japanese people and stoke nationalism and militarism. The Japanese proverb hana wa sakuragi, hito wa bushi ("the best blossom is the cherry blossom, the best man is a warrior") was evoked in the Imperial Japanese Army as a motivation during the war. Even before the war, cherry blossoms were used in propaganda to inspire the "Japanese spirit", as in the "Song of Young Japan", exulting in "warriors" who were "ready like the myriad cherry blossoms to scatter". In 1894, Sasaki Nobutsuna composed a poem, Shina seibatsu no uta (The Song of the Conquest of the Chinese) to coincide with the First Sino-Japanese War. The poem compares falling cherry blossoms to the sacrifice of Japanese soldiers who fall in battles for their country and emperor. In 1932, Akiko Yosano's poetry urged Japanese soldiers to endure suffering in China and compared the dead soldiers to cherry blossoms. Arguments that the plans for the Battle of Leyte Gulf, involving all Japanese ships, would expose Japan to danger if they failed were countered with the plea that the Navy be permitted to "bloom as flowers of death". The last message of the forces on Peleliu was "Sakura, Sakura". Japanese pilots would paint sakura flowers on the sides of their planes before embarking on a suicide mission, or even take branches of the trees with them on their missions. A cherry blossom painted on the side of a bomber symbolized the intensity and ephemerality of life; in this way, falling cherry petals came to represent the sacrifice of youth in suicide missions to honor the emperor. The first kamikaze unit had a subunit called Yamazakura, or wild cherry blossom. The Japanese government encouraged the people to believe that the souls of downed warriors were reincarnated in the blossoms".

Kyoshika Magadori in the Hundred Line:

"The way of the samurai is a path that leads to death. I will die honorably!"

Kyoshika Magadori in the Hundred Line:

"My life will scatter like petals in the wind this eve. But I will not die in vain."

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λ=> aperispomen @aperispomen.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

Recently planted apricot (Prunus armeniaca) tree.

A young Apricot (Prunus armeniaca) tree, trunk less than an inch in diameter, with a significant number of leaves growing.

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λ=> aperispomen @aperispomen.bsky.social · 15/06/2025

Beaked Hazelnut (Corylus cornuta) fruit/beaks/nuts.

A young beaked hazelnut "beak" (a green sphere surrounding the growing nut, with a tubular "beak" extending out to one side).

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λ=> aperispomen @aperispomen.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

Part of the issue is that "Get away" can be used to tell someone to run away to protect themself, but it can also be said to an opponent in desperation. So either interpretation could work here. But in the Japanese version, she uses 「逃げる」 (nigeru), which doesn't have the second sense.

The same scene, but in the Japanese version.

Kyoshika: 来てはならぬ！ここから…逃げっ…

Roughly "literally": "You mustn't come! Run away... from here..."

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λ=> aperispomen @aperispomen.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

Oh yeah, seeing points about occasional minor errors in Hundred Line's translation reminded me of this line. Without spoiling too much, Kyoshika's fighting off an aggressor when Takumi arrives. However, with the English translation, it's unclear whether she's talking to the aggressor or Takumi.

The Hundred Line Scene:

Kyoshika Magadori is holding her sword with a concerned look on her face. She says "Don't come any closer! Get away...!"

Meanwhile Takumi Sumino looks on in shock.

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λ=> aperispomen @aperispomen.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

okay now i need art of Kyoshika cutting out invasive plant species

Kyoshika Magadori from The Hundred Line: Last Defense Academy. She is saying:

"I wish to protect all who are seen as weaker. Whether they be young, elderly, male, female, animals, or even plants...

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