egrets

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[–] egrets 3 points 15 hours ago

Seriously! They're the biggest land carnivores bar none. If you're 5' - 5'6" a bigger polar bear will be able to look you levelly in the eye while on all fours* and on its hind legs, it'll be more than half your height again.

*survivability of said staring contest is low

[–] egrets 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

becoming

It's been this way for nearly thirty years. Vote Conservative or vote Slightly-More-Agreeable-Conservative, and with FPTP, your third-party vote may as well have been for Father Christmas for all the difference it will make.

[–] egrets 12 points 1 day ago (2 children)

that is a good analysis

[–] egrets 3 points 2 days ago (2 children)

How was there a demon of misspelling before standardized spelling?

[–] egrets 4 points 3 days ago
[–] egrets 72 points 3 days ago (6 children)

The cost to move to America is quite steep, though, and there are significant drawbacks.

[–] egrets 7 points 3 days ago

As Calvin awoke one morning from uneasy dreams...

[–] egrets 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Yeah, that was news to me, I wasn't sure if it was just my client. I'm not complaining - but I've been half-expecting an automatic ban!

[–] egrets 43 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Imagine being proud of wholesale slaughter, so much so that you pose with the mountain of skulls.

[–] egrets 10 points 3 days ago (3 children)

"Reclaim" is still the term we use for that, even though just "claim" or "seize" might be more fitting. See also

homophobic slurremoved

which some LGBT+ people use in an almost tongue-in-cheek way to refer to themselves and each other, as a way to invert and defang the hostility with which it is used by bigots.

[–] egrets 9 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Seven additional months of rain have been overlooked. It just pisses it down from September to June.

[–] egrets 19 points 6 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

For some reason, the AP only mention this explicitly in their original article, not the linked follow-up article:

[Marco Polo argali sheep from Central Asia] are protected under international convention as a threatened species and outlawed for import into Montana to protect native sheep from disease and hybridization.

It seems to be the Lacey Act he's charged with violating.

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submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by egrets to c/eyebleach
 

Who knew botflies could be cute?

Description: an adult deer botfly (Cephenemyia stimulator) on a rock. Its body is covered with fur-like cetae, yellow and black, resembling a bumblebee a little. Its eyes are large and black.

 
 

Thanks for playing along with our April Fool's Day prank. We are, in fact, not pivoting to the Starfield engine.

We are, however, back on the very latest version of the Skyrim engine, thanks to some gruelling work by our Coding team, and of the Creation Kit, thanks in part to the CKPE team 💌

Now back to your regularly scheduled project updates. There's also more of the Concept-to-Asset video series on the horizon, and a bigger progress video is being worked on as we speak. Onwards and upwards! 🚀

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submitted 6 months ago by egrets to c/skywind
 
 

After years of pouring love and dedication to recreating Morrowind in Skyrim's engine, we're reaching for the moon: we're shifting to Starfield's engine.

Say hello to Starwind! 🚀

  • Why walk when you can fly? Rocket boosted guars!
  • That's no moon(s)! Assemble your own interstellar silt strider.
  • The space race, now with 100% more cliff racers

Tamriel's vibrant and variant landscapes have been our home for years, a realm where our passion could roam as free as the nix hounds of Vvardenfell. ⁤⁤But as we looked up at the stars above, we saw the potential for magic far beyond what Skyrim's engine could offer. ⁤⁤Starfield's cutting-edge tech and vast cosmic canvas present us with the opportunity to reimagine Morrowind like never before.

We're grateful for your support, and we look forward to continuing on this journey with you, to the cosmos and beyond.

The Starwind Team ✨

 

For more on the Community Creations Con and the schedule, see this page on Nexus mods: https://www.nexusmods.com/news/14921

 

This ancient Dwemer freehold straddles the border of the Grazelands and the Ashlands, and served historically as an important neutral ground for diplomatic talks. Its remaining inhabitants are not so eager for polite conversation.

 

CONFESSION TIME: we have an ulterior motive with this new series. It's not very evil, though. We love showing off what we've made, the attention we pay to detail, and our determination to make Skywind really goddamn good, BUT...

WE NEED 3D CLOTHING ARTISTS. It's a major bottleneck for us at the moment, and has been for some time. If you've got experience in modelling 3D clothing and soft materials, or if you know someone else who fits the bill, we'd be really keen to hear from them. Tell everyone you know 💚

https://tesrskywind.com/volunteer // https://discord.gg/skywind

 

On Feb 3rd, we’ll be part of the Community Creation Con supported by Nexus Mods, Bethesda Game Studios, GOG.com, and more, to benefit Make-a-Wish.

We’ll be giving a whistlestop tour of Skywind, what it is (and isn’t), and answering our most frequently-asked questions, live on Twitch.

Join us on February 3rd at 12:30pm! Donate if you can. Watch out for the full schedule on https://twitter.com/C3Modders

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