Collage of 6 digital artworks: "There's No Distance #47" by Casey Reas "cambi #44" by Geoffrey Crayon “Mom look, it's glowing! #11” by agrshch "Strange Terrain #3" by Nate Nolting "Ratio #14" by Night Sea "Float Abyss #6" by CHOUCHIAWEI
On attempt #14 or so to fix this cursed computer. This time we have chucked out Ryzen and gone back to Intel. Time for another several day burn in test.
I can't believe that it's almost Christmas. This year has flown by so fast... I still need to buy gift bags for my presents, but I'm too anxious to go to the store.
Have you finished all of your shopping? If you still need to get me a present, here's a wonderful gift idea for you! This figure is so adorable. I love the Santa dress so much! (If only this was still in stock... :AquaBaka:)
Book review #14 for 2024 Richly written, well documented, and informative. This book was not just about three hundred years of Russian history. It is also about Russia today and the deeply rooted reality of the bent, if you will, toward the continued existence of the single strong ruler a century after the demise of the Romanov dynasty.
☕☕☕☕ review #books#romanovs#russianhistory#russia#history@bookstodon@books
Good morning and thanks to everybody who preordered ALL SOULS LOST! #14 on Apple Books SF&F charts, in the top 10,000 on Amazon, and top trending ebook on Kobo! You all are amazing.
Rei is the other half of the great Asuka vs Rei debate. In terms of the Fediverse, Rei is a weaker contestant than Asuka, not being mentioned as often, not accompanying memes. On the other hand, Rei did not enter the top sixteen seeds for nothing. She has more total nominations that Asuka and still has instant name recoginition even among non-anime enjoyers. Will that be enough to beat the strongest vampire of Tokyo?
Rei was created by Gendou Ikari using the remains of his wife Yui and the physical body of the angel Lilith. Being the clone of a mad scientist's wife and, Rei has little active personality, instead passively soaking in her surroundings while she figures out her place in the world. She may or may not be the key to the end of the world. Oh who are we kidding? It's not much of a spoiler anymore that Rei is the key to activate Third Impact and Human Instrumentality. That renders her a useless, eldritch plot device until the retconning sequels come out. Best thing Hideki Anno ever did was give Rei hair growth for the Evangelion sequel movies.
** RR 19. Nazuna Nanakusa / Call of the Night **
Nazuna is one swell gal. She tied Tatsumaki and Tsumugi for the most votes of the Royal Rumble, especially in a match with the most total votes of an Royal Rumble match. Her series is cool, fun romp, and perhaps objectively better than NGE. Nazuna may be relatively new for anime enjoyers, but she may be on her way to "classic girl" status in a decade or two.
From the Royal Rumble match:
"From the surprise hit series from the Summer 2022 season, Nazuna the vampire rules the night just as she hopes to rule this match and the tourney.
Nazuna is surprisingly strong among the vampire masquerade, yet never wishes to flaunt her strength; instead, she gathers it to do what is most important to her: becoming and remaining as free as possible. Her carefree existence amazes and enthralls the loner loser Kou Yamori who feels entrapped by modern society. Together they find freedom in the night and in love."
If you're listening to "experts" opine about "AI", drop what you're doing and read the following analysis out of Princeton, and be especially sure to read slides #14-ff
To vote, please make one and only post with the name of the girl you want to vote for. (Rei or Nazuna) You may add an image to your vote post.
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You MAY repost or quote post this thread, though it's encouraged to boost the main tourney thread as well.
But please do not use this Baest thread for discussion or fun posting. Use @SuperSnekFriend 's tourney threads on Mugicha Club instead.
No vote from an account made December 2023 or later will be counted.
Thread 1 "geeqie" received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
0x00007ffff5bc0ca9 in arena_for_chunk (ptr=0x5555570d1fc0) at /usr/src/debug/glibc/glibc/malloc/arena.c:162
Downloading source file /usr/src/debug/glibc/glibc/malloc/arena.c
162 return chunk_main_arena (ptr) ? &main_arena : heap_for_ptr (ptr)->ar_ptr;
(gdb) where
#0 0x00007ffff5bc0ca9 in arena_for_chunk (ptr=0x5555570d1fc0) at /usr/src/debug/glibc/glibc/malloc/arena.c:162
#1 arena_for_chunk (ptr=0x5555570d1fc0) at /usr/src/debug/glibc/glibc/malloc/arena.c:160
#2 __GI___libc_free (mem=<optimized out>) at malloc.c:3366
#3 0x00007ffff5eaeaba in operator delete(void*) (ptr=<optimized out>) at /usr/src/debug/gcc/gcc/libstdc++-v3/libsupc++/del_op.cc:49
#4 0x00007ffff5eaeaea in operator delete[](void*) (ptr=<optimized out>) at /usr/src/debug/gcc/gcc/libstdc++-v3/libsupc++/del_opv.cc:35
#5 0x0000555555602176 in exif_free_preview (buf=<optimized out>) at ../geeqie-2.0.1/src/exiv2.cc:1265
#6 image_loader_stop_source(ImageLoader*) (il=il@entry=0x555556fc7750) at ../geeqie-2.0.1/src/image-load.c:1095
#7 0x0000555555602246 in image_loader_stop (il=0x555556fc7750) at ../geeqie-2.0.1/src/image-load.c:1129
#8 image_loader_finalize(GObject*) (object=0x555556fc7750) at ../geeqie-2.0.1/src/image-load.c:206
#9 0x00007ffff778d8b4 in g_object_unref (_object=0x555556fc7750) at ../glib/gobject/gobject.c:3938
#10 g_object_unref (_object=0x555556fc7750) at ../glib/gobject/gobject.c:3802
#11 0x00007ffff77aa5d1 in g_value_unset (value=0x7fffffffd2b0) at ../glib/gobject/gvalue.c:313
#12 0x00007ffff779e67f in g_signal_emit_valist (instance=<optimized out>, signal_id=<optimized out>, detail=<optimized out>, var_args=var_args@entry=0x7fffffffd450) at ../glib/gobject/gsignal.c:3595
#13 0x00007ffff779ed34 in g_signal_emit (instance=<optimized out>, signal_id=<optimized out>, detail=<optimized out>) at ../glib/gobject/gsignal.c:3622
#14 0x00005555555ff468 in image_loader_emit_done_cb(gpointer) (data=<optimized out>) at ../geeqie-2.0.1/src/image-load.c:304
#15 0x00007ffff7ce9981 in g_main_dispatch (context=0x555556499420) at ../glib/glib/gmain.c:3460
#16 g_main_context_dispatch (context=0x555556499420) at ../glib/glib/gmain.c:4200
#17 0x00007ffff7d46b39 in g_main_context_iterate.isra.0 (context=0x555556499420, block=block@entry=1, dispatch=dispatch@entry=1, self=<optimized out>) at ../glib/glib/gmain.c:4276
#18 0x00007ffff7ce8f3f in g_main_loop_run (loop=0x555556fcae20) at ../glib/glib/gmain.c:4479
#19 0x00007ffff6fecf6f in gtk_main () at ../gtk/gtk/gtkmain.c:1329
#20 0x00005555555c4574 in main(gint, gchar**) (argc=<optimized out>, argv=<optimized out>) at ../geeqie-2.0.1/src/main.c:1469
TRUMP GUILTY ON ALL 34 COUNTS (www.bbc.com)