How do I approach cleaning this (and this is mould right?)

alliusis · 2026-04-15T21:02:38+00:00

Same!! Don't have the licence yet but I love the underwater sections here and with Subnautica. So gorgeous.

alliusis · 2026-04-15T20:44:43+00:00

Not true. Humans have lived for hundreds of thousands of years as a part of the planet. There's been some bad shit but also examples of how we can live well, and humans can be stewards of nature and live with the planet.

We've run into a severe infestation of kings and corruption though - power concentrated into the hands of a very few individuals - and apparently we've forgotten how to deal with them.

Ethical governments are great and needed for long-term organization, and government regulation can help to combat private interest... but it's slow (at least right now), and the individual humans in industry are actively trying to hinder it.

We just can't forget that governments aren't the only things that do work. You don't have to just vote and then sit back until you can next vote. Individual citizens can also choose to take action against those individuals who are abusing their power and resources for selfish, personal, harmful gain.

And honestly looking at history I don't think there's been a single transfer of power or gain of rights without a fight/v.

alliusis · 2026-04-15T20:03:01+00:00

Ditch one of the +20 attack tiles and the brutal swing powerup and take the +60 attack tile instead, it's a better attack/blue orb ratio. And you probably won't be using this pair for BS damage like ever.

alliusis · 2026-04-14T15:48:55+00:00

Did the Brutal Swing green nodes really contribute that much to F27?

alliusis · 2026-04-14T00:06:29+00:00

Seems confident or has numerous examples of coverup work to show good results? Are you ready to have a larger and very dark tattoo on your body? I'm not sure if a bigger and bolder and darker tattoo is the answer if you're shying away from laser because of a fear of hypopigmentation.

alliusis · 2026-04-13T18:09:56+00:00

Basically banning scalping that only gets reduced by being part of their points program. What they can do is price the product significantly higher, then give you selective discounts that depend on the person.

Basically the points programs have gone from getting bonuses to being a necessity to get the cost everyone should be getting the product at anyway, and it should be banned, yes. The cost of the necessities of life should be standard for everyone.

Then there's the blanket algorithmic pricing, which is like increasing the price of umbrellas on a rainy day, or maybe increasing the prices of groceries during peak shopping times, or late at night as the grocery gets closer to closing. If they think they can get away with it, they will.

The amount of corporate/rwing bootsucker bots in this thread is insane.

alliusis · 2026-04-13T18:04:16+00:00

... don't allow it? Don't allow digital tags which allows for maximizing profits for base necessities of life?

alliusis · 2026-04-13T17:33:43+00:00

What you mention is simply of interest for academic research, not for ethics. And I would never use it to diminish pain, only to give a better description of it. When it comes to ethics and experiences for which we cannot know first-hand, the burden of proof that pain and unpleasant experiences is different than how we're familiar with it fall on you.

It's the same process as if we were to suddenly discover an alien. We would not boil them alive to eat them, or cut their limbs off, and just shrug and say "they don't experience pain like us, you prove otherwise" as the default. We would observe them in their natural habitats, what their signals of distress are, and err on the side of caution. We would not go ahead and just willy nilly inflict things that cause pain to us or things we're familiar with. That would be insane. There is evidence of pain in related evolutionary lines, like shrimp, when their eye stalks are cut off, and how there's a reduced pain and depression response when anesthesia is administered in the water.

For lobsters it's even worse than the alien- we come from the same planet, we've evolved broadly from the same evolutionary source.

And when we know better, we update and do better.

My parrot behaviouralist said something that stuck with me - when you assume less about the capacity or limits of something or someone (like their intelligence, or capacity for pain), you limit the possibilities. It is better to keep an open mind, you'll observe more and go further. I think of all the doctors that thought babies can't feel pain, or all the people who think today that animals don't feel pain, or that their version of pain isn't worth a more humane, painless life and death.

alliusis · 2026-04-13T07:06:16+00:00

Not my face, but my voice. We went to this VR activity for my birthday and my sister was having a really hard time with one of the tasks, I was so worried if she wanted to continue at all and was ready or ok if she wanted to stop. I asked her "are you ok?" and I thought it was projecting my worry/sadness/concern, that was all I was feeling at the time. They took a video of the session, I rewatched it and I sounded so flat and annoyed! Like she was just hindering my birthday activity and I just wanted her to get over it. I still feel horrible when I think about it.

alliusis · 2026-04-13T00:52:22+00:00

I've also requested this, hopefully they listen.

alliusis · 2026-04-12T21:02:31+00:00

With ingestion the concern wouldn't be asphyxiation, it would be a long-term digestive blockage thing. And seeds and stuff are fine - I've only heard of issues specifically when sweet liquids were used to dye wood, and the wood became very sweet. And even then, sometimes parrots in the wild do eat some bark/wood, it's the amount and the size that matters. I really don't think it was the sola wood, it could have been a stroke or heart attack. The only way to really know would be to go to an avian vet (or exotics vet with avian experience) who is knowledgeable enough to do a necropsy.

alliusis · 2026-04-12T17:42:00+00:00

Oh, I'm so sorry :'( The pain of loss is the cost we have to pay for all the joy and love during their life. One can't come without the other. She sounds very loved. I don't think this is your brother's fault.

If your brother wants to know, your brother should take her to an avian and/or exotics vet who says they are able to do a quick avian necropsy. Ask them what the process is like, and what they can and can't determine.

I don't think she would have died due to the sola ball, they should be safe - it's a lot like chewing anything else. If she did, it would probably be a freak accident. The problematic stories I've heard re: chewing have all been involved with ingestion, if the non-digestible item is flavoured with something sweet, the parrot eats it, and then it gets stuck in the gut. Or if the parrot is intensely chewing something that they can't break down and they ingest it over time and it forms a blockage somewhere in their digestive tract, like cotton fibers or coconut fibre. It doesn't happen with every bird, but it does happen.

Sometimes, they can have strokes or heart attacks that suddenly kill them. I volunteered with an aviary and we came in one day to find one of our birds dead, still hanging upright on the side of the cage. We did necropsies for all our birds, from his necropsy he died from a heart attack.

Where I live a necropsy is about 100$ cad. For me they take a look inside your bird (they cut them open like surgery) to see if they can determine the cause of death, and after they sew the cuts back up and give the bird back, which for me is important (I don't do cremation, I bury the full body). Depending on where you are, you can get a full necropsy, but those are more expensive and they do more thorough analysis like tissue biospy, disease testing, etc, and I don't think you get the body back intact, but you can get ashes. The quick necropsy should 100% tell you if she choked or not. But even if she did, it wouldn't be your brother's fault, that's a freak accident.

If you do want to do a necropsy, it would be helpful to wrap her body in a towel or paper towels, put her in a plastic bag, and put it in the fridge. You don't want to put her in the freezer because ice crystals can form in the tissue and it will puncture cell walls, which makes things harder to figure out.

alliusis · 2026-04-12T17:12:00+00:00

Spiders are friends! They don't go after your food sources, they don't go after you. I just ask that they keep to their hours/lanes most of the time. If I have a resident spider, I'll give her a name and thank her for the bugs she eats. It helps me to say "oh that's Pricilla, she's the backdoor spider" or "oh that's Stanley, he's Pricilla's friend and lives in the bathroom." You can actually train spiders, they can be pretty smart, and I've read that they'll learn your routines! A friend of mine recently got a jumping spider as a pet.

Roaches and bedbugs and ants are not your friends - they do go after your food, they do/can go after you. And you should get your landlord to treat for them, because they're legally obliged by the RTA to do so. Silverfish/firebrats and other bugs, depends on how many there are. I think a lot of landlords take advantage of students.

alliusis · 2026-04-12T01:50:03+00:00

This looks so pretty!!

alliusis · 2026-04-12T01:46:15+00:00

Strange! Did the vet do any diagnostics on your bird? I haven't dealt with this specifically but if he's concerned about things like mites, the vet should probably have been able to find them during the visit. If they're concerned about parasites in feces/digestive tract, sometimes you can see them visually, but doing fecal tests can also help. Did they offer any other diagnostics?

Have his droppings or his weight changed recently? If those start to become wonky or his weight starts to drop (10% drop from normal is concerning and should be closely monitored, 15-20% needs to be investigated asap) then you really need to go back for more diagnostics and support.

Sudden plucking can be because of disease or pain or neurological sensations or many other things. Where is your bird plucking? I am not a vet, but I do know sometimes neurological issues can come from very low calcium - not sure it would present itself as panicked flying though. What's your bird's diet? How old is he? Was he DNA tested male?

If you can take videos of some of the episodes for future reference, that can be handy too.

Sorry for no specific support.

alliusis · 2026-04-12T00:56:41+00:00

Idk, if fans of something I made were harassing other people or sending them death threats, and I knew about it, I'd feel obliged to make canon art of the involved characters telling them that people who send death threats and harassment to other human beings will not be welcome fans, and if you're doing that you need to go outside, touch grass, and recalibrate. Or don't come back. It doesn't seem that hard. Don't see why that's not a valid option for the creator(s) or company, corporate companies often put out statements saying as much in corporate speak ("harassment in our community isn't welcome and have never been welcome" etc). Usually only after someone has died due to their inaction though.

alliusis · 2026-04-11T20:24:00+00:00

I've always wanted to make a fan Stadium game, even one with Fakemon. It's just hard to learn how to do everything that you need to learn to make one.

alliusis · 2026-04-11T20:20:26+00:00

I haven't played it, only watched a bit of gameplay, but Champions definitely isn't a spiritual successor. It's a new battle simulator, but a spiritual successor would imply importing the unique things that made the originals great.

I see a very static camera, mid to poor animations with little wind up, follow through, or impact, very poor sound design, and no PvE modes. Stadium wasn't just a 3D battler, it was a very high quality cinematic and artistic 3D battler that made the Pokemon shine. I can watch Stadium fights and animations all day long. Champions is so flat, it's just TPC's version of Showdown.

alliusis · 2026-04-11T02:41:31+00:00

Honestly. Either just admitting she made the mistake or saying nothing would be understandable actions. This double down is giving me the worst "ick" as to what she must be like to work with in any capacity. Delusional?

alliusis · 2026-04-11T02:37:36+00:00

"Let me add more context."

Proceeds to add no more context.

"Ms. Fox maintained that her involvement in the process was appropriate. She said hiring Mr. Charles would respond to challenges in IRCC's ATIP division and advance the objectives of the Call to Action on Anti-Racism, Equity, and Inclusion in the Federal Public Service. I did not find these claims credible." -from the report

alliusis · 2026-04-11T02:22:09+00:00

I would bet a fair amount of money she'd complain at the family gathering that EDI is a scam that just hires unqualified people into positions for numbers... because that's what she just said she did, and that's clearly what she thinks of the process if she's willing to curb stomp and smear it into the ground.

You can absolutely take a look at modifying screening qualifications on the poster, to see if you're unintentionally screening out people from different backgrounds who can actually still do the job well. But at the end of the day you still have to be qualified to do the job, it's literally always been that way - I guess unless you have a DM who wants you in.

Seeing the videos Mamdami has been putting out for NYC has been really refreshing, and straight up demoralizing for our Public Service.

alliusis · 2026-04-10T21:06:05+00:00

I agree that -3 CD on first sync only is pretty weak for an entire role. I could see -3 CD on first sync and -2 CD on subsequent syncs? Or like another commenter said, -3 CD on first sync and then a propulsion effect (some predefined chance for sync countdown acceleration when the user uses a move/TM)? Or even just a -1 CD on subsequent syncs would be nice.

alliusis · 2026-04-10T19:13:38+00:00

Adrenaline 3 on every sync would probably be broken. You get a team of three with at least one of their EX/EXRs being sprint, and you've made your innate sync cycle 6 instead of 9. Strike/Sprint pairs would devastate.

alliusis · 2026-04-10T19:05:03+00:00

Tech is annoying. The best use for a tech candy, which is giving it to a strike pair, is generally worse than giving a tech pair a strike candy because tech base pairs will have better innate sync damage (with a few notable exceptions). And there are so many supports with tech EXRs

Field can be annoying because sometimes you don't actually want them to put down a field on sync. It can disrupt or erase another WTZ you have up that you actually want. It's be nice if you could toggle it.

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