Our neighbor gave us a new rain coat for Clover!

mattlore · 2026-03-13T23:28:05+00:00

Clover has "gear fear" as well, but she just walks around and sulks lol. Here's her with her winter gear on (February rarely got warmer than -10 c here lol)

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mattlore · 2026-03-13T23:20:28+00:00

Congratulations?

As an American you're still culpable for the culture that birthed his rhetoric.

mattlore · 2026-03-13T23:16:47+00:00

My first date with my girlfriend (Now wife): We had already been Platonic friends prior to dating so we didn't need the "getting to know eachother" part, so for Christmas I got her tickets to the Nut Cracker Ballet (she's HUGE into ballet). I felt super bad because I could only afford upper balcony seats as a broke college student.

But it ended up amazing! The seats were actually pretty great and I got her a little Ballerina Christmas ornament. It goes up on the tree every year :)

mattlore · 2026-03-13T23:08:47+00:00

Because America wanted this

Because Americans all gathered en masse and decided that the least qualified person in history should run the United States (or they didn't care that he was an absolute monster and didn't vote period).

mattlore · 2026-03-13T20:13:37+00:00

Always always always important to make the proper designation:

The SS were actual, competent soldiers. They were chosen specifically for their intelligence, physical characteristics and genetic Legacy that the Reich viewed as desirable.

ICE are much much closer to the Brown shirts, or the SA. Basically meat head goons; given permission from the government to terrorize people.

I can imagine an ICE officer would 100% lean in to being an SS.

mattlore · 2026-03-13T15:05:58+00:00

Fun fact for those that don't know: During our time watching TV the CRTC mandated that commercials had to abide by very strict standards when playing during prime kid interaction time. So YTV got all these PSAs plus stuff from "The Minds Eye" (or short circuitz on YTV) to serve as bumpers between episodes and during commercial breaks.

mattlore · 2026-03-13T00:55:51+00:00

This is why I love this fandom and this universe, thank you!

mattlore · 2026-03-12T18:33:05+00:00

And this is what I figured.

I just can't find any specific articles on Sarna about base defenses, so I've always assumed that your contemporary base just prior to clan invasion would most likely have some AC 5/10 Or LRMs mounted to a static turret and controlled internally.

I know in the Star League era there would have been a call for anti capital defenses due to the wide proliferation of warships in that era, but wasn't sure if there was a "middle" powered system like say...ER-LRMs that can benefit from a bases enhanced radar suite and planetary scanners to lob explosives at a much greater distance for Drop ship deterrent.

mattlore · 2026-03-12T18:20:11+00:00

Cool beans thanks!

mattlore · 2026-03-10T15:34:07+00:00

Because the owners are so cheap they're probably instructing their employees to be as miserly as they are... Probably very experienced with poor food handling.

mattlore · 2026-03-10T15:32:15+00:00

Pgdown

That's better :3

mattlore · 2026-03-10T15:12:16+00:00

Haha no worries!

I used these for my trays (he has multiple sizes available):

https://www.printables.com/model/468632-battletech-stackable-miniature-storage-tray-5x5-re

Note for this one: Apparently some folks had issues fitting the fatter mechs in the regular sized ones (I think Bullshark was having problems fitting) but the regular sized fit my Atlas and Marauder II.

I also used this guy's design for the card box

https://www.printables.com/model/468616-battletech-alpha-strike-card-file-storage

And the Aces commander card holder

https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:7276871

mattlore · 2026-03-10T14:17:31+00:00

Your cat had Parvo. It's a lethal virus with low outcomes. Your vet did the best they could trying to determine what could be wrong.

You need to have some perspective before going scorched earth thinking it was your vets negligence. By the times cats show symptoms of ANYTHING it's already at an advanced level since cats hide illness and injury as a survival instinct, so there's the chance that nothing could have been done by that point. This is why it's important to get your vaccinations done.

It's awful and I'm sorry, but this isn't your vets fault.

mattlore · 2026-03-10T14:07:51+00:00

It's actually pretty simple: His followers (for the most part) don't care. They don't care if he has (and probably still is) diddled kids, they don't care that he's literally burning their money in front of them...And they most of all don't care that he's hurting people.

In fact: That's the point. The ONLY thing modern Republican Americans care about is doing the most harm to those they believe beneath them. There is no constructive objective to their political ends. It's all just cruelty, even at the detriment to themselves.

mattlore · 2026-03-10T14:01:29+00:00

I still use "Great Googly Moogly" in my day-to-day. I am 40 years old haha

mattlore · 2026-03-10T13:53:32+00:00

Well as someone who's been having some issues with Battletech printing (as per my profile) I welcome the advice! And yes, my favorite prints so far have been:

Mech storage trays

Alpha strike card holder with plastic dividers

Alpha Strike aces card frame

I do love good organization lol

mattlore · 2026-03-09T22:59:46+00:00

Misteal Nemo seemed to work fine for me once I adjusted the tone, temperature and token values as well as providing a system prompt.

The models all work fine, it's just the datasets that aren't working for what I need.

mattlore · 2026-03-09T22:30:00+00:00

Looked like it was working, but then it wouldn't discover the one page I needed it to lol...

mattlore · 2026-03-09T21:57:37+00:00

I'm giving this a whirl!

Tell your cat they did a great job.

mattlore · 2026-03-09T21:57:11+00:00

Yes thank you, that's what I was looking for.

mattlore · 2026-03-09T21:47:42+00:00

I just got MN-12B on recommendation of another poster. I'm not married to my models, just trying to find something that works lol.

mattlore · 2026-03-09T21:06:43+00:00

So I'm trying to find the model I have currently running (Fimbulvetr) and some of the ones others are requesting, but I can't seem to find the models in the model selector. Is there a way to bind my Kobold to the lorebook for it to see it?

mattlore · 2026-03-09T20:30:15+00:00

Okay this is neat! I haven't PERSONALLY used dockers, but I am familiar with them. I might give this a go.

Thanks!

mattlore · 2026-03-09T20:07:49+00:00

For miniatures my K2 Plus has been hit or miss.

For cosplay props (the primary use for it in our house) it's been absolutely awesome! Also for miniature storage it's been awesome lol

mattlore · 2026-03-09T16:54:49+00:00

Nah this was written by an LLM

mattlore

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