#circana

[trashguts]

generated & sketched out some sample half-warnowiids to better show off the range of designs they can have!!

[trashguts]

ridiculous world-building nonsense below the cut instagram / redbubble / deviantart

The universe is populated by these serpent-gods bigger than superclusters, each one is unique. I've only got two designed so far, Sylvia (the first one, who looks like a hognose snake but with iridescent scales, six retractable arms, gemstoney snoot and tail) and the Dark One (who's just kind of a snakey scribble of darkness with a big gaping mouth, which is kinda cliche I guess).

They create galaxies, but each has their unique way of doing so and the galaxies each one creates has its own "flavor" (they're kinda like the different planes of existence in D&D). The ones the Dark One makes (he leaves them behind like a trail of darkness) are all twisted and wrong, kinda like the Upside Down or Shadowfell. Sylvia molds them with her arms and then sheds her skin, leaving the shed behind to protect the newly formed galaxy as it matures. The scales slowly crumble over time until the galaxy is mature and the shed is gone. They fall into the galaxy, becoming rulers of their territory. Every scale has its own appearance* and personality and rules over its territory differently. Some try to conquer more, some generally ignore it, some create entire pantheons to aid them in protecting it.

The scale I've mostly focused on takes the shape of a Neptune-sized elephant beetle (with iridescent wing covers) and the world I've focused on is on its back. The "sun" and "moon" are cradled in its antlers, though they're actually just a single ever-rotating object with the sun on one half and the moon on the other. The beetle has a crusty cover over its shell that the population lives on, but some populations of mining-focused peoples have told of the impenetrable iridescent "ground" below.

So basically, none of it makes any sense and it only really exists to look pretty. (I'm on mobile so please excuse any typos)

* I haven't actually decided exactly how this works since I thought that part through before I decided on the elephant beetle thing. I think they're probably all insectoids, and they all have (/are?) worlds, but sometimes they fight to form solar systems? But it turns into this weird political thing with insect god/planets and I'm not entirely sure I like that direction.

[trashguts]

They're one of the most advanced races on Circana, embodying the quote "necessity is the mother of invention." Their big broad ears help distribute heat away from their heads. Most elves live on Enem, a small satellite that revolves around Paradisum, but there are a lot of groups that have left and now live on Circana's main body and on Paradisum too! Most "off-world" elves left Enem by hitching a ride with Paradese merchants, since travel to/from Paradisum is much easier than travel to/from Enem, but some groups of elves have managed to get themselves off Enem independently (some a very long time ago, meaning some off-world elven communities are very old)! I've made them a (not playtested) playable elf subrace for D&D 5e, check out the Homebrewery link here: homebrewery.naturalcrit.com/sh… ! If anyone has any balance or mechanic suggestions, let me know!

[jpmellojr]

TV Emerges as Commerce Growth Channel for Advertisers

The line between watching and shopping is officially blurring. TV is evolving into a massive growth channel for e-commerce. https://jpmellojr.blogspot.com/2026/04/tv-emerges-as-commerce-growth-channel.html

[arielmcorg]

La paradoja de la IA - Un tercio de los usuarios no la quiere en sus dispositivos por una razón muy simple

A pesar de que Apple, Google y Samsung han centrado toda su estrategia de 2026 en la Inteligencia Artificial, una parte significativa del mercado no comparte el entusiasmo. Según un reciente informe de la consultora Circana, más del 35% de los consumidores en EE. UU. no tienen interés en funciones de IA en sus dispositivos. ¿La razón principal? Es mucho más sencilla de lo que los ejecutivos de…

La paradoja de la IA - Un tercio de los usuarios no la quiere en sus dispositivos por una razón muy simple

[retailinsidercanada]

Canada’s foodservice industry grew in H1 2025 with continued gains in visits and spending 

Canada’s foodservice industry grew in H1 2025 with continued gains in visits and spending . Quick-service restaurants (QSR) led the way in traffic growth, logging a 4.3% increase during the most recent quarter, said Circana. Read the full article

[hardcoregamer]

New Study Reveals More Americans Are Gamers Than Ever Before

A new report on the demographics of the gaming industry has a few unexpected surprises, from who's playing to who's not.

The Circana 2024 Gamer Segmentation Report is out and it has revealed a few interesting things about the amount of gamers in the United States. For starters, 71% of the country plays games on a regular basis. Contrary to popular belief, what's even more surprising is the fastest growing gamer demographic: adults over 45 years old. 

[pokemonblog]

Pokémon GO among the top 10 mobile games by U.S. consumer spend in July 2024

The NPD Group has revealed which games were top sellers in the U.S. for the past month. The full results in each relevant category are as follows: Top 20 Best-Selling Premium Games July 2024 Top 20 Best-Selling Premium Games – U.S. (Dollar Sales, Physical and Digital from digital data sharing publishers, excludes add-on content) pic.twitter.com/oiDy4xRySw— Mat Piscatella (@MatPiscatella) August…

Pokémon GO among the top 10 mobile games by U.S. consumer spend in July 2024