I haven’t had physical pains, but you absolutely will get wrecked by it when it hits the first few times. Feels like every trigger for negative emotion got dialed up to 11 and you can cry at the drop of a hat. It sucks, and you get to look forward to that every month.

I can’t give much advice on hard books, but I’m writing a book myself and I mostly read it like I read any other books. Kobo has a phone ebook app that you can use, though it’s kind of trash sometimes. I prefer using the Kindle app for stability, but for both it’s easy to take notes in-app. Since it’s on my phone I can either spend a ton of time with it, or if I just want to read a bit while waiting for the bus or metro, I can do that, too. I can just transfer the notes elsewhere when I have time.

I’m genuinely excited for this. I don’t know the director well, but the main screenwriter, Mike Flanagan, has put together multiple fantastic limited series of horror for Netflix. I’m not seeing this for the Batman angle, but the horror angle.

Something tells me Tanner didn’t consider that.

I’m sorry if this misses you, but your memes and wonderful breakdowns of history always made me smile. Thank you for everything.

There’s Eat Lead: Return of Matt Hazard. The game does set it up as a joke, but it’s also kind of the entire point of the game. You’re playing a 25-year-old franchise whose last game was over half a decade prior. Your franchise got bought by a nepo baby whose father basically owns a chain like GameStop. He hated your games, so he decided to make a new one, kill you off for good, and replace you with a new protagonist. This is the first and only game. It’s not a very good game, but it’s got some laughs.

It looks great!

Drone enthusiast website

MIT Tech Review on how Niantic made an AI spinoff company that helps robots navigate urban areas without GPS if necessary

EuroNews article citing said MIT article about how Niantic has a different partner, Cocorobot, that’s training on their data

SpaceNews article on how Vantor is using this data to allow drones to navigate without requiring GPS

Vantor’s official announcement that they are using Niantic’s data to create “a comprehensive air-to-ground positioning solution that will enable air and ground platforms to navigate and coordinate precisely in GPS-denied environments”

This one is just a standalone, no extra context, but yeah, it hits hard, especially if you’re not expecting it. I haven’t been in this specific situation, but disrupting friendships that you’ve been with and mean so much–I know that hurts so much. I hope it heals well for you.

Abijah Fowler from Blue Eye Samurai, one of the only four white men in Japan who might be the father of the protagonist. He’s one of the few who manage to challenge the protagonist in combat, but you’re not just watching for that. The dialogue for the show is top notch, but any time he comes up you know you’re in for a treat. My favorite is still “Are you–still alive? Why?”, but here’s a reasonably spoiler-free scene.

I’ve only had the fortune to read about a bigender person once in literature, and they’re a character in TJ Klune’s The Art of Breathing (Corey/Kori). It’s the third in a series, but jumping right into that one should be fine if you’re okay missing out on the other books. I think you might enjoy it.

This feeling has killed so many hobbies for me.

I think that was the intent. Sy’s character has been someone who’s been traditionally on the outside, with no close friends other than Tanner. I will at least say that there’s a happy ending to the arc and you at least get to know a few bad memories of Tanner as payment.

Tanner managed to really mess up this time. If you want to start reading from the beginning of this arc, go here.

This is still Radiance in Hollow Knight for me. I cannot beat that fucker.

That’s the spirit.

Thanks!

Sadly, even though I’ve got access to it, I’ve never tried boba. I should fix that this summer.