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The only things I know that look like this are in genus Heptapleurum (formerly Schefflera), specifically H. actinophyllum and H. arboricola. That genus is in the family you mentioned so that'd be my first guess.
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I love how the French flag is a backdrop here
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It's unfortunate that there are negative stereotypes of vultures as creepy just because they eat carrion, as they're the janitors who take care of the messes that others don't want to deal with.
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I encourage everyone who sees this comment to check out the article, including the giant list of related stories at the bottom, and see if there's anything going on near you. There's a ton of stuff from many different states mentioned -- Wisconsin, Idaho, Florida, Maryland, Massachusetts, Texas, California, Missouri, Arizona, Michigan, Virginia, Arkansas, South Carolina... Even if there's nothing in your local area, you should be vigilant about what's going on in your local area, and be active in local government.
If you're an elections geek (like me) or have friends in the St. Petersburg, Florida area, you might want to know about that one crazy candidate, Danielle Marolf, for Pinellas County school board (Florida, basically St. Petersburg) who's lying about the availability of a book that's already been banned, and campaigning on this lie. Marolf is running against incumbent school board chair Laura Hine in this year's school board elections.
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Maybe this is why they named a Super Mario RPG boss after this genus
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It’s the lack of lignin (bamboo uses silica as a strengthener)
Oh I see
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The funny thing is that both "July twenty-third" and "the twenty-third of July" are common in the US.
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as if my Florida Man posting didn't already give it away :P
that said I have learned to prefer YYYY-MM-DD for all my cataloguing needs on computer because it sorts far more easily
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Your mentioning using stuff from tlieset packs (which I presume you made) actually made me wonder about something -- I'm definitely not a skilled visual artist myself, but I do have various very well-made asset packs that I've picked up over the years (mainly due to the giant bundles on itch.io), so maybe I could actually try stitching a scene together from them sometime. Could be a fun way to spend an hour or two when bored, and I could do something with these purchases while also being able to show off the work of a variety of pixel artists to friends.
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The way Mario seems to teleport when turning around in the water seems to say something about the way hitboxes worked in the original DKC1.
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Super Kong World
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concat: "11"
cat: ignores your inquiry
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Um
The second wrong.
Or...only one
Dimension
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> Goddamnit.
> This is
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> rick[rolling something involves flattening it]
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I don't mind having an excuse to get ourselves a new calendar system :P
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then write the year before the month before the day 😈
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...darn, I did forget Tau Day. :(
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well yeah, there's no 14th month
Is there a setting that can allow me to keep browsing history on LibreWolf "forever", i.e. without it expiring and getting dumped after some time? It's not in the settings, but I'm willing to dive into about:config to do it.
I'm working on re-creating a logo we had last year onto this year's #Canvas. The site, complete with template, is linked above! #Canvas2024
www.local10.com
Okay, technically, woman. In short, someone found a dead body while fishing. So, content warning, the story is about that. Though the article doesn't actually have any nasty imagery or verbal details, just a picture of the water with a sunken streetlight pole in it. (...Yes, I'll admit I posted this because of the pun.)
mastodon.social
Found this on Mastodon. A "Christmas tree" of flasks with differently colored liquids.
cross-posted from: https://mander.xyz/post/3314637 > ...yeah. This is a thing. Both of these are things.
www.tampabay.com
In short: due to mishandling at the Port of Tampa Bay, some gasoline has been contaminated with diesel, and this gas was distributed to various gas stations -- mainly along the Gulf Coast of Florida (particularly unfortunate due to Idalia) but also elsewhere. Story: https://www.tampabay.com/hurricane/2023/08/27/florida-gas-contamination-idalia/ updated list: https://www.tampabay.com/news/florida/2023/08/29/citgo-fuel-contamination-list-gas-stations-updated/ (linked above)
www.inaturalist.org
cross-posted from: https://mander.xyz/post/2859577 Edit: Added the city of Plantation. A "BioBlitz" is an event where you go around and make observations of wildlife all around you using the citizen science app/website iNaturalist. The National Recreation and Park Association (NRPA) runs the "Parks for Pollinators" BioBlitz every September, across the United States, lasting the whole month, and focusing mainly on plants and the animals that pollinate them (mainly insects and birds) in local parks. But you can record observations of any sort of living thing you want, anywhere, as much as you want, anytime. Here's their homepage for it: https://www.nrpa.org/BioBlitz/ ...but probbaly more relevant is the iNaturalist project for it (click [here](https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/parks-for-pollinators-2023), or the link at the top). You can use the map to see the various BioBlitzes going on all over the country as part of NRPA's umbrella event. Hopefully, there's one near you! If there is, be sure to check your local events calendars, because there might be special events on specific days. For example, here in Florida, there are the following BioBlitz events (and some have special events on specific days - I'm not sure about the last three, but you can check yourself): * [Markham Park](https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/174625) (special event: September 2, 10am ~ 12noon) (observations also count for City of Sunrise) * [City of Plantation](https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/parks-for-pollinators-2023-plantation-parks-and-recreation) (in Plantation Preserve Linear Trail and Golf Course) ([special event](https://www.plantation.org/Home/Components/Calendar/Event/3700/68?curm=9&cury=2023): September 9, 9am ~ 11am) * [Quiet Waters Park](https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/174149) (special event: September 9, 9am ~ 11am) * [City of Sunrise](https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/parks-for-pollinators-2023-city-of-sunrise) ([special event](https://www.sunrisefl.gov/Home/Components/Calendar/Event/12988/20?curm=9&cury=2023): September 9, 10am ~ 1pm, at Sawgrass Sanctuary) * [Miramar Pineland](https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/174709) (special event: September 13, 9am ~ 12noon) * [Central Broward Regional Park](https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/173810) (special event: September 23: 9am ~ 11am) * [Delray Beach](https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/176157) (in Old School Square Park) * [Palm Beach County](https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/175066) * [Pinellas County](https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/172385) But, of course, you can go to these places anytime in September to participate -- you don't need a special event. If you want to participate, you'll need an iNaturalist account, and any relevant observations you make in participating locations will automatically be counted in applicable projects. If you join the project, you'll also get the project's badge displayed on your observation!
www.inaturalist.org
cross-posted from: https://mander.xyz/post/2859577 Edit: Added the city of Plantation. BioBlitz events will be held in the following places in Broward County this September: (links are to their iNaturalist project pages) * [Markham Park](https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/174625) (special event: September 2, 10am ~ 12noon) (observations also count for City of Sunrise) * [City of Plantation](https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/parks-for-pollinators-2023-plantation-parks-and-recreation) (in Plantation Preserve Linear Trail and Golf Course) ([special event](https://www.plantation.org/Home/Components/Calendar/Event/3700/68?curm=9&cury=2023): September 9, 9am ~ 11am) * [Quiet Waters Park](https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/174149) (special event: September 9, 9am ~ 11am) * [City of Sunrise](https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/parks-for-pollinators-2023-city-of-sunrise) ([special event](https://www.sunrisefl.gov/Home/Components/Calendar/Event/12988/20?curm=9&cury=2023): September 9, 10am ~ 1pm, at Sawgrass Sanctuary) * [Miramar Pineland](https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/174709) (special event: September 13, 9am ~ 12noon) * [Central Broward Regional Park](https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/173810) (special event: September 23: 9am ~ 11am) Note: BioBlitz events last the whole month so you can still participate anytime even if you can't go on these specific days! If you're not sure what this is all about... A "BioBlitz" is an event where you go around and make observations of wildlife all around you using the citizen science app/website iNaturalist. Every September, the National Recreation and Park Association (NRPA) runs the "Parks for Pollinators" BioBlitz, which consists of a bunch of such events across the US, lasting the whole month, and focusing mainly on plants and the animals that pollinate them (mainly insects and birds) in local parks. But, with an iNaturalist account, you can record observations of any sort of living thing you want, anywhere, as much as you want, anytime. The umbrella project page on iNaturalist for NRPA's BioBlitz events is linked at the top. The BioBlitz events happening in Broward specifically are the ones I listed at the top. (Markham Park is located within Sunrise, so any observations you make there count for both projects.) They all last the whole month, but some of them have special events on specific days. But you can go to these places anytime in September to participate. (Or just make observations on iNat anytime, anywhere, even if they're not part of a project.) If you want to participate, you'll need an iNaturalist account, and any relevant observations you make in participating locations will automatically be counted in applicable projects. If you join the project, its badge will also appear on your observations that are part of the project! Feel free to post questions about how to join/use iNaturalist.
www.inaturalist.org
(cross-posted from: https://mander.xyz/post/2859577) Edit: Added the city of Plantation. There's the following BioBlitz events in state of Florida next month: (links go to their iNaturalist projects) * [Markham Park](https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/174625) (special event: September 2, 10am ~ 12noon) (observations also count for City of Sunrise) * [City of Plantation](https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/parks-for-pollinators-2023-plantation-parks-and-recreation) (in Plantation Preserve Linear Trail and Golf Course) ([special event](https://www.plantation.org/Home/Components/Calendar/Event/3700/68?curm=9&cury=2023): September 9, 9am ~ 11am) * [Quiet Waters Park](https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/174149) (special event: September 9, 9am ~ 11am) * [City of Sunrise](https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/parks-for-pollinators-2023-city-of-sunrise) ([special event](https://www.sunrisefl.gov/Home/Components/Calendar/Event/12988/20?curm=9&cury=2023): September 9, 10am ~ 1pm, at Sawgrass Sanctuary) * [Miramar Pineland](https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/174709) (special event: September 13, 9am ~ 12noon) * [Central Broward Regional Park](https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/173810) (special event: September 23: 9am ~ 11am) * [Delray Beach](https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/176157) (in Old School Square Park) * [Palm Beach County](https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/175066) * [Pinellas County](https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/172385) I don't know when the last three are having their special events (if any); check with their parks or local government calendars. But the BioBlitz events last the whole month so you can still participate even if there aren't special events! Not sure what this is all about? A "BioBlitz" is an event where you go around and make observations of wildlife all around you using the citizen science app/website iNaturalist. Every September, the National Recreation and Park Association (NRPA) runs the "Parks for Pollinators" BioBlitz, which involves a bunch of such events across the US, lasting the whole month, and focusing mainly on plants and the animals that pollinate them (mainly insects and birds) in local parks. But, with an iNaturalist account, you can record observations of any sort of living thing you want, anywhere, as much as you want, anytime. The umbrella project page on iNaturalist for NRPA's BioBlitz events is linked at the top. I looked on its map and found all the projects for BioBlitz events in Florida. Hopefully, there's one near you! They all last the whole month, but some of them have special events on specific days. I've listed the ones I know of. But, of course, you can go to these places anytime in September to participate. (Or just make observations on iNat anytime, anywhere.) If you want to participate, you'll need an iNaturalist account, and any relevant observations you make in participating locations will automatically be counted in applicable projects. If you join the project, its badge will also appear on your observations that are part of the project! (Feel free to ask questions about how to join/use iNaturalist.)
www.inaturalist.org
Edit: Added the city of Plantation. A "BioBlitz" is an event where you go around and make observations of wildlife all around you using the citizen science app/website iNaturalist. The National Recreation and Park Association (NRPA) runs the "Parks for Pollinators" BioBlitz every September, across the United States, lasting the whole month, and focusing mainly on plants and the animals that pollinate them (mainly insects and birds) in local parks. But you can record observations of any sort of living thing you want, anywhere, as much as you want, anytime. Here's their homepage for it: https://www.nrpa.org/BioBlitz/ ...but probbaly more relevant is the iNaturalist project for it (click [here](https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/parks-for-pollinators-2023), or the link at the top). You can use the map to see the various BioBlitzes going on all over the country as part of NRPA's umbrella event. Hopefully, there's one near you! If there is, be sure to check your local events calendars, because there might be special events on specific days. For example, here in Florida, there are the following BioBlitz events (and some have special events on specific days - I'm not sure about the last three, but you can check yourself): * [Markham Park](https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/174625) (special event: September 2, 10am ~ 12noon) (observations also count for City of Sunrise) * [City of Plantation](https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/parks-for-pollinators-2023-plantation-parks-and-recreation) (in Plantation Preserve Linear Trail and Golf Course) ([special event](https://www.plantation.org/Home/Components/Calendar/Event/3700/68?curm=9&cury=2023): September 9, 9am ~ 11am) * [Quiet Waters Park](https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/174149) (special event: September 9, 9am ~ 11am) * [City of Sunrise](https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/parks-for-pollinators-2023-city-of-sunrise) ([special event](https://www.sunrisefl.gov/Home/Components/Calendar/Event/12988/20?curm=9&cury=2023): September 9, 10am ~ 1pm, at Sawgrass Sanctuary) * [Miramar Pineland](https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/174709) (special event: September 13, 9am ~ 12noon) * [Central Broward Regional Park](https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/173810) (special event: September 23: 9am ~ 11am) * [Delray Beach](https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/176157) (in Old School Square Park) * [Palm Beach County](https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/175066) * [Pinellas County](https://www.inaturalist.org/projects/172385) But, of course, you can go to these places anytime in September to participate -- you don't need a special event. If you want to participate, you'll need an iNaturalist account, and any relevant observations you make in participating locations will automatically be counted in applicable projects. If you join the project, you'll also get the project's badge displayed on your observation!
cross-posted from: https://mander.xyz/post/2712447 (I meant to post here first but the alternate spellings of "pal(a)eontology" got me mixed up lol) Just forwarding along a two-toot thread from @FediFollows@social.growyourown.services post with some Mastodon accounts related to paleontology. Copy-pasted and edited the relevant text here for y'all's convenience: >➡️ https://scicomm.xyz/@Fossilbonanza@sciencemastodon.com - Featuring lots of well-preserved fossils, run by Kansas Geological Survey\ > ➡️ https://scicomm.xyz/@AltonDooley@mstdn.social (main) & https://scicomm.xyz/@westernsciencecenter@mstdn.social (museum) - Exec Director at Western Science Center, Calif. Expert on #mastodons\ > ➡️ https://scicomm.xyz/@drmambobob@ecoevo.social - Evolutionary #palaeobiologist, senior lecturer in #zoology at Univ. of Lincoln, UK\ > ➡️ https://scicomm.xyz/@Drdonnayates@archaeo.social - Archaeologist & criminologist at Maastricht Univ, studying #fossil smuggling\ > ➡️ https://scicomm.xyz/@AdamStuartSmith@sauropods.win - #Palaeontologist & #plesiosaur expert, curator at Nottingham Natural History Museum in UK\ > ➡️ https://scicomm.xyz/@punkpaleo@sauropods.win - Fossil illustrator & science educator\ > ➡️ https://scicomm.xyz/@ashinonyx@scholar.social - In #palaeobiology dept at Univ. of Toronto, researching cat fossils\ > ➡️ https://scicomm.xyz/@TheDinosaurDave@sauropods.win - Palaeontology student & makes Lego dinos\ > ➡️ https://scicomm.xyz/@keeseycomics@sauropods.win - Comics set in Earth's distant past\ > ➡️ https://scicomm.xyz/@russell@ecoevo.social - Works with fossils & x-rays at Univ. of Manchester If you have a Mastodon account, you can just plop these links in the search bar on your own instance and find them!
Just forwarding along a two-toot thread from @FediFollows@social.growyourown.services post with some Mastodon accounts related to paleontology. Copy-pasted and edited the relevant text here for y'all's convenience: >➡️ https://scicomm.xyz/@Fossilbonanza@sciencemastodon.com - Featuring lots of well-preserved fossils, run by Kansas Geological Survey\ > ➡️ https://scicomm.xyz/@AltonDooley@mstdn.social (main) & https://scicomm.xyz/@westernsciencecenter@mstdn.social (museum) - Exec Director at Western Science Center, Calif. Expert on #mastodons\ > ➡️ https://scicomm.xyz/@drmambobob@ecoevo.social - Evolutionary #palaeobiologist, senior lecturer in #zoology at Univ. of Lincoln, UK\ > ➡️ https://scicomm.xyz/@Drdonnayates@archaeo.social - Archaeologist & criminologist at Maastricht Univ, studying #fossil smuggling\ > ➡️ https://scicomm.xyz/@AdamStuartSmith@sauropods.win - #Palaeontologist & #plesiosaur expert, curator at Nottingham Natural History Museum in UK\ > ➡️ https://scicomm.xyz/@punkpaleo@sauropods.win - Fossil illustrator & science educator\ > ➡️ https://scicomm.xyz/@ashinonyx@scholar.social - In #palaeobiology dept at Univ. of Toronto, researching cat fossils\ > ➡️ https://scicomm.xyz/@TheDinosaurDave@sauropods.win - Palaeontology student & makes Lego dinos\ > ➡️ https://scicomm.xyz/@keeseycomics@sauropods.win - Comics set in Earth's distant past\ > ➡️ https://scicomm.xyz/@russell@ecoevo.social - Works with fossils & x-rays at Univ. of Manchester If you have a Mastodon account, you can just plop these links in the search bar on your own instance and find them!
GOG is having a "Pixel Worlds" sale, with deals on games (DRM-free as usual, of course) that use pixel graphics. It will continue for two more days and change. https://www.gog.com/en/promo/2023_pixel_worlds My personal highlights include the following three metroidvania titles:\ Chasm -75%\ Phoenotopia Awakening -60%\ Timespinner -50% There are several pages of games on sale; others famous ones include Stardew Valley, the Contra Anniversary Collection, two of the Shantae games, and One Step From Eden (i'm gonna pick up that last one).
TL;DR for anyone from Mander: Small mander logo: in the bottom right quadrant, between the EU flag and Ramona Flowers. Seems like this one was done by [@Sal@mander.xyz](https://mander.xyz/u/Sal) very early on in the event. Much later, near the end of the event, I just added the text above it. Big Mander logo: check in the top half, near the center, to the right of the Swedish flag. Was planned out by yours truly (not knowing we already had the small logo), though [@mookulator@lemmy.world](https://lemmy.world/u/mookulator) / [@mookulator@mander.xyz](https://mander.xyz/u/mookulator) came by and helped out actually placing the pixels (thank you!). The outline/background around the text was done by various other users, including [@Lumun@lemmy.zip](https://lemmy.zip/u/Lumun) , [@verb@mander.xyz](https://mander.xyz/u/verb) , and [@angrath@mtgzone.com](https://mtgzone.com/u/angrath) -- thanks for coming by to help beautify our logo! Original post's text below.\ ---\ ---\ ---\ cross-posted from: https://toast.ooo/post/288913 > **Thanks for joining in! The canvas is now finished!** > > I’m going to be leaving the canvas up and read-only for a couple days, but not too long. > > **This was incredibly fun to host, thank you all for participating!** ♥ > > ## Future Events > > I’d love to make this a yearly event. Expanding from just Lemmy to the entirety of the fediverse aswell! > > I’ll reuse this Lemmy community & [the Matrix space](https://matrix.to/#/#lemmy-canvas:matrix.org) for that event > > If you have suggestions for future events, post them in a comment on [this post](https://toast.ooo/post/288916), each suggestion as it’s own comment so people can vote on them > > ## Timelapses: > > - First 24h > * [Raw File](https://cdn.sc07.company/canvas/2023/timelapse/first_24h.mp4) > * [Mastodon](https://mastodon.social/@sc07/110840196210416637) > * [PeerTube](https://tube.tchncs.de/w/roB44xnBnoDTx3DqgY6KL1) > * [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqH0syCcwCU) > - 24h - 48h > * [Raw File](https://cdn.sc07.company/canvas/2023/timelapse/24h-48h.mp4) > * [Mastodon](https://mastodon.social/@sc07/110840730941047209) > * [PeerTube](https://tube.tchncs.de/w/3x2vgyHvymQPxVsQjujmfo) > * [YouTube](https://youtu.be/b85j3pEa0EY) > - 48h - 72h > * [Raw File](https://cdn.sc07.company/canvas/2023/timelapse/48h-72h.mp4) > * [Mastodon](https://mastodon.social/@sc07/110846380447230881) > * [PeerTube](https://tube.tchncs.de/w/3x2vgyHvymQPxVsQjujmfo) > * [YouTube](https://youtu.be/K-wb99nqq5k) > - Start to finish > * [Raw File](https://cdn.sc07.company/canvas/timelapse/full.mp4) > * [Mastodon](https://mastodon.social/@sc07/110846410283100545) > * [PeerTube](https://tube.tchncs.de/w/wFKKL1mv1BAN3GiVAPQqTA) > * [YouTube](https://youtu.be/32o4__Aqqi4) > > ## Data: > - [Pixel Placement Logfile](https://cdn.sc07.company/canvas/2023/pixels.log.txt) (timestamps, usernames, coords, pallete index, **no ip addresses**) **(42mb)** > - [Pallete Indexes](https://github.com/pxlsspace/Pxls/blob/3be0e46d53ef0dc9f060fd28b1be4a898d975e84/resources/palette-reference.conf) (eg 0 = black, 1 = dark gray, etc) > - [Final Canvas PNG](https://cdn.sc07.company/canvas/2023/finished.png)
So this thing is happening: https://canvas.toast.ooo/ It's hosted by the good folks at toast.ooo and here's a link to the community for this: !canvas@toast.ooo I was thinking we can get a GOG logo onto here. I've drawn up the attached image as the template I'm using. And I've started painting this with my top left corner being 98,208. Come join in! Edit: Modified the image. The exact pixel art is at the top left but I've provided a blown-up version that's probably easier to see. Though you can always just download the image, open it up in MS Paint or something, and blow it up yourself.
I reproduced our logo in pixel art, added our domain name in text, and I'm gonna start adding this to the Canvas. The bottom right corner (where I'm starting) is located at 646, 205. Come join me! And decorate this further if you'd like! (How to join: https://mander.xyz/post/1767323 ) Edit: look like the picture is a little small because it's pixel art. You may want to download it and open it up in MS Paint or something then zoom in a lot. Edit2: I found a mistake in my template: there's one extra gray pixel on the right side, diagonally up/left from the uppermost black pixel of the...uh...chelicera I guess. Edit3: There are actually *three* extra gray pixels, the other two are to the right and above the one I just mentioned.
I left her a little platform to sit on. And I had to give her a 1-pixel aura because her shirt is white lol. Anyway you can find her to the left of Hollow Knight. What details should I add? Or anything else any of y'all would like help on? The platform is exactly seven pixels higher than the pixel beneath Hollow Knight's feet, for what it's worth.
www.corporateknights.com
cross-posted from: https://kbin.social/m/Ukraine/t/290209 > Can embattled coal-heavy DTEK lead Ukraine’s clean-energy revolution? Here are some choice excerpts, which the kbin post didn't mention: > About 100 kilometres from the front lines of the conflict in southern Ukraine, 650 workers building the Tyligulska wind farm dove into underground concrete bomb shelters whenever Russian missiles and drones attacked targets nearby. The crews, clad with body armour, toiled for seven months, much of the time during the dead of winter. They spent roughly one day in five underground when the explosions came too close for comfort. > > By mid-March, the first stage of Ukraine’s newest renewable energy project – 19 turbines with a capacity of 114 megawatts – was completed. None of the workers had been killed or injured, and the turbines began to generate much-needed electricity a few weeks later. During a time of war, when Ukrainian infrastructure everywhere was being turned to scrap by Russian missiles, the achievement was nothing short of heroic. > [After various woes, from the Russians capturing land with potential for wind and solar development, to much difficulty finding financing,] DTEK’s first bit of good news came last November, when the successful Ukrainian counter-offensive liberated Kherson in the country’s south, allowing a 10-megawatt solar plant in the village of Tryfonivka to be returned to Ukrainian hands. At the same time, DTEK was well on its way to completing the Tyligulska wind project to the west, near Odesa. Using turbines supplied by Denmark’s Vestas, the project is one of the biggest of its kind in Europe, with a total cost of US$450 million. The second stage, to be completed in 2024, will take the capacity to 500 megawatts, when 83 turbines are scheduled to be in place. > Ukraine exported electricity to Moldova, Hungary, Slovakia and Poland before the war and recently resumed those sales as it rebuilt its transmission lines and power plants – its grid is now entirely detached from Russia’s and interconnected with Europe’s. The country has obvious competitive advantages to play the green game. Ukraine has ample land, meaning that it is unlikely to see the NIMBY campaigns that have stalled or crippled many wind projects in Europe. Certain parts of the country have high wind speeds, and the permitting process is faster than in Europe. Add in a relatively low cost of labour and energy production, and Ukraine will certainly have a seat at the export table. It also knows that certain European countries are setting themselves up for power shortages.
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(URL goes to /c/houseplants ) Where's the pixel art in the sidebar from? Actually, where's *all* of the art from? But I'm specifically mentioning pixel art because I really like pixel art and I think this stuff is really cute! EDIT: I did not expect the preview snippet to be so extraordinarily lengthy.