Can't eat can't breathe can't sleep because Dr Tall Gf bought us tickets to go and TOUR A MINE on the weekend and we are going to get to sit in a DRAM and see a reconstruction of a MINEOWNER'S PARLOUR and oh no I'm too excited
These are young fronds of the commonly named Fishtail Fern or Dwarf Elkhorn Fern, Microsorum punctatum var. Grandiceps (Polypodiales - Polypodiaceae), an epiphytic fern native to Africa, Asia, Malaysia, New Guinea, Australia and Polynesia.
This cultivar is distinctive by its light green, glossy fronds are strap-like and leathery with entire or wavy leaf margin. The frond consists of a single blade that forks into 2 parts repeatedly, forming a crested tip that resembles a fishâs tail or an elk horn. The midrib is raised and highly prominent.
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Photo credit: ŠGordon K A Dickson (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0) | Locality: Arundel, City of Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia (2006)
Pants were a popular garment to wear during the Song Dynasty, both as inner and outer wear for men and women.
From artefacts currently discovered, there were 3 main types of pants:
1) Inner pants (close-crotched) (čŁ (话鲲))
worn against the body
2 styles found:
a) Half-pants (çéźťčŁ/Dubikun)
b) Full pants
Here is a guide to helmets, reposted from Black Powder Press's instagram.
the militant demonstrator's guide to helmets
⢠helmets are risk mitigation, not risk nullification! there is no such thing as a concussion-proof helmet. but any helmet is better than no helmet! the best helmet is the one you wear.
⢠if no one else is wearing helmets, and you donât want to be singled out, consider a concealable or inconspicuous helmet, like: a âbump capâ baseball cap; a bike helmet; or a skate or motorcycle helmet concealed under your hood
⢠if lots of people are wearing helmets, wear the best helmet you can get your hands on
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THE BUMP CAP
(low key)
A baseball cap with some hard plastic and padding inside. The ultimate in better than nothing. Inconspicuous. It protects you, a little bit. Way better than nothing. Way less than a dedicated helmet.
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HARD HATS
(not the best)
Most hard hats are designed to absorb impact only from above. They also lack any kind of chin strap and fall off easily.
Better than nothing!
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BIKE HELMETS
(also not the best)
Use crushable foam to protect from impact, meaning they are destroyed by impact. They usually have very thin shells that barely protect from projectiles and can themselves shatter and hurt people!
Theyâre nonthreatening and inconspicuous and way better than nothing! Also cheap as hell: because of certification systems, cheap bike helmets are as good as expensive ones at impact protection.
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SKATE and SNOW HELMETS
(now weâre getting somewhere)
Skate helmets ALSO use crushable foam, which still isnât the best for repeated impact! But skate helmets that meet certifications (unlike bike helmets, not all do!) are rated to resist multiple impacts. They tend to have a thicker plastic shell than bike helmets. They also protect more of your head, and are low profile enough that they can (awkwardly) be concealed under a hood.
Snowboard helmets are basically the same thing but without ventilation.
This might be the best dirt cheap option.
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MOTORCYCLE HELMETS
(mixed bag!)
Motorcycle helmets are rated even tougher still! But they still use crushable foam, making them less suitable for repeated impact (like a baton on your head). Theyâre also more expensive. A full-face helmet (with a chin bar) limits visibility and mobility without any real advantage and limits the ability to wear goggles and respirators.
Half-helmets and 3/4 helmets are useful if you have one lying around! 1/2 helmets are cheaper than 3/4 or full.
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SPORTS HELMETS
(is good)
Unlike other helmets, sports helmets are designed assuming the wearer will be hit. Instead of crushable foam, most use multilayered padding: one layer for impact absorption and one layer to fit better.
Lacrosse helmets without a chin bar and with the mask removed, and hockey helmets without the mask, are the most traditional for protesters. Football helmets can work without the mask (makes wearing respirators harder, gives opponents something to grab). Batting helmets lack a chin strap but are rated against pretty serious impacts. Whitewater helmets are built this way too!
Many sports helmets might be hard to pair with respirators because of their cut but this is conjecture.
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TACTICAL/BALLISTIC HELMETS
(the best probably)
If you want to attach cameras or comms units or noise-gated headphones, you need a tactical helmet. If you want to have a chance of surviving handgun fire to your head, you need a ballistic version.
Airsoft/paintball helmets are cheap clones ($40+), not certified at all, probably terrible. If you go this route, replace the padding with real ballistic padding (another $40+).
Bump helmets ($150+) are certified against impact but not bullets. Make sure the padding is good.
Ballistic helmets are certified against handgun (not rifle) bullets. Very expensive ($350+). Some can be found on the surplus market. Again, make sure the padding is good. Not all come with side rails or the mount on the front.
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OTHER HELMETS
Equestrian helmets are designed like skate helmets, with crushable foam, but are also rated to protect against a sharp blow from a hoof, so thatâs cool. Only wear if you own one already.
Rock climbing helmets come in all types! All are probably pretty good. Many use suspension systems like hard hats but also a lot of foam or padding.
If medieval helms can survive impact weapons without serious deformation (unknown), and they are paired with appropriate padding (not just a suspension harness) they would be perfectly good! But weâre not sure yet what a baton round does to a various gauges of steel hat so we cannot yet recommend. Try 14ga or thicker.
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Final Notes!
This information has been gathered through extensive research and from talking with frontlines demonstrators, but it has not been rigorously tested and should not be taken as the last word on the subject.
Very, very few helmet certifications take âshot in the head with a tear gas canister by a cop drunk on powerâ into account in their testing systems.
A helmet has two purposes: to prevent penetration and to absorb impact. The shell prevents penetration, the padding (or suspension) absorbs impact. You need both.
The Ăłsinjal (Oââ˘sinâ˘yal) are ancient, cybernetic beings ensouled with ichor to achieve an intelligence equivalent to most animals, and more reliable than any golem. They can augment that intelligence with RAM and cognizant ROM that is efficient and effective enough to raise the questionâare they that smart, or just that fast?
As a species they might be older than our solar system.
About 200 millennia ago they developed bodies for mobilityâout of boredom and curiosity. Over time they have perfected those bodies so most can pass for many natural animalsâprovided we donât look too close.
âş Narrative description of Vlad: (Celtic for Wolf).
A forearm and other parts were discovered by visitors to Yosemite in 2011. Those visitors already had a related computer who could interface with those parts, read enough âdataâ, and reconstruct whatâs missing in a fabricator.
The result is a body that could pass for a gray wolf at a glance.
Exceptions: Her eyes have a mechanical structure to them. They look like the blades of a cameraâs iris, finer and translucent to filter light through. The retina emits a mild green glow that might stand out in the dark.
Her feet are shaped more like fingers than paws. The fingers allow digital dexterity, backed with a set of tools based on plasma-magnetic structures almost as solid as steel.
Her fur is synthetic wool, related to the wool fabricated derived from Conpollo recipes. Carbon mesh reinforces her skin and gives it an off-black hue, while the fur will vary as the animal wishes.
Within her body are several, organic-style systems, lungs, cooling systems, material processors, including a stomach that can reuse any materials brought in, which canâamong other thingsâbe made into more ROM extensions, which can extend her intellectual capacity.
Where is your WIP set? Take a few minutes and create a list of everything you want to say about that location, including the 'vibe," and physical details. Do you see places where your setting connects with the themes of your story?
Access Points: exist in and around The Village, a township within New Angels, CA. One entry lies beneath the Pleasant Building; another in Mother Magdalena's Catholic Church. Others exist in surrounding structures.
Description
Design & Scale:
Originally (about 3,000,000 years ago) constructed to house a sizable, mixed population.
Little Dubros occupies two, what used to be greenrooms, each about 9.32 acres of hexagonal territory. These rooms are located in a corner and center of a larger, hexagonal township [0.5km²+1km²=â1.25â1.118²km radius? 2.6km²].
Initially built as a greenhouse, used to grow crops and chickens while recycling water and air. Water, lighting, and air might be augmented with artificial sources.
Uses (Past & Present):
Historic: Public accommodationsârefreshment houses, healing halls, schools, settlements, and restitution centers.
Current:
Upper Little Dubros houses a agorist market, selling food, economic goods, and has an orc-run clinic. Many spaces support community services.
Remaining areas serve as urban farmland, producing vegetables and fruits sold at farmerâs markets or to restaurants in New Angels.
Materials & Craft:
Walls are of Conpollo concreteâa cultivated material.
Reinforced with modern masonry techniques.
Functions as a teaching tool for freshly-crossed goblins, orcs, and AnitskwarĂĄtsisaân, introducing them to the crafts of stone and structure.
Doorways to the Layers are framed with Elm woodâsometimes just planks, sometimes works of artâto keep relived bodies from passing through. This is reinforced with red-brick dust and other tricks for keeping malevolence out.
Infrastructure:
Sunburg Investments supplies water and electricity, maintaining viability of the Layers.
Smaller secondary hexagons extend beyond the main chamber, each significantly reduced in size. Some become apartments, others businesses keeping a low profile.
Social & Strategic Role
JP Castleâs Influence:
Not driven by charity
He fought the Claw in 1976 (and earlier), remembering its taste for children.
Encourages occupation of the Layers to ensure âeyes on the landscapeââvigilance against arcane and mundane threats.
Hidden Functions:
The Layers provide covert channels for smuggling goods and populations into California, bypassing government oversight.
Though Castle denies it, the arrangement echoes Prohibition-era hidden stores once found below the city.
âź Upper Little Dubros: Village Layers: Orc.
Origins & Migration:
Orcs have crossed between Earth and Tobrul for millennia.
Most long-settled bloodlines are so diluted their orcish traits are barely noticeable.
Recent Crossroad Storms bring in fresh arrivals and full-bloods who quickly hear of the underground settlements beneath New Angels (and other cities) and migrate there.
Human Residents:
Cheap rent and the chance to slip past constables attract plenty of humans.
The council enforces a brehon-style law, but it doesnât guarantee your roomâor your belongingsâwill be safe while youâre out on day labor.
Survival depends on community: look after your neighbors and theyâll look after you.
Goblins:
Many newcomers are goblinsâhumans spliced with rodent genes.
With clothes, some can pass as short humans and find work in the Village.
Challenges:
Feet donât take well to shoes.
Whiskers at the ears are hard to hide.
Older residents advise them to claim theyâre locals, born just different. Maybe that worksâmaybe not.
âź Lower Little Dubros: Village Layers: AnitskwarĂĄtsisaâ
Origins & Migration:
The AnitskwarĂĄtsisaâ (commonly called lizard folk) have crossed between Earth and Tobrul for millennia.
Southern Californiaâs dry climateâand the deserts stretching eastâmake the region less hospitable, but the deeper Layers of the Village offer them refuge.
Work & Role:
In New Angels, they focus their craft on water management, building desalination systems and regulating community water flow.
Unlike Orcs or Goblins, they cannot pass for humanâeven at a distance their features set them apart.
Perceptions & Stigma:
Their reputation suffers because distant kin (on the East Coast and across Eurasia) appeal to the hollow god Virek (U'baid), trading loyalty for arcane powers.
These cultists are frequently targeted by BUWR (Biological & Unconventional Warfare Research) âiron-sitesâ due to their methodsâand their habit of preying on the homeless and children.
Religion & Tensions:
The God Wars weakened Virekâs worship, but sacrificesâespecially of childrenâstill persist among some lizzard-folk clans.
Not so in New Angels, CA, where most families turn instead toward gods of life and profit.
That choice makes the local clan targets of suspicion and hostility from other lizard folk, even as it spares them government crackdowns.
â˝ Memory becomes absolute garbage. Like âwhy am I in the kitchen?â garbage. âWhat was I saying?â garbage. Their brain is running on buffering screens and regret.
â˝ Fine motor skills? Ha. Theyâre dropping everything. Pens. Phones. Entire moral compass. Theyâre basically a malfunctioning claw machine.
⽠Hallucinations creep in. That jacket on the chair? Suddenly a person. That noise? Definitely doom. Everything becomes mildly haunted.
⽠Time gets weird. Five minutes feel like a year. A full hour disappears and they swear they blinked wrong.
⽠Irritation skyrockets. They get mad at chairs. At air. At gravity. At the audacity of other humans continuing to exist.
⽠Their voice sounds weird. Slow, scratchy, like they swallowed sand.
â˝ They walk like a drunk baby giraffe. Walls suddenly jump closer. Floors rise unexpectedly. Coordination said: âIâm out.â
â˝ Zoning out becomes a hobby. They stare at random objects like theyâre trying to understand quantum mechanics.
⽠Vision blurs in and out. Like someone smeared Vaseline over their eyeballs out of spite.
â˝ Their body just hurts. Not a dramatic pain, just the âwhy does my skeleton feel like itâs buzzing?â pain.
â˝ Food cravings go feral. Theyâd fight someone for a stale cookie.
â˝ Terrible choices. They will absolutely say âIâm fineâ while making decisions that end in disaster.
⽠Random emotional implosions. Crying because their sock feels wrong? Yes.
⽠Cold hands. Cold feet. Cold heart. (Okay maybe not the last one, but it feels like it.)
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