Machinist

Wow! That's amazing, I've never heard of a blue bee. That's just really cool. I bet it was confusing when you first saw it. I've heard of/seen solitary bees but didn't think about it. Did a little beekeeping work as a kid.

We've got a couple weird ones on the other side of the pond that I've been around. (wasps, actually)

Cow killer/Red velvet ant it's sting is in the top 10 for most painful. They're beautiful.

Cicada Killers are huge, 5cm/2in long. I had one fall out of a tree with a cicada right next to me. I thought it was birds fighting.

Didn't even think it about it not being a honey a bee. You're right.

I like the "No Kings!" messaging, simple and pointed. We need a slogan that is short and sweet for the soldiers to use. Something that shows them they have agency in this.

Drones don't have stingers. Queens and workers have stingers. Queens are from worker larva that are fed royal jelly that transforms them into a queen that is capable of reproduction. Workers are technically female but they're closer to asexual.

So, that badass enby ace bee gave that motherfucker what for.

Looks like the downvoters are chasing you again. Must be putting in work, fuckem.

I don't get the same enjoyment from computer games that I used to. (I played heaviest when in highschool which was miserable and during my first marriage, which was hell) I rarely watch TV when alone. Tend to read or tinker, do some hardware hacking or whittling.

These days it's a good way to spend time with my girl. Finishing up a Supernatural rewatch currently.

But yeah, it's weird, I just don't enjoy it the way I used to. Not that I don't understand why people enjoy gaming so much. I've got a badass computer that I don't think I've installed a game on. It's built for CAD so it's real beefy.

That, or I'm just becoming an old fart and casual gaming is more my speed.

My girl is high functioning, I'm crazy AF, but typical. When we were in a triad, that partner was high functioning as well. In the BDSM community, autists are so over represented compared to gen pop it's wild. I don't know what causes it, it's probably a field that needs investigated. I tend to get along with autistic folks, always have, I think it's a compatible communication style, I tend to over define by typical standards. Also, y'all don't seem to lie much.

I'm a music lover and had music lessons on guitar and sax as a kid. However, I lack musical talent. I'm missing that spark that lets music flow and I can't improvise or even come up with an original melody or rhythm. I just wasn't born with it.

My talents are mechanical and artistic. I'm better at sculpture than drawing or painting.

You don't have to have a reason to make a video game other than you want to. Maybe it makes money, maybe it doesn't. Completing something you built, you put art and science into it, that's a powerful thing. Taking an idea and making it real is an addictive thing. (Probably has a lot to do with why I love machining so much.) You should do it. Don't wait until you've moved, no reason you can't start.

Laying down and don't have headphones, I'll have to listen to it tomorrow.

Hope you have a goodnight.

The whole Tankie thing. Just like MAGAts but on the other side. They're authoritarian left with lots of Chinese and possibly Russian influence. Far left most of us support are on the opposite end of the authoritarian/individualistic axis from both Tankies and MAGAts.

Just wait until they start kindergarten.

Hopefully your toilet is close enough to the tub or sink so you can puke out of both ends.

Parenting is just wonderful.

Was looking up tracks in a field guide the other day and ran across this super cute rodent, The Mountain Beaver.

My girl is a saint and takes amazing care of me when I can't. I know how lucky I am to have her. I've never had to be the carer other than when an ex recovered from a crash, but that was all bruising and whiplash.

The Tetris thing is actually pretty specific, it doesn't work for everyone. It helps with intrusive images and thoughts for me. https://theconversation.com/can-playing-tetris-help-prevent-ptsd-if-youve-witnessed-something-traumatic-226736 I'm decent at Tetris, saved up and bought the OG Gameboy back in the day. I get into the zone when I'm feeling bad and I can feel it push out some the bad stuff. It's something to do with the forced geometric thinking.

I never really got into strategy games except for Sim City. Adventure point and click, RPG (especially SF and Fallout 1-3), fps (Doom and Duke). These days, I find games that my girl enjoys watching such as Zelda. She does her yarning and I'll play Zelda. Just finished Tears of the Kingdom, was thinking about replaying MYST or something next.

How are you feeling?

Jerboa has served well as the replacement for me.

I finally got some sleep, appetite has begun returning. It is possible to live well with pain, but it's really fucking hard. It takes a lot of discipline because I have to keep moving and it's hard to maintain that. I'm going to clean the living room and check traps today and then take it easy.

Your plan and reasoning are very similar to my own. I chose northeast as I'm hoping on the temperature and weather moderating effects of oceans and lakes 200-400mi away.

I'm hoping blue states pick up slack on SS and Medicare othetwise you're right, it will be a death sentence for many.

I have found Tetris helps me some when I'm processing the bad shit. It really does help me, less nightmares. Really bad nights, I set the controller down and cry, and then pick it back up. It doesn't work for everyone, it may even be a placebo, but I'll take it.

Please. Please. Please. Come on boys, just read the Constitution, you didn't sign up for this shit.