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2024 Bexar County Democratic Primaries Voting Guide

United States President I don't really go in for polls but it doesn't seem worth my time to research against the incumbent. United States Senator 1. Colin Allred Expand affordable care act. Wants to protect reproductive rights but doesn't say how. "Colin knows

[DRAFT] Puberty Blockers DIY or It's Easy and Safe to Save Trans Kid Lives

This guide exists to direct Americans, whether they be a trans or gender diverse youth or the ally of a trans or gender diverse youth, to medical resources and gendering affirming care. In 2023, bills such as Texas' Senate Bill 14 and Florida's Senate Bill 254, have

Thoughts and Drafts

I think I'd like to start writing for this blog more regularly. My output so far has been "essays" or "complete thoughts". At least how I'm feeling now, the idea of a complete thought isn't good enough. I reserve the

OctoPrint on Wyse 3040

Having recently purchased an Elegoo Neptune 2 3D printer, I was excited to set up OctoPrint. OctoPrint describes itself as an open source 3D printer controller application, which is to say it provides a web interface to manage your 3D printer. My primary use case for OctoPrint is being able

2022 Texas Democratic Primaries Voting Guide

I am but a simple bear, doing my fairly surface level internet research. I'm just trying to provide a ranked voting guide with justifications. I might be wrong. Let me know. In terms of my ideology when voting, especially in the primaries, the research takes so much out

Sketches of bears.

Using Ansible and Tdarr to Achieve Peace of Mind

This article is companion to a GitHub repository here. I have an extensive video archive. What started as a simple idea to avoid using the Twitch player in 2016 has evolved into 9.6 terabytes of archival footage clogging up my Google Drive. Keeping these videos in the cloud has

Platter

Hello! I made a forge mod for Minecraft 1.15 / 1.16! It's called Platter, and as you can imagine, it adds a platter to Minecraft. Links: CurseForge GitHub Modrinth Design Since this was my first Minecraft mod I wanted to keep the conceit pretty simple. The platter

SCOOB!

SCOOB! (2020) is at times great, but is more often than not a poor entry in a storied franchise.

Pokemon Sword

The last six hours of Pokemon Sword are great, so why are the preceding eighteen hours so dull? Pokemon Sword is an accessible, often beautiful, slog. For context, I haven't played a Pokemon game since Pokemon Platinum in 2008 and my strongest memories date back even further. The

Gay Western Jam

https://abneyonline.itch.io/lawmakers-of-the-west I created a thing for Gay Western Jam. It's more of a demo of an input method than a game. I basically thought about the jerk-off motion input method and then tried to make something around that. I thought about making the gun

#lightnovelber2019

The second piece of fiction I've ever put "out there," "I Wrote “No Preference” on my Roommate Request Form and now I’m Sharing a Dorm Room with a Demon from Hell" is a brief taste of my developing a story in the urban

THE HYPER LOUNGE

Mathematicians defined it, politicians legislated it, theologians named it: THE SOUL. That x-factor, that un-knowable force that separates humans from even the most advanced AI. It’s 20XX, AI controlled bodies, robots, live alongside humans in the daily struggles of life. As a fluke of their design, AI did not

Women Writers Exam 3

The Ever-Changing Intensity of Love “The Maytrees” by Annie Dillard is a novel about the love and relationship between Lou and Toby Maytree over the course of their lives, as their son is born. and even as the intensity has faded from their love and Maytree loves another woman. Frida

Women Writers Exam 2

“The Color Purple” by Alice Walker is a fictional work that depicts the life of African Americans in the 1930s. “Citizen” by Claudia Rankine is a nonfiction work using Rankine’s personal experiences and international news stories to illustrate modern day ideas of citizenship and being a person of color.

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Killmonger

“Black Panther” is the tragic tale of two cousins opposed in ideology and set against each other by fate, a tale that culminates in the death of a would-be conqueror and change of heart of a would-be recluse. “Black Panther” takes to heart the systemic oppression of minorities and people

Understanding Bear Phenotypes

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1ptkyb9VcagU5VIOtlY4Ai-vY16O9BduZfTpeBrHo4GA/edit?usp=sharing Presentation created for Intro to Biology Fall '16 Bradford C Lister

Women Writers Exam 1

This essay will use the works The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Stetson, ‘Fun Home’ by Alison Bechdel, and ‘All the Birds in the Sky’ by Charlie Jane Anders to contrast the ideas of the personal good and the greater good. The Yellow Wallpaper and ‘All the Birds in the

Scooby-Doo as I Do

Scooby-Doo as a Model for Social Cognitive Theory In 1969 Scooby-Doo, Where are You! premiered on CBS. The show, known colloquially as Scooby-Doo, was created by Hanna-Barbera Productions as a non-violent alternative to the popular superhero shows of the time. This paper will discuss Scooby-Doo’s ideas pro-social behaviors and

The Sundry Ways Victor Frankenstein is a Complete Dunderhead and How a Humanities Course Would Save Him

The trials and tribulations of Victor Frankenstein in Mary Shelley’s seminal work, Frankenstein: or, the Modern Prometheus are many and varied. Subsequently, nearly all of these troubles can be traced back to Victor’s complete lack of forethought and lack of well-roundedness when it comes to the world outside