Rewatching Agents of SHIELD now that I’m out as trans and realizing “oh yeah, that’s why I identified with the Inhumans so much”. Especially when Daisy said “if a government gets their hands on a vaccine [for terrigenesis], it will never be a choice”. I also love Lincoln’s belief that every inhuman’s power is for a reason, I definitely vibe with that as a religious trans person.
Also I really like Lincoln, he’s a deliberate inversion of the “man who only gets better because of a girlfriend”. He never got better because of a girl, he got actual therapy and manages his issues without a girlfriend. I love the fact that people keep trying to tell Daisy “be careful with him”, “he’s got issues”, and “you can’t fix him” but he’s very obviously already fixed himself. It’s a shame he didn’t stick around after season 3. I don’t think he & Daisy would’ve worked out long term, but I love their dynamic.
Help an Ultrakill dev recover from acute parietal haematoma
"Hello, my name is Lois and I have created this GoFundMe to assist in my twin brother's recovery from an acute parietal haematoma.
This massive brain bleed has resulted in paralysis of the right side of the body, extreme weakness in the rest of his body, and the inability to speak. Current cognitive status is still been evaluated.
There is a long road to recovery ahead, including physical therapy, occupational therapy and speech pathology."
The quake mapper and 3d modeler Samuel2213 recently suffered a Parietal Haematoma. It happened a few days ago and he's stable, but he has a long road to recovery, and is lucky to be alive.
He's a lead 3d modeler for Ultrakill and Wrath Aeon of Ruin, he did the models for gabriel, v1, and many of the other enemies. if you love those games please help out. Here's some of his work you might know.
A supermajority of quality assurance workers at Microsoft’s ZeniMax Studios have indicated that they wish to join ZeniMax Workers United/CWA either by signing a union authorization card or voting via an online portal. In accordance with its stated labor principles, Microsoft has recognized the union.
ZeniMax is a video game production company with studios in Maryland and Texas known for its popular games such as Elder Scrolls, DOOM, Quake Champions, and Fallout. ZeniMax Workers United/CWA is the first studio at Microsoft to secure union representation, and the largest group of union-represented Quality Assurance testers at any U.S. game studio. [...]
Unlike other video game and tech corporations, Microsoft made a public commitment around its labor principles which included respecting its employees’ right to form a union. When ZeniMax employees announced that they were organizing a union in December, Microsoft agreed to remain neutral and allow workers to make their own decision about whether or not to join the union. The company swiftly recognized ZeniMax Workers United/CWA after a neutral third party confirmed that a majority of workers favored joining the union. [...]
"It's difficult to express in words just how much winning our union matters to us. We've been working so hard to get here that it would be impossible not to be excited. We know this is not the end of our hard work, but reaching this milestone gives us faith that when workers stand together, we can accomplish anything we set our minds to," said Dylan Burton, Senior QA Tester, Dallas.
Zenimax Workers United/CWA joins the wave of game and tech workers at Activision, Alphabet, Apple, and dozens of other companies who have organized with CODE-CWA to build a better workplace.
PSA: Check your kid's Halloween candy for DOOM (1993) this year
Some parents have reported that their kid's candy bars have been laced with DOOM (1993), so please be careful. You never know what could be lurking this Halloween season.
Symptoms of DOOM (1993) include inquisitively glancing from left to right, obsessively hunting for keycards, limited processing of 3D spaces, and making the sound "Unf" whenever interacting with something. This is a real recording of a man suffering from exposure to DOOM (1993):
Number Tournament: NINE vs THE FAST INVERSE SQUARE ROOT "WHAT THE FUCK?" CONSTANT
9 (nine)
seed: 18 (33 nominations)
class: power of three
definition: the number eaten by seven
hex 5F3759DF (// what the fuck?)
seed: 47 (9 nominations)
class: hex constant
definition: a magic number used in the fast inverse square root algorithm, a method of quickly computing 1/(sqrt(x)) very quickly first used in the source code for the game Quake III Arena (1999)