Ashigaru

joined 1 year ago
[–] Ashigaru@kbin.social 2 points 10 months ago

Anera is the charity I've been considering. They've got good ratings from Charity Navigator, Charity Watch, etc.

"Anera is responding to the immense humanitarian need in Gaza, the West Bank and East Jerusalem. Your donation will provide immediate and sustainable relief in Palestine, Lebanon and Jordan."

https://support.anera.org/a/donate

[–] Ashigaru@kbin.social 20 points 11 months ago (1 children)

The Netflix series Sex Education is all about a wide variety of characters' wellbeing and mental health. Even antagonistic "bad" characters tend to have hidden depths and nuance. As a show it was also surprisingly gentle with its characters, rather than just constantly beating them up for drama's sake.

[–] Ashigaru@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

They're on his forehead, tho...

[–] Ashigaru@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

I was lucky enough to get one of the transparent red ones from the second round of limited editions, but the new red one looks gorgeous as well.

[–] Ashigaru@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Marvin on iOS for ePubs, Goodreader for PDFs. Both solid pieces of software I've used for years.

[–] Ashigaru@kbin.social 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Not sure why folks here are so down on Pocket. I've used it on a daily basis since it was called Read It Later, long before the Mozilla acquisition. It's a handy way to hang on to links temporarily, when bookmarking is overkill and I don't want to have a million browser tabs open.

Very often I spot something on Mastodon (or pre-Musk Twitter) or one of my Discord servers and want to come back to it later. Maybe I'm on my iPhone and the site is something that would be better on my PC monitor. Maybe it's a YouTube video and I'm someplace where I can't play sound. Pocket does the job.

[–] Ashigaru@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Several of the Commander Cody serials can be seen in early episodes of Mystery Science Theater 3000.

[–] Ashigaru@kbin.social 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

A Short Hike is a very charming game that's included in the sale. If you've picked up one of the bigger charity bundles on itch.io in the last couple years you may already own it.

[–] Ashigaru@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

It hasn't been that long since their last SF-themed release, with Gabriel Soma and The Singularity.

That being said, I love Alien and a Nostromo map could be amazing.

[–] Ashigaru@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

I like Iroshizuku ink a lot. I have a bottle of Shinkai ("Deep Sea") that's a nice blue-gray (more gray than blue, though).

[–] Ashigaru@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

I, too, recommend Jinhao pens. I have a Jinhao 75 and it is an absolute pleasure to write with, I like it even more than my US$50-70 fountain pens.

[–] Ashigaru@kbin.social 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The children were devoured by saltwater crocodiles, venomous spiders, and Drop Bears within minutes.

 

I reviewed the Free Comic Book Day issue of Titan Comics’ new Conan the Barbarian series! The creative team has me excited and optimistic about this relaunch.

 

You might know Stephen King's It from the novel, the 1990 miniseries, or the recent movie adaptations - but have you seen Woh?

 

Like Fracassi’s previous novel, Gothic, Boys in the Valley involves devil-worship and demonic possession. The publisher’s pithy tagline describes Boys in the Valley as “The Exorcist meets Lord of the Flies, by way of Midnight Mass.” Similarities to The Exorcism are obvious, and both the absence of effective adult supervision and the pervasive child-on-child brutality certainly bring to mind Lord of the Flies. But despite being—at its heart—a religious horror novel, I would also recommend it to fans of John Carpenter’s The Thing (1982).

 

It’s that time of the year. Apologise to your TBR piles in advance because the Grimdark Magazine review team is about to make it rain new books at your house! 2023 had had some brilliant dark SFF drop so far, and there is a bit of something for everyone in our list with city-sized AI robots, dragons, necromancy, empires overthrown, dreams crushed and hope clawed for. If you’re looking for something new to read, we’ve got you covered!

 

I reviewed The Vessel, a folk horror novel by Adam Nevill (best known for The Ritual). Tense and claustrophobic!

 

I reviewed The Vessel, a folk horror novel by Adam Nevill (best known for The Ritual). Tense and claustrophobic!

 

There's a new RPG-related Humble Bundle up.

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