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Our lungs play a vital role in keeping us healthy and alive. They are responsible for the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide, ensuring that our bodies receive the vital oxygen needed for proper functioning. However, when our lungs are compromised by disease, the consequences can be severe, leading to health issues such as lung cancer. In this article, we will delve into the connection between…

[r0semultiverse]

Small indie artists in need of support for moving out by September!

💜 These lovely folks [@QuinsCurse (they/them) & @sswitchblade03 (xe/xem and he/him)] are part of a small queer-owned Youtube community I'm in. 💖

💖 If you could lend a helping hand by reblogging & queueing this post up until the start of September, I'd greatly appreciate it & I'm sure these fine folks would too! 💜

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[hello-gloomy]

Giant Woman

Rodimus Prime x Female!Human!Reader

(Slight Lost Light crew x reader)

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Description: An exploration mission gone wrong causes you to test out a new weapon to help your captains out of a tight spot. Chaos ensues.

Warnings: Slightly OOC, Crack taken seriously, Mild violence, slight horniness at the end (my bad).

A/N: I haven't read all of Lost Light or MTMTE. I did read Echo Garden and their Wiki pages, so that'll have to be good enough.

Words: 1,046

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Megatron navigated the dimly lit passages, his silver frame holding the weight of the injured Rodimus slung across his shoulder. Suddenly, a crash rumbled through the underground tunnels, shaking the ground beneath their feet. Dust and debris fell from the ceiling above, and they stopped moving to look up at the giant hole above them. A massive hand reached down and grabbed one of the hostiles as it started screaming in fear while the others began shooting at the hand. There was more thumping and noises above them.

"That's not good," Rodimus joked nervously. He hissed in pain when they started walking again. The screaming behind them suddenly stopped, and a flash of air blew past them. While they continued walking, Rodimus glanced behind them and saw the hand reaching toward them.

"Oh shit." Megatron turned while still walking to look at what made his co-captain panic. "Can't we go any faster?!" He tried to limp faster to keep up better with Megatron, who increased his pace. The hand behind them was about to snatch them when Rodimus started screaming. It finally grabbed them and shot back out the way it came and through the hole. They were back at the surface; they heard screaming and shots being fired. The hand holding kept them shrouded and dark; they were shifted and pressed against something slightly soft, covered in armor and fabric, which let off a slight blue glow. Megatron leaned against the wall and heard a beating noise; the wall rose and fell slightly while it moved. Suddenly, they picked up in speed, and they were squeezed a bit tighter. A light showered over them, and they were set near the landed Lost Light; Rodimus dropped to the ground, relieved and tired, while Megatron looked back to see who had saved them. His optics widened in disbelief at the sight in front of him; it was you, mass-displaced and huge compared to them; you practically on par with the Lost Light. Your mask went back into place, and you ran back to the hostiles approaching the ship and kicked them as far as you could, scooping others up and throwing them while blocking laser blasts.

Megatron shook himself from the surprise and limped Rodimus back onto the ship. A confused Swerve and Velocity rounded the corner to ask what was happening. The hangar door closed, and they all turned around to look. You walked in, and your mask snapped off with a hiss and a shake of your hair. You stopped right next to the group, everyone speechless at the sight of you the exact size of them.

"I'll take him to the med bay, Megs." Megatron lets go, and you scoop Rodimus into a princess carry and strut off with him in your arms.

"Holy Primus," Swerve said while watching you fade down the halls.

" I gotta tell Anode!" She sped off down the hallway giddly. Megatron sighed and walked off as well, much too tired to care.

Your wall down to Med Bay is quiet. Rodimus hasn't said a word, staring in awe at you while holding on to your neck, his head resting against your soft chest, listening to your heartbeat. You look down at him and slow your walk a bit. "You so quiet, Roddy." You tease him gently, but he only gives you a nod and a quiet 'Mhmm.' You enter the med bay and plop him down on a berth. Ratchet doesn't turn around to look at the two of you; he finally stops and starts to lecture.

"Can't you bots try to be caref-Oh, my Primus!?" He looked at you and dropped the instrument he was using, shocked to be face-to-face with you. "Hey, Ratchet, did you look at- Holy Shit!" First Aid walked and stopped in surprise at you as well. You're trying not to laugh at this point, finding the whole ordeal hilarious. You snap them out of their trance and ask them to fix their captain's leg. While working, all three of them steal glances at you, checking the stats on your armor. Brainstorm suddenly bursts in the room.

"IT WORKED!" His smile was huge and practically glowing with pride. You started laughing at his excitement and let him poke at the armor for a little bit, taking notes for him while he prattled on in eagerness. It should wear off in a few hours. Let me know if anything feels off at all, " he said after checking everything out. You gave him a nod, and he walked out, muttering about the suit's statistics. You smile and wave your hand, and the medics finish up on Rodimus's leg. They check the rest of him before giving him a clean bill of health; you help him stand up, and he virtually smooshes himself against your body, almost rubbing you like a cat. You laugh a bit before Megatron and Ultra Magnus walk in. Megatron waves his hand in your direction with a pointed look at Magnus.

"Huh," Magnus says quietly, "Hi Megs, Hi Mags!" Megatron walks right back out, and Magnus stands momentarily before speaking. "Just ensure the two of you finish your battle reports on time." He turns and leaves; following Ultra Magnus's and Megatron's steps, you walk back to your and Rodimus's shared Berthroom. The door to the room shuts behind you, and you set your Sparkmate on the berth, taking a seat beside him. He quietly watches you, taking in all your features. He can see much closer now that you are the same size as him. You gently rub his spoiler while he takes you in. He looks up, and his optics meet your eyes, currently blue to match the chemicals running in your suit that helped you change your size. He grabs one of your hands, and his other servo caresses your face affectionately; you lean in and kiss him, closing your eyes and wrapping your arms. You let go, get up to lock the door, and dim the lights, sauntering over to him in the most seductive way possible.

"We got a few hours before this wears off. Want to try something fun?" You whisper to him while pushing him down on the berth, hovering over him.

"Primus, yes."

[thedenmdy]

Accessibilité, design, codage… : par où commencer pour le (re)design de mon forum ? (2/2)

Ceci est la suite de mon premier post disponible ici ! (je suis en galère sur la mise en page, bear with me KLJDHSD) -- Suite aux différents questionnements qui viennent nourrir ton processus de design, on passe à un peu plus tangible.

Conceptualisation : Comment ?

Comment est-ce que tu peux atteindre les objectifs que tu t’es fixé dans les questions précédentes ?

Ça peut passer par une liste des templates que tu veux revoir en priorité, ça peut passer par des checklist de fonctions à intégrer à ces templates pour ne rien oublier.

Personnellement, je recommande de passer par une étape de wireframe pour ne pas partir trop à l’aveuglette et garder le cap sur la quantité de travail à venir !

Qu’est-ce qu’un wireframe ? En gros, dessiner des grosses boîtes pour symboliser tes fonctions, et bricoler un squelette de page avec pour savoir comment structurer ton nouveau design sans rien oublier ! Un wireframe prend n’importe quelle forme, du gribouillis sur papier au Figma collaboratif en passant par des post-its, c’est toi qui décides ce qui te parle le plus !

Voici une liste de petits conseils en vrac à garder en tête lorsque tu t’approches de la construction tangible de ton nouveau design :

Concentre-toi sur les fonctions qui font vivre le forum en priorité 🔥

Tu veux donner l’espace à tes membres pour écrire et construire leurs histoires et leurs personnages, pour échanger entre joueur.se.s en paix ! Contrairement à ce qu’on a laissé s’installer comme standard, il vaut mieux parfois éviter de se disperser et de trop en faire au risque de non seulement rendre l’expérience trop complexe pour tes membres, mais aussi de te mettre une pression énorme en tant que staff.

Le coeur de nos forums, c’est le RP sans distraction (écriture comme lecture), mais aussi la création d’univers avec les médiums que chacun.e préfère ! Ça passe aussi par le confort que tu peux apporter en proposant une interface claire qui les mettra en confiance pour créer. Par exemple, passer 75% du temps d’écriture à débuguer un code de fiche n’est pas très motivant pour la créativité (sauf pour les bouffeurs de cartes graphiques de ce monde, je me compte dedans 🤡). De même, perdre du temps pour retrouver X ou Y information parce que la navigation est trop complexe ou les annexes peu lisibles dissuadent également de potentiels nouveaux arrivants !

N’aie pas peur de jeter tout ce qui est superflu - promis, ça va aller ! 🙆‍♀️

As-tu réellement besoin de ce champ “inventaire” dans le profil des membres ou est-ce que ça peut simplement être une liste dans un post dans la gestion des personnages ? Est-ce que toutes les informations affichées sur ma page d’accueil sont-elles utiles au quotidien et/ou très nécessaires ? On l’a tous.tes rencontré, ce problème…

Retirer ce qui n’est pas utile, c’est non seulement un gain de place et d’espace pour améliorer la lecture de ton forum, mais aussi un gain de temps et d’énergie pour toi, codeur.se, graphiste, admin qui doit maintenir ton forum, que de ne pas s’embêter avec 20 différents champs de profil dans un mouchoir de poche, ou des citations vagues pas toujours très claires ni très utiles dès qu’il y a un blanc à combler.

C’est un peu la technique Marie Kondo, mais pour les interfaces web, et peut-être en un poil plus radical. If it does not spark joy (ou si ça ne vous est pas utile au quotidien), alors tu peux jeter - ça ne te manquera probablement pas ! Et rien n’est définitif. Si finalement, ça s’avère important, tu le verras très vite !

L’accessibilité web, c’est tout d’abord pour les utilisateur.rices en situation de handicap, évidemment. C’est très important, c’est le but prioritaire de l’initiative. Mais si tu peux et veux aller plus loin, ça ne s’arrête pas là !

C’est aussi rendre ton forum utilisable et inclusif pour des membres qui n’ont pas forcément les moyens de posséder du matériel dernier cri, c’est le rendre accessible aux potentiels membres qui ne vivent pas dans une grande ville et/ou avec une connexion internet datée…

L’accessibilité web au sens large englobe tout profil d’utilisateur pouvant être défavorisé.e d’une manière ou d’une autre (par des troubles physiques, neurologiques, par leur milieu social, par leur localisation géographique…) qui l’empêcherait de pouvoir venir s’amuser avec d’autres joueur.se.s…

À titre d’opinion plus personnelle, j’aime aussi penser que l’accessibilité web dans sa mission la plus large devrait également englober l’inclusivité ; parce qu’un espace, une communauté ou un produit qui discrimine d’une quelconque manière n’est à mon sens, tout simplement pas accessible par définition.

Commence ton nouveau design avec les best practices courantes en tête, et tiens-toi y au maximum !

C’est peut-être plus facile de commencer de quasi-zéro, plutôt que de repasser balise par balise sur un code déjà créé (peut-être par d’autres personnes, peut-être ayant vu passer de nombreuses modifications au fil du temps… un casse-tête en perspective).

La base du Blank Theme de Geniuspanda propose une bonne base propre si tu es découragé.e par les thèmes de base de Forumactif (as you should, c’est un joli bazar).

Parmi les conseils et best practices plus techniques à garder en tête lorsque tu construis ton design d’interface, en voici quelques-un (mais mes collègues créateur.rices ont déjà beaucoup écrit à ce sujet, quelques liens sont dispo en fin de post !)

➡️ Tu connais le laïus des tailles de typo… on reste à 14px minimum pour le texte courant, et des interlignes de 150% de la taille du texte !

Le choix des typographies également est important - garde les zigouigoui fancy pour des gros titres seulement, et fais dans la simple sans-serif/sans empâtements (de type Helvetica/Arial) pour le corps de votre texte !

Les typographies serif/à empâtements (de type Times) sont faites pour l’imprimerie, pas le web… si tu y tiens, elles peuvent cependant faire de très bons titres, si la taille de caractère est suffisamment grande !

➡️ Le gras, l’italique, les couleurs, les paragraphes clairement définis… sont des éléments indispensables à la lecture de ton contenu, surtout s’il devient long.

Ils ancrent l’oeil lorsqu’on parcourt la page et nous aide à lire plus rapidement et sans s’épuiser, et attirent notre attention pour mieux se concentrer !

Attention aux choix de couleurs : outre le contraste et les potentiels membres atteint.e.s de daltonisme, n’oublie pas non plus le changement entre light et dark mode, par exemple ! Cette teinte de rouge bordeaux sera très bien sur fond clair, mais si la moitié de tes membres utilisent le dark mode, c’est foutu…

➡️ VIRE MOI CE TEXTE JUSTIFIÉ DE LÀ ! (je rigole zéro I will die on this hill .) (vas-y, je regarde .) (👁️ 👁️)

Trève de clowneries, pour le web en particulier, même si beaucoup trouvent ça visuellement “satisfaisant”, la justification est un désastre de lisibilité. Les espaces entre les mots d’une police de caractères sont précisément calculés pour faciliter la lecture et le mouvement de l’oeil ; par défaut, la justification dérègle et déséquilibre ce travail.

C’est un mode d’alignement qui est fait pour des paragraphes de texte aux largeurs précisément calculées (du genre : colonnes dans un journal) et donc fait pour l’imprimerie, et pas pour des écrans et des interfaces responsive à largeur variable !

➡️ Le scroll interne, c’est (pour la majorité des cas) démodé : dit comme ça, c’est un peu sensationnel, mais c’est réel.

Autrefois, on voulait tout caler dans une seule page au maximum, avoir toutes nos informations dès le premier chargement. Certes, avoir les informations importantes en haut de page et même above the fold (avant de commencer à descendre dans la page au-dessus de la bordure du bas de la page) est bien, mais ce n’est plus aussi important qu’avant. Dites merci aux smartphones et aux réseaux sociaux aux scroll infinis, qui nous ont clairement fait accepter le geste comme partie intégrante de notre expérience web !

N’aie pas peur d’avoir des longues pages : si le contenu est clairement lisible et structuré, ce n’est plus un problème. Il vaut mieux être transparent.e sur la vraie longueur de tes pages d’emblée et la montrer à tes membres dès le chargement de la page, plutôt que de tout planquer dans des petites pochettes-surprise au scroll interminable et souvent très étriquées.

➡️ Optimise tes images dès que possible : une image devrait idéalement peser moins de 500Kb, 1MB peut-être maximum si il s’agit d’une image importante (par exemple, un header ou un fond). Limite l’utilisation de gifs animés au minimum, et veille à ce qu’ils ne soient également pas trop lourds. Pour optimiser tes JPEG ou tes PNG, compresse-les sur Photoshop ou similaire à l’export d’abord, puis tu peux également les passer à la moulinette Tinypng pour diminuer encore leur poids !

➡️ Less is more : laisse respirer ton forum !

C’est important pour la hiérarchie des informations, et pour pouvoir lire le contenu sans se fatiguer. Un espace vide n’est pas une mauvaise chose !

Alternativement et débat peut-être parallèle, j’aimerais pouvoir déconstruire cette idée reçue qui s’est établie au fil du temps que plus il y a de choses, mieux c’est. Les forums rpg sont victimes d’une course au toujours plus pour se démarquer, qui est très “naturelle” d’un point de vue social, concurrentiel et au fil de l’évolution des modes. Ça a aussi toujours été au détriment de l’accessibilité - ce n’est pas nouveau (fallait voir la gueule des trucs en 2005 je vous jure, on se rend vraiment pas compte du chemin parcouru KDJSHD).

Mais en 2024, non seulement on a des voix pour se rendre compte qu’on peut et doit mieux faire, mais aussi les outils pour ! C’est difficile à intégrer et ce sera une idée pré-concue qui risque de durer encore longtemps, mais un forum simple et épuré n’est pas un mauvais forum ! Il y a d’autres moyens de construire un univers original, créatif et visuel que par l’accumulation et le maximalisme ambiant qui s’est installé au fil des années, au détriment de beaucoup d’autres choses importantes (perte de temps de construction/maintenance, pression de la surenchère, diminution des performances techniques/augmentation des temps de chargement, et, évidemment, le manque de lisibilité et accessibilité).

Si nos parents (et même nous encore) étions capables de nous projeter dans des jeux de rôle sur table sans rien d’autre qu’un MJ et une fiche de personnage gribouillée sur un bout de papier, je suis persuadée qu’on n’a pas besoin de tout ça pour créer et écrire sur Internet !

Disclaimer de fin

Celleux qui connaissent mes projets pourraient me jeter la pierre du “faites ce que je dis et pas ce que je fais” là dessus, je plaide coupable. Personne n’est parfait, aucun forum n’est parfait !

Le mien comme tout autre a son lot de problèmes et de points à améliorer dont le staff est conscient, pour diverses raisons pour la plupart historiques, et est victime d’une tendance très personnelle à vouloir être toujours trop exhaustive (mais je me soigne… un peu… vous pouvez constater la longueur de ce post, c’est compliqué LOL). Et pour chaque problème réglé, peut-être que de nouveaux apparaîtront ailleurs.

Mais avec le temps, ça se corrige ! Tous ces points sont des choses que l’on peut améliorer petit à petit, en remettant nos choix en question régulièrement après un peu de recul.

À titre d’exemple, on travaille (lentement) en ce moment sur une grosse refonte du code et du design (le gros de la version actuelle datant de l’été 2022), avec une nouvelle revue de la typographie et de l’utilisation de l’espace qui se fait évidemment toujours trop tarder, mais aussi avec une emphase particulière sur l’optimisation des scripts additionnels du forum. Ajoutés récemment dans une phase initiale de test pour juger de leur accueil dans la communauté, ils sont cependant mal optimisés (tournent à vide sur des pages sur lesquelles ils ne sont pas utiles, demandent trop de ressources…). Ils sont même aujourd’hui sont une très grosse cause de nos problèmes de performance actuellement, et posent souci à plusieurs membres dont le matériel a du mal à suivre, ce qui n'est franchement pas viable. Avec cette refonte, on essaie de nous recentrer sur le “où”, “quand” et “comment” : sur quelles pages et à quel moment de mon utilisation du forum ces gros scripts sont-ils nécessaires ? Comment puis-je les réorganiser avec les outils que Forumactif me propose ?

En conclusion…

Si le débat ou la démarche de refaire toute ton interface te fait peur, c’est normal !

Déjà, Forumactif n’aide pas (trop - pour mettre le nez dans du vrai webdev quotidiennement, ça pourrait être bien pire, honnêtement. Le service proposé a un potentiel immense pour quelque chose de 100% gratuit !), notre matériel de base n’est pas optimisé ni facile à comprendre pour les plus novices. Et bordel, un forum, c’est pas juste une page statique, c’est une interface super complexe, quand on y pense !

Mais aussi, il s’agit d’un hobby, et il n’y a pas vraiment de “bon” moyen universel pour essayer d’améliorer l’accessibilité et l’usabilité de son forum. On fait avec notre temps libre et nos connaissances, et si vous n’avez pas le temps et les capacités de pousser plus loin que des tailles de police ou d’interligne, eh bien, au risque de me répéter, j’ai envie de dire que c’est déjà mieux que rien.

Toute initiative peut être une bonne initiative, tant que tu la prends ! La première étape est d’être conscient.e des améliorations possibles et d’accepter qu’on devrait mieux faire quand on le peut.

Je ne saurais que vous encourager à entamer la démarche, le reste viendra en temps et en heure - que ce soit en termes de temps libre, d’énergie ou de connaissances !

Et surtout : demande-toi toujours “pourquoi” 🫶 Merci d'avoir lu jusque là et : courage, tu peux le faire !!

Quelques ressources utiles

Pour se renseigner

Le manifeste du W3C sur l’accessibilité web

The ultimate UX Design Thinking par Annie Dai (en Anglais)

Overlay Fact Sheet partagée par @brunswicked

Tutoriels et conseils

La section tutoriels du forum du Blank Theme par @code-lab

Rendre vos forums plus accessibles par @noxeternam

Conseils d’accessibilité graphique par @andthesunrisesagain

Tips d’optimisation de votre design par @aeroplvne (la bise !)

Installer un dark/light mode par @decrescxndo

Mon petit plaisir du lot pour l’inspiration…

Je vous conseille de lire la série de posts de @code-lab sur le développement du design de What Remains (1 - 2 - 3 - 4)

Même si ça peut paraître être une dose de travail et de recherche assez énorme pour quelque chose que vous faites dans votre temps libre, c’est simplement très intéressant pour observer la démarche de design dans ses phases de construction et avec des visuels à l’appui !

[bouncybrain]

The Ellipsus Experience*

From someone who’s been using Google Docs for over a decade and LibreOffice for. Idk a year, probably.

*I don’t have a collaborator helping me out with this, so this is a solo-writer’s experience: please keep that in mind

Ellipsus is a writing website (not an app) that can be considered a collaborative alternative to Google Docs. They are [anti-AI] and don't plan on going back on this "barring significant regulatory changes." It has been compared both to Google Docs and LibreOffice. As stated above, I've used both of these other products (heavily) for a while and feel I'm properly familiar enough with both of them to say this one is... well deserving of the comparisons.

TL;DR

Ellipsus is essentially a GDocs/LibreOffice lovechild that is currently in open beta, works well, and I do recommend it as a Google Docs alternative for any collaborative needs just because it’s free and anti-AI, though it is only on par with LibreOffice so far as I can tell for solo work.

I was made aware of Ellipsus through a Blazed post here on Tumblr, though I haven't actually heard of it anywhere else, but I could just have completely and utterly forgotten if I'd ever seen them elsewhere. They also have a presence here on Tumblr, @ellipsus-writes, if you would like to have a browse for yourself.

All hyperlinks will be underlined and associated words will be between these [ ] brackets.

Getting Started

Ellipsus does not use a password system. You sign up/log in with your email, which will then send you a one-time code to get in. While signing up, the site asks a few questions while setting up, such as if you write with others (options boil down to yes, no, and not yet) and where you heard about Ellipsus from. You also initially choose your light mode/dark mode preference here. It can also use your system setting.

Once you’ve gotten through that, you’re taken to a document to introduce you to the features and capabilities of Ellipsus, though it doesn’t appear to really be… properly up-to-date… but it isn’t too badly divergent as to be too confusing (notably, there isn’t a “merge this draft” button to click like the doc tells you). It also offers several links to useful posts they’ve made to help you get started.

You will then be brought to the dashboard and unleashed.

Their layout is very simple, clean, and minimalist. There aren’t a thousand features, but sometimes you don’t need a thousand features. The site itself is easy to navigate and none of the toolbars or pages even look a little bit crowded, which is nice. Unfortunately, this does mean your settings are also very barebones. You can’t delete your account directly from the settings, but you can change your display name and email from the account settings page. Here, you can also download your logs or stored data. Unfortunately, though you can have an avatar/icon, you have to use Gravatar for it, with no exceptions. Other than that it displays the first two letters of the email associated with your account. This may be visible when collaborating with others.

On Desktop (and basics)

The dashboard (home page) shows your works, with a separate tab/page/button to show anything shared with you. Here is where you make new documents or manage existing ones, or make and manage folders.

Folders are named, and can have descriptions of their contents. They can be repeatedly nested for your highly-organized needs. (Or for organizing parts/arcs/chapters/etc. for your stories.) They can be bulk deleted by deleting the parent folder (the very first folder they’re all in).

When making a new document, you can either make a completely blank one or import a markdown (.md) file. Documents can be named here and renamed later. If you’re coming from Google Docs, you’ll have to use a desktop to download your documents as a markdown (.md) file in order to reupload it directly to Ellipsus. This is currently the only way to upload a file from elsewhere.

While writing, Ellipsus offers a focus mode (the cup icon) that will automatically hide all other panels/icons except for the outline (table of contents) and the icon to leave focus mode.

The other panels available are on the left- and right-hand sides of the screen. Both panels can be collapsed to increase screen space for the document. The right panel can be collapsed directly from within its additional menus through the arrow icon on the top left of the panel or returned to the expanded panel menu through the squares-in-a-square icon on the top right of the panel. It also has a keyboard icon (which the welcome doc calls a controller) to check available keyboard shortcuts, as well as a gear icon, both on the top right. (Will expand on the gear menu later.) The right panel also contains the “create a new draft” button, which becomes “compare changes” within drafts (expanded on later).

Formatting can be done through the bar on the bottom (basic* only) or through the formatting icon on the right panel. The default font is Literata and the default font size is 16pt. The default font color will change depending on your choice of light/dark mode, but you can pick from ten colors (nine, plus the default that changes per light/dark mode). If you don’t want to use the formatting bar/menu, markdown (like Discord) is also available for use while writing, and can be set to apply automatically.

Outline is simply a table of contents that allows you to jump between headers in your document. This makes it much easier to navigate a document, particularly if it’s long and you want to get from Point A to Point T but they’re a few tens of thousands of words apart (or more. Idk how much you write).

Find and replace is exactly that. It also has “match case,” “whole words only,” and “use regular expressions” toggles to better finess the find and replace experience.

Spellcheck will be elaborated on in the writing section.

Version history will open either the main document or the specific draft you’re on in a new page, where you can go between versions and pick on to overwrite with, if that’s what you want. I don’t fully understand how this works, but you can go through each day the document has been edited and pick a time you would like to replace the document with. These versions are saved at what appear to be every ten minutes of the clock, as every version of my stuff has shown only //:/0 am/pm as available within the version history.

Comments, chat, and collaborators will be expanded on in the collaborating section later.

Share and export is expanded on in the export section.

Document info becomes draft info when on a draft. This just gives you information like when it was made and last edited, as well as who edited it last and owns it (I think?). It also shows the word count, character count, and the estimated reading time.

The last option is “get support” and just opens to show you buttons to where to share feedback, find overviews/guides, or contact support from the team.

The left panel is where the main document and all associated drafts are kept. Remember to name your drafts appropriately so you don’t lose them; these can be duplicated, deleted, or renamed at any point.

*Basic formatting includes bold, italic, underline, and undo/redo. Ellipsus’s floating bar has these as well as a shortcut to the formatting menu, indent and unindent, and search. This is “basic formatting” for this review.

On Mobile

Since I first logged in on desktop, I’m not sure if this pops up when you do an initial login on mobile, but there was a pop-up that offered extra guidance in using the site on mobile, though I declined it. This is still a good feature, and not something you stumble on all the time. The site does look and work identically across devices, and the icons used are all identical. This is also a good thing.

On mobile, the basic formatting bar is moved to the top of the screen to account for pop-up keyboards, and side panels are hidden away. Thankfully, across screen sizes, the buttons for basic formatting aren’t absolutely tiny, though this does mean you may have to scroll to access parts of the basic formatting bar depending on the size of your display. The left panel has a “papers” icon on the top left, to the left of the cloud icon, and the right panel is within a “hamburger menu” (the three lines stacked on each other) on the top right, to the right of the bell icon (notifications for collaboration reasons).

Actually typing and working on mobile tends to be a bit buggy, but this is a beta so I’m not going to hold it against them. I’ll likely be using mobile as desktop through landscape full-screen on my iPad instead of vertically. The screen tends not to follow as you write, disappearing behind the basic formatting bar and/or the keyboard, which is a bit annoying. It says it will default to device settings with the double-spacing (expanded below) but doesn’t appear to always work on mobile.

Additionally

There are a few more settings on the right panel in the gear menu on the top right. These include features regarding smart formatting, collaboration, and display. This is the “editor settings” menu.

Smart formatting has quotes (from " to “ when typing quotation marks), ellipses (changing the three periods to one symbol …), markdown shortcuts (*and* such, like Discord), double-space period (tapping space twice will insert a period; unchecked will do as your device does), and en and em dashes (– and — from -; there is an option of “- - for —” or “- - for – as well as - - - for —”).

Collaboration has toggles for live cursors and collaborator avatars for when collaborators are viewing alongside you.

Display allows you to turn off the floating basic formatting bar (desktop/landscape only), turn on “invisible characters” (like paragraph symbols, spaces, etc.) or the word count, and is also where you can change from light/dark/system.

These additional settings (aside from light/dark/system) apply across your account, so you don’t have to do it per device as with other settings.

Actually Writing* With Ellipsus

*I used pre-written things for this review

Ellipsus synchronizes practically immediately. I don’t have anyone else to do this with, but between my own account on different devices, there’s a negligible amount of lag, which is notable considering my laptop is currently trying to die on me.* Different users** (or yourself on another device) are flagged with a colorful live cursor with their display name attached, which moves accordingly and swiftly to wherever they are in the doc, including if they’re navigating through the text using the arrows on their keyboard (for mobile hiding the keyboard might not remove your cursor, and for desktop opening a different window will not remove your cursor). When the other user** (or, again, yourself) highlights something, it is replicated in yellow for the other. The highlighting is surprisingly reactive and can follow per-letter (again, between me, myself, and I).

Spellcheck can add languages, has “accept” or “ignore all” options, offers multiple suggestions for (detected) misspellings, remembers what was “ignored” after leaving the document and returning. This has to be run through for every device you open the document on, which is a pain when you have fifty characters who have names the dictionary has beef with. The English dictionary appears to be on par with LibreOffice (disappointing) (the “se” in “per se” gets marked) (fanfiction will be painted in red). Detected misspellings (whether they are or aren’t) are both underlined and highlighted in red; the “first” detected misspelling with have both a highlight and an underline, but subsequent instances (“inactive” instances that you do not have selected) will only be underlined.

Additional languages currently available (Jan 2025) consist of: English (US, AUS, GB, CA), German, Spanish, French, Italian, Korean, Dutch, Russian, Polish, Portuguese, and Ukrainian.

If you want to change the font or text size, it currently (Jan 2025) applies across the entire document or draft’s corresponding paragraph style. This means the only way to have differently-sized portions in your document at this time is to have an individual paragraph with a different paragraph style (headings 1 through 4, paragraph/body, caption) applied, as they all have different font sizes associated with them.

There is also an optional word count displayed at the top of the screen next to the focus mode icon/notifications (depending on long or tall screen). It does display the word count with commas where appropriate.

My most favorite feature is that you can tab indent the start of your paragraphs. I’m not even kidding I love that so much. I don’t actually like the double-spacing (hitting the enter key twice for a new paragraph) format I do for fanfiction even though it looks better on AO3 that way, but having the ability to insert a tab indent just once and have it automatically carry through to each following paragraph…….. that’s so tasty. I’ve always hated writing on mobile because there’s usually no tab!!! It’s just there on Ellipsus!

Drafts are like a copy of the main document at the time of the draft’s creation. These are stored on the left panel menu and can be accessed simply by clicking them. This is useful more so for collaboration or when you’re struggling to pick an idea you like more. You can create these at any point, and merge them into the main document in order to make the content of the main document match that of the draft chosen.

Drafts can be compared to the main document through the “compare changes” page, accessible either from the “…” menu attached to the draft card on the left panel, or through the button on the right panel when you’re already in the draft. This “compare changes” page is where you’ll be able to do just that; additions are highlighted in green and anything removed is highlighted in red. On mobile you have to swap between the draft and the main document with the highlighted changes, but it’s laid out side-by-side on desktop. You can merge a draft with the main document from here.

You can also just make an empty draft and use it for things like notes and outlines and all that good stuff. They don’t have to be merged at any point. If you want a blank draft, though, you’ll either have to delete the whole doc within the draft or make a base blank draft at the start of your doc’s lifespan to later duplicate to edit when you need/want a blank draft.

*The responsiveness between me, myself, and I is notable because Google Docs lags so much for no reason, even if it’s just yourself on different devices in the same room. I’m doing this across three different browsers (Firefox, Safari, and DuckDuckGo) and three different devices (actively dying Windows laptop, iPhone, and iPad) it’s reactive and barely stutters, as opposed to how Google Docs needs to think about it across… itself (mobile app and Chrome browser, even!). Yes, I tested it to be sure.

**Disclaimer, again, I do not have friends to collaborate with to test otherwise.

Available Fonts

Here are all the currently available fonts (defaulted to 16pt when using the paragraph/body style). Photos* of just a few included because I’m doing this on mobile Tumblr and I can only use a few images so I’m picky. Also, this is all on dark mode, and the text color would be black if I were on light mode.

Baskerville

Caveat (#1)

Comic Neue

Courier Prime

EB Garamond

Inter

Literata (default font)

Merryweather

Monteserrat

Open Dyslexic

Raleway

Whatever this is? Doctor handwriting? Cursive Russian? (#2)

Roboto Mono

Sylexiad Serif (#3)

Ubuntu Mono

*Excerpt used is from the original concept Maddox and Li Hua, my ex-military dragon dad and his dragon daughter, were used in. It was originally in outside POV before I got bored with Darren. Sorry, Darren. (He’s still present later, just not as the POV character anymore.)

Importing

If you have a markdown (.md) file on hand, then go ahead.* Everything else you’re going to have to copy/paste in. Copy/paste will not automatically tab indent paragraphs like I extolled above even if there was a tab indent in the original text copied. The font will likely change to fit whatever you’re using on Ellipsus (it did for me between Liberation Serif -> Literata and Helvetica -> Literata) but it also won’t remove every single bit of formatting, so it’s not a completely exasperating exercise to copy/paste your works over. It won’t copy over things like headings properly, either, though that’s much less of a hassle than having to go back through and add all your italics back in.

For the sake of this review I did make my very first markdown (.md) file and... I honestly don't know what happened but about half of it was stuck in the "code" mode in the formatting section, which I couldn't figure out how to undo, outside of just copying the text (triple-clicking/tapping would select everything within the code block) and pasting it as plain text (ctrl/cmd+shift+v). I'm not sure you can paste as plain text on mobile (couldn't figure it out myself) so I, personally, am not going to be doing a whole lot of uploading previous stuff to Ellipsus. Other than this, importing a single-spaced (hitting the enter key once for a new paragraph) document will merge everything into a "single" paragraph, so I had to go through and separate all my paragraphs again so I could properly indent/unindent/apply other formatting as needed. I'll just completely re-type or batch copy/paste everything else in the future so I can have a better grip on the formatting.

*As stated way up at the start, you can upload a text file to Google Drive, open it in Docs (which makes into a .docx file, which they're working on allowing you to import as well), and then download that file as a .md file. This requires a desktop you can download/upload from. If you've never done this before, you can download as .md (and other file types) through the "File -> Download" section on an open document.

Exporting

This is accessed through the document directly instead of on the dashboard. It’s under “share and export” on the default right-hand panel menu.

You can “share” through two different methods. You can share a link to a document (logged-in users only or anyone with the link), which only allows for viewing the doc with zero editing abilities, and the entire document will be visible. The other option is a “snippet,” which is primarily what you’ll see pictures of when browsing the Ellipsus tag here; it’s a .png of a selected section of text* to create a slightly more interesting excerpt of what you’re working on. This helps your excerpt stand out without having to make it yourself. Example of a snippet with the default white background color:

(Snippets will export in only this font, but you can choose to keep any colored text.)

Exporting the entirety of the main document can be done by downloading as a PDF or markdown (.md) file. You can also copy it as HTML, markdown (.md), or rich text (.rtf). Most notable is a direct export to AO3 button! Ellipsus might tell you your blorbo’s name is spelled wrong, but it’ll let you upload your fic straight from the draft. ([Here’s] the official post about it.)

*You MUST make a selection of text in order to make a snippet; it won’t work if you don’t highlight anything for it to process. It also might be a bit slow, but a bit of patience will get you your .png to share.

Collaborating

… aha. I don’t know anyone currently using Ellipsus to review this with. Here’s paraphrased info off this [link].

Collaborating is done through email: your collaborator(s) have to have an Ellipsus account in order to actually work on the document. Inviting collaborators is done through entering their email, which will send them a link, which will bring them to the site where they will either make an account or log in to access the document. The owner of the document therefore knows the email of any and all collaborators, though other collaborators will only be able to see everyone’s display names. Collaborators can be given one of two roles with different permission levels: “can merge” means they can merge drafts into the main document, edit the main document, create drafts, as well as everything the next level can do; “can edit” can create drafts, edit existing drafts, and use the chat/comments features. Collaborators cannot invite or manage collaborators. Document owners can remove collaborators or change their role/access level at any time.

Information from Discord says this might be laggy and buggy, but the staff is looking into it.

Comments can be left through highlighting parts of the doc/drafts. Chat is a live chat to use while working together, or something, because I can’t test that.

Extras!

Their Discord server consists mostly of adults (age 18 or over) and offers opportunities to find collaborators of all stripes that also use Ellipsus. It has nearly 1600 members at the time of writing, though not everyone has chosen their roles, but of the approximately 500 reactions on the bot’s age role message, only nearly 40 chose the “under 18” role. It is a fairly active social space for the size, and doesn’t have an absolute hoard of channels. There’s even an art channel, with the description reading “original, human-powered art or credited or linked to the respective artist.”

They have a [blog] with resources/templates you can use to get started. You have to scroll through to find them since you can’t sort by the resource tag, but they’re pretty good templates for worldbuilding, story planning, and character information. I would recommend saving these as individual docs on their own and then copy/pasting the templates into the drafts of your stories to keep the information connected to the main doc you’re using it for. (Don’t forget to appropriately name all your drafts so you don’t lose anything.)

They have been in open beta since May 2024. There were apparently nine months of closed beta before this. They are also a former sponsor of NaNoWri(teNo)Mo(re) but [dropped them] when they made the stupid announcement about AI (2024).

Yes, you can use emojis on Ellipsus. Yes, you can have your leads text 🥴 to each other.

They are ellipsus_writes on Twitter/X and TikTok, ellipsuswrites on Instagram, and ellipsus-writes here on Tumblr (as mentioned way back at the start).

[moraygrotto]

another fic cοmmission! 💕

Thank you @askbloatedbellyblog for commissioning a second chapter for the Jade fic featuring vore, bloating, and burping! Everyone may find the first chapter here! Also, content warning for mentions of fantasy pregnancy wrt the vore shenanigans~

Without further ado, enjoy Jade enjoying another helpless student at Azul's request ♡

~💙~

Jade was so full. He tried not to sway from side to side as he stood, letting his excitement for the task ahead, as well as the weight of his gently burbling belly, carry him after the retreating Azul. 

“I’m coming,” he moaned, following him into the VIP room of the Mostro Lounge. “But… you took advantage of me amidst the comfort of my own feeding time. Is there nowhere I am safe from your devious tentacles?”

“Oh, whine all you like,” Azul griped, pulling Jade in as he shut the door. “It’s not as if I’m terribly busy myself, or anything.”

Jade gave an affected sigh. Surely Azul could afford to be late just this once. “Alright,” he said. “Who might the catch of the evening be?”

After rummaging through a leather binder from a bookshelf, Azul showed Jade a single page. There was a name, a school identification photo, and a short description of a student, all of which Jade committed to memory as he read. “Excellent,” he said, smiling at Azul.

“Have as much fun with it as you like, I don’t care,” said Azul, snapping the binder shut and putting it back on the shelf. “But it must be done tonight. Can I trust you, Jade?”

“Oh, worry not,” Jade replied. “This seems like quite the interesting task indeed.”

With that, Jade left, and began the hunt for his next piece of prey. Usually, he would stride down the halls with all the quiet confidence he had learned to project during his time on land. Now, however, with his belly full of victims and victuals, he had no choice but to move slower, occasionally stopping to rest against the glass walls.

Quietly, Jade cursed Azul. Jade was a moray eel. Chasing down a creature and breaking them within the span of one action-filled night was not in his nature. Perhaps, however, he would be able to set a trap.

In the errant contract-breaker’s file, Azul had taken care to note what he had ordered from the Mostro Lounge—seaweed salad, every time he came, which was often. The salad could imply that he cared about his health, but the frequency of visits showed a certain thriftless gluttony—or a friend who dragged him along easily.

Luckily for Jade and his sub-par pursuit skills, he caught sight of the boy soon, slurping a simple solution to the problem right before his eyes: when Jade strode through the mirror to Night Raven College and arrived at its dining hall, there sat a figure at a distant table, a forkful of sauce-slathered spaghetti halfway into his mouth, who was the spitting image of the boy in the photograph.

It appeared the poor creature liked slimy foods.

He was sitting alone.

Carefully navigating the tables so that his heavily bloated belly did not bump into them, Jade approached the boy.

After a truly pitiable amount of time, he noticed Jade, quickly averted his eyes back to his pasta, then dared a second glance up at him.

Jade was looking right into his frantic eyes. The boy could not look away.

“Hi,” Jade said, and, pulling a chair out from across the table, carefully sunk down into a seated position. “Enjoying a late supper?”

Mouth full, the boy nodded.

“You’re one of the last ones here,” Jade remarked. “They’ll have to close the dining hall eventually.”

Wide-eyed, he did not reply, only swallowed his mouthful of spaghetti and gaped up at Jade.

He was pathetic, almost too easy a catch. In Jade’s slowed condition, however, he would have resented any more difficulty. “It appears,” he said, “that at this rate, you will not have time to fit in a dessert course. That’s a shame.”

“It’s fine,” he replied, voice weak. He knew he was in trouble, but had not yet begun to argue. How cloyingly meek.

“Oh, not at all,” clucked Jade. “As a repeat customer of the Mostro Lounge, you deserve all of the best. You deserve—” He gave his own belly a slap with both hands. “—to end each day with a feeling of glowing satisfaction.”

Silence. The unfortunate student took another bite of spaghetti.

“Luckily for you,” Jade purred, “there is a special going on right now at the Mostro Lounge. A select few loyal customers, yourself included, may enjoy free entrées and desserts until midnight tonight. There are jellies, mochi, delightfully long licorice whips…” He pretended to count on his fingers, while quietly struggling to cross his legs atop the limited space of his lap. “Soft, juicy candies the heart could never dream of, and ice cream dripping with sauce…”

“...I’m good,” the little contract-breaker said weakly.

“This opportunity will not happen again,” said Jade, smoothing down a fraying seam on the hem of his glove. “Perhaps not even next year. It’s a big investment on our part—though all worth it for you, of course.”

Jade’s prey lifted a forkful of pasta to his lips, but did not eat it, only froze there in what looked like resignation.

Jade smiled. “I strongly recommend you take advantage of this offer now.”

“R-Right now?”

“Indeed.”

Not bothering to finish nor even clean up his food, he rose.

“Good,” said Jade, getting slowly to his feet as well. “I’m so glad you’ve made the right decision. If you’d follow me.”

With his meek little meal in tow, Jade left the dining hall, and began searching the building for a room that was both empty and in a private location.

After a hilariously long spell, the boy spoke. “Um, Jade? The Hall of Mirrors is that way. We have to go through there to get to Octavinelle, right?”

“You’re correct,” Jade replied absentmindedly. “This offer is… very special, though.”

At last, he came upon a classroom in a secluded little corner of the school building, and ushered his friend inside.

“I thought you said we were going to the Mostro Lounge,” he said timidly, as Jade shut the door.

“Eventually,” Jade hummed. Standing between his prey and the door, he loosened his belt. Then, he approached him, one unhurried step at a time, already-engorged belly swaying leisurely from side to side.

He laid a hand on the boy’s shoulder. “You are aware of the contract you signed with Azul, yes?”

The poor fellow was beginning to tremble. “Yes,” he said. “I think so.”

“You think so,” Jade said, voice a deep and soothing purr. “That’s a good start.” His tight gut was pressing into the boy’s front now, and he kept walking forward, toward the back of the lecture room, letting his prey stumble backwards beneath the pressure. “Do you,” he continued, with playful disinterest, “happen to remember the terms of that contract? In particular, what Azul and those acting on Azul’s behalf are authorized to do if you break those terms?”

“No,” he breathed, in barely a whisper.

“Oh, lovely!” chirped Jade. “That means I will get to remind you.” He had walked around the podium at the head of the classroom, and reached the wall. “This, for one!”

In one graceful swoop, he leaned all his weight forward, grateful for the stability of his toes as he pressed into the fellow, his massive gut squeezing around him, harshly shifting the weight of its contents to accommodate the severe press between it, its pitiful piece of prey, and the wall.

“Mmm…” Jade groaned, letting his eyelids flutter, briefly shutting out the delightfully terrified expression on the boy’s face, to revel in the sweet pain upon his stomach. “Yes,” he said, “perhaps I ought to stretch myself out a little bit first…”

“First?” the boy squeaked. “Before what?”

Jade only smiled.

“Please, Jade; I can barely breathe—”

He chuckled. “Ah, I do sympathize with that,” he said mildly. “Now and then, I find myself struggling for breath after a truly bountiful meal.” He ran a gloved hand down his victim’s reddening face. “Perhaps, after you arrive at the feast, you will end up feeling the same.”

“I thought you were lying about the feast,” he wheezed.

“Oh, no!” Jade said, blinking. “You wound me to think so. It’s true; I have prepared a plethora of treats for you, all off the Mostro Lounge’s menu.” He smiled, and gave his shoulder a conspiratorial squeeze. “They’re all fantastically slimy. I daresay you’ll be in paradise.”

“Well, where are they?” His eyes were beginning to bulge.

“Patience, my dear friend,” Jade said. “And I ask you not to forget about that contract. Loyal customer though you are, agreements are agreements.”

“Okay—” he spluttered.

“And you so kindly agreed,” Jade said, pressing smoothly harder, closer, looming with the full confidence of contract behind him, “...to fulfill your contract’s terms, on pain of…” He grinned, and glimpsed his jagged smile reflected in the boy’s dark pupils. “Well,” he said, “why don’t I show you firsthand?”

The ineffectual panic of cornered prey seized the little contract-breaker all at once. Shrieks spilled from deep in his chest, and he thrashed with primal mania against the all-encompassing swell of Jade’s chyme-filled belly, but all too soon was he silenced.

One of Jade’s arms snaked around his shoulders, locking his limbs fast in place, and his other hand came to cleanly cover his mouth.

Quick and easy. Jade hoped this piece of meat would be similarly gentle on his already overtaxed stomach. “Thank you for dining with us,” he said, voice dripping with proverbial honey. “There is a large number of snacks and beverages waiting for you, courtesy of the Mostro Lounge.”

The contract-breaker blinked.

“While there is no… tableware from which to eat them, we hope that you will enjoy yourself all the more without it. For a more traditional, less… immersive dining experience, we suggest visiting the Lounge during our regular hours, and ordering a dish as usual.”

“Mmgh?” the boy peeped.

Jade was having so much fun teasing his prey about his slick and slimy destination that he almost failed to tell him one of the most entertaining facts of all. “Also,” he said cheerfully, “you may be surprised by the number of people already present—one, that is.” He snickered. “I do ask you not to be alarmed, as that would upset me ever so much. You and this other customer have much in common. I’m sure that the two of you will get along swimmingly.”

With the last rays of twilight illuminating the empty classroom, Jade at last made his catch. The student’s Night Raven College uniform flapped around as he flailed, up into the air above Jade’s open maw, muffled shrieks of protest soon quenched altogether by the muscles of Jade’s bulging throat, and only the gentle sound of slurps and rustles persisted.

Swallowing prey was second nature to Jade. This fellow went down easily, barely putting up a fight at all. All it took was a steady series of gulps, and his entire body was inside Jade, sinking lower, lower, until his very last bits had slipped satisfyingly into his stomach.

Jade let out a breath that was cut off by an airy burp. In a heartbeat, the fleeting spell of satisfaction vanished, and he was reminded of just how much he had eaten, even before stuffing this student down his throat. He could not help but groan, stumbling back to lean against the podium, hands fumbling instinctively below his gut for his belt, undoing it all the way with careless speed.

Another belch broke from him, wracking his whole body with the sickly urgency to relieve pressure, now, now. He would not allow himself to be sick, though. He knew how to take care of himself, and take care of himself he would. The overwhelming tightness would not overwhelm him, as long as he was here, in the quiet, alone.

He made his way to a row of seats, almost falling over beneath his own sloshing, wobbling weight as he did so. This private clumsiness, he supposed, was one of the reasons why he had chosen to eat the fellow rather than deal with him any other way. Since he had arrived on land, he had gotten so good at walking. Now, here he was, helpless amidst the thin atmosphere of air, once more barely able to support himself.

He tumbled down onto a table, stared up at the ceiling, and smiled. There would always be new things to learn, new skills to master, wayward spirits to watch die in the eyes of those who had displeased Azul. He simply had to devour life one bite at a time.

Looming before him, blocking his view of much of the classroom, was his overfull belly. He was keeping it stable fairly well—none of his periodic belches came up wet, he no longer felt like he was in immediate danger of being sick, and the balance of his supine position was unswaying, in spite of the sometimes subtle, sometimes erratic shifting within his stomach. He was proud of himself. As the surface of his belly shifted and writhed, he was proud of his prey too. Finally, the little creature was putting up a passable fight.

He caressed the upper dome of his gut, and let out a long, soft sigh.

Darkness fell quickly upon the classroom. Now and then, in spite of the hour, footsteps passed by outside the door, but no one stopped to look inside. If they did, they would surely see Jade. In the rising light of the moon, white shirt protruding out from underneath the rumpled band of his waistcoat, his belly almost appeared to glow.

How long he would be able to stay here, he did not know. For now, however, he felt no other option but to remain pinned here, relishing every feeling, sight, and sound coming from inside his guts, letting the entirety of his consciousness zero in on his desire to digest.

It was not for lack of a plan that he let postprandial bliss wash over him so. If a professor caught him here, a few fake tears could literally or functionally convince them that a pack of bullies had determined that Jade was simply too tall, and needed to be force-fed a bottle or two of expanding potion, in hopes of making his width match his height. If another student entered this classroom, all it would take would be a wink, and a slyly delivered implication that they might be next.

Much to Jade’s own surprise, he had not concocted a plan for the person who did walk in on him a quiet while later. This person slammed the door open, letting in the brightness of the hallway and a forceful “JADE!”

Jade nearly jumped out of his over-stretched skin, before he realized who it was. As the tense wave of nausea from the shock died away, he let a cold smile spread over his face, and turned his head toward the doorway. 

“Good evening again, Azul.”

“Jade, please get down from there,” huffed Azul. “There is something very important, and troubling, that I need to show you back at Octavinelle, and it’s urgent, pertaining particularly to your situation right now—”

Under the weight of his own body and in the comfortable air of evening, Jade could viscerally understand why Floyd was sometimes so contrary. Sensations from Jade’s flesh had overtaken his very ability to walk and breathe as usual, and here Azul was, babbling on about something important, hoping to frogmarch him back to the dorm.

“Very well,” sighed Jade, then raised his hand, and let it slap down upon his belly, which in turn jostled a little burp out of him. “You must allow me to move slowly, though. My stomach churns and jolts within my belly every time I so much as blink.”

Azul, silhouetted in his dorm uniform in the doorway, leaned against his cane. “I did not ask you specifically to eat the fellow, Jade. I merely authorized you to. It is entirely your fault if your chosen method of dealing with him has incapacitated you like this.”

“Oh, I know,” Jade replied dreamily. “I would by no means have gotten myself into this… predicament if you had asked it of me, and had I not wanted to.”

Azul exhaled gruffly, rubbing his temples. “Why did that sound like an insult?”

“Did it?” Jade hummed.

“It doesn’t matter why you’re here,” Azul said. “The fact is, you are, and there is something I need to discuss with you in private back at Octavinelle.”

“This classroom is rather private, is it not? You’re the first person to open that door since myself. Surely you can discuss with me here.”

While Jade could not clearly make out Azul’s face, he knew he must be scowling. “Need I repeat,” he said, “that the matter I speak of has to do with you?”

“I ought to be flattered, then,” mumbled Jade, and slowly shifted his legs to begin his dismount of the classroom table. “I’ll make a note to myself to thank you for your consideration tomorrow.” As he stood, the contents of his belly jostled around uncomfortably, and he made a comically vain attempt to straighten out his far-too-small clothes. “As for now, however,” he said, “I hope you’ll forgive me if I’m preoccupied with matters more… pressing.” He shot Azul a smile as he sauntered up to him. “Squeezing. Stretching. Crushing, et cetera.”

“Very funny,” said Azul, and from behind the glint of his glasses, Jade could at last make out his eyes, as they rolled back sarcastically. “Thank you for getting down from there. Now, how well can you walk?”

“Not very!” chirped Jade.

“Alright,” said Azul, “let’s go slowly.”

On the walk back to Octavinelle, Jade and Azul chattered about current goings-on about campus and the Lounge. Azul was ever a font of conversation topics, data, and comments. Watching him rattle off ideas about a new feature’s potential impact on the Lounge’s finances, Jade began to wonder: if Azul’s thoughts were tangible objects, and he swallowed them all, would he be as full as Jade was now? Would he even be able to move? Poor Azul, he thought, would rather his head be fit to bursting than his stomach halfway so.

“Yes, indeed,” Jade replied to a remark from Azul, then abruptly changed the topic. “Most likely,” he said, “you could take care of wayward contract-breakers in the way I have done today. I doubt it would be hard for you.”

Azul’s eyes snapped open wide, and he almost stopped in his tracks, then stumbled as he kept walking. “You know damn well that with the type of work I do, that would not be feasible, even if I wanted to in the first place.”

“On the contrary,” Jade said pleasantly. “I’ve managed to wait tables just fine whilst in this condition, amidst the bodily process I am in now, to say nothing of doing more… involved work. I think you’d be entirely capable of going about your business as normal. Whether or not the idea appeals to you, I believe you ought to try it at least once. If you do end up taking to it, a whole world of possibilities would open up to you.”

“Jade,” snapped Azul, “are you trying to sell me on the idea of eating a person?”

“Ssh!” Jade hissed. “Please, not so loud! We are not talking about such barbaric matters as eating people, much less eating our beloved customers! If someone overheard us, they could get quite the ghastly impression!” He smiled. “And that would be bad for business.”

“I should make sushi out of you,” grumbled Azul. “How’d that be for a… world of possibilities?”

“Oh, Azul,” Jade said, “you know very well I’d tense my whole body up before the slaughter, so the meat would come out terribly tough and unappetizing. Besides, it’s not the same.” He ran a hand with genteel delicacy over his bloated tummy. “Sushi can be eaten daintily. Heh, I’ve seen you do it. You wouldn’t get to feel the bulk of my shoulders stretching out your throat, the wriggling of my fins as my whole tail thrashes in your mouth, nor that monstrous swelling within you already burning most fiercely, as you realize with spine-chilling horror that you still have half of me left to go…”

“I’m not going to eat you, Jade!” Azul yanked open the back door to the Mostro Lounge’s VIP room.

“Oh, thank goodness!” said Jade. “I was beginning to get worried, there.”

Azul slipped into the room. Jade attempted to file in after him with the same grace as usual, but found himself struggling even to push through the doorway. His gut was simply too big, with two humans and a feast of food inside it.

After a moment, Azul turned around and noticed him. “Oh, for the love of—”

“Please,” whimpered Jade, “I ask only that you bear with me.”

Azul sighed, and crossed his arms.

After a few attempts at squirming and twisting his way through the narrow doorway, Jade realized there was only one thing he could do. Inside was the VIP room, and Azul, and beyond, a series of doorways that one could follow to the kitchen.

Jade put on his best simper, and addressed Azul. “Would it trouble you terribly,” he said, “to get me a sip of something fizzy from the kitchen?” He tilted his head in a way he hoped would make his sharp teeth glint. “Ginger ale would be greatly preferred,” he continued, “but even just a glass of carbonated water from the soda pumps would suffice.”

Frowning, Azul rubbed his temples. “Fine,” he said.

“Oh, thank you ever so much,” Jade said saccharinely. “Tonight’s meals really are kicking up quite a fuss in my stomach, I’m sorry to say—” He once again tried to squeeze through the door frame, only to be met with sharp, squeezing pressure on the sides of his gut.

“Once again,” Azul said, “this is not my fault. I’ll be right back.”

Just like that, Azul was gone, leaving Jade alone with the contents of his belly. The more recently-swallowed fellow was manifestly still alive, squirming now and then, bloating Jade up with the gas from his lungs. Jade would feel so much better if he were just a little emptier.

He drummed his fingers over the tight surface of his belly, and hummed. “You’ll be getting a new snack, straight from the Mostro Lounge,” he said, keeping his voice deep, so it rumbled through his bones. “A beverage, rather. I hope it will refresh you. I’m sure it will me.”

A few moments later, Azul stepped back into the VIP room, holding a crystalline glass filled with bubbling amber liquid.

Jade took it from him. “Ginger ale!” he cheered. “You are such a dear, Azul!”

“Bon appetit,” sneered Azul, and offered him a straw.

“Don’t mind if I do.” With one hand, Jade unsheathed and bent the straw, and placed it into the cup. He was grateful that even in so cumbersome a shape as he was, his hands were still able to dexterously perform precision work.

Shutting his eyes, he lifted the straw to his lips, and took a single, delicate sip.

He let out an enraptured sigh. “Ahhh~”

The cool liquid fizzed down his throat, sinking into his belly, where it fell atop the mass which already filled him tight, bubbling into it, creating a sparkling sensation only pleasant because it could not hurt more than the bloating already did.

“That’s just what I needed,” he sighed. “I’m feeling better already.”

“M-hm,” said Azul, crossing his arms once more. “Ready to come in, so I can shut the door?”

“As I said,” Jade said, and winked. “Bear with me.”

Within him, the soda’s bubbles seemed to catch just right, and by a stroke of wondrous luck, his meek little prey human chose that same moment to shift, and his esophagus seized, before opening up to let out one of the loudest burps Jade had ever heard grace this terrestrial air.

It tasted like ginger, and Mostro Lounge sweets, and his utterly vanquished two-human meal. His stomach squeezed in on itself, rumbling as he expelled air directly at Azul, wracking his gullet while gracing his belly with direly needed relief. He placed his hand atop his belly’s swollen dome, squeezing the belch out of himself, feeling the outlines of the two unlucky contract-breakers grow clearer and clearer, teasing up the last trails of gas.

When the very last rumbles were out of him, he lifted one gloved hand to his chest, and gave it a gentle pat. “Oh my,” he said ruefully. “How rude of me. I do hope you’ll pardon me.”

Azul did not respond, only removed his glasses from his face and a cleaning wipe from his pocket, and cleaned off an errant fleck of Jade’s saliva.

“I know what you want,” chimed Jade. He slipped with ease, now, into the room, and sat down on one of the leather sofas, attempting to put both his hands on his lap beneath the mountain-like mass of his gut.

“Gracious, Jade,” Azul replied. “Don’t expect my thanks just for walking through a door.”

Jade only chuckled under his breath.

This time, Azul withdrew what appeared to be an academic periodical from a magazine holder on the shelf. As he sat beside Jade, he did not seem awkward nor uncomfortable at all; Jade figured he was so much larger than him already that the extra mass made little difference. 

Frowning, Azul flipped through the journal. “Hm,” he said, and settled on a page. “Jade, please look at this.”

The first thing Jade saw upon the page was a diagram of a human’s internal organs, with what could not in full confidence be called a baby tucked inside.

“Is that a homunculus?” Jade said in amazement.

“Just read the damn thing.”

Obediently, Jade took the journal, spread it open atop his belly, and read the article’s abstract.

A shiver ran through him.

He skimmed the text for more details, and within him, his private love of the grotesque battled with his dread of the described process happening to him.

This was nothing like the beauty of a deadly fungus steadily overtaking all the other helpless organisms in a terrarium, however. This was a creation of life, or rather, a restoration. And if he did not play his cards right, it could happen to him.

He smoothed a hand over his naturally full tummy as he handed the journal back to Azul. “So,” he said, “if one humanoid being eats another, there will soon be a way for the… for lack of a better term, eater to regrow the same person inside of their body.”

“Correct,” said Azul. “The development on its own is not immediately troubling to us. What might be problematic to… predatory folks such as yourself and Floyd is that this… treatment will likely become commercially available within the next year or two. It’s incredibly far along in development already, but those—” He gritted his teeth. “—distinguished scientists in charge of the project are only just publishing about it now. So, soon, there may be a version available that…”

“That this school’s administration may get its hands on, and use to punish me for munching on its students,” Jade said dolefully. “I see the implications, and must admit I dread them.”

“I thought you would,” said Azul, “which is why I wanted you to be aware.”

Pouting, Jade gave his belly a poke. Not one, but two Night Raven College students had been snatched down into it that day. He could not imagine regrowing them slowly inside himself. The appeal of being so stuffed he could hardly move was that it was a satisfying conclusion to a filling meal, and a challenge that would not last more than a day. Besides, he rarely enjoyed nurturing something so much as he did watching it decay.

“There is the legal issue of my being a merman in human form,” Jade said slowly. “I’m not sure they’d dare carry out such an involved medical process without at least getting official approval.”

“That’s the biggest defense we have,” Azul said bitterly. “However, I don’t trust the Headmage not to wiggle his way past that regulation. He seems like he’ll bow to anyone or anything that points its finger at him, but the law is only one such force.”

“So,” Jade said, “if a particularly appetizing student happened to have powerful parents, I should only eat him if his parents don’t like him.”

“You joke,” Azul said, “but we’ll have to find our way around this threat one way or another. You’re a terribly important staff member of mine, and it wouldn’t do for you to spend months full of some precious cargo that prevented you from keeping strict work hours or getting into fights.” He glanced at Jade’s belly. “The way you are now is different, because you’ve already eaten the unfortunate little things.”

“I understand completely,” Jade said.

Azul sighed. “I’ll start looking into glamours. Appearing innocent is a vital first step. That way, if you’re lucky, nobody would even find out you were…” He trailed off.

“The size of a proverbial house?” Jade offered, patting his tummy.

“Yeah.”

“Eating other students does that to one, it’s true.”

“Can you be serious?” said Azul. “This is a serious matter, and I’m…”

“Worried about me,” Jade finished for him. “Please,” he said. “Do not suppose I am not touched by your consideration. Your help dealing with this potential issue will be deeply appreciated.”

“As I said,” Azul said stiffly, “you’re important to my business proceedings. I’m just looking out for my assets.”

“That is well understood, Azul,” Jade said, voice just shy of mocking. “There is… merely one thing that amuses me, is all. This entire time, not once have you suggested I simply stop eating people once this medical procedure becomes available.”

The sofa cushions beneath Jade shifted infinitesimally as Azul tried his best not to stiffen. “Well,” he said, “you are a predator, after all. And I know you wouldn’t listen to me if I told you to quash down part of your nature. The same goes for Floyd. I don’t think I could tame the two of you if I devoted my life to it.”

Jade grinned. “Oh, but Azul!” he warbled. “You are a predator, too!” He turned to him, satisfied belly letting out a gurgle, theatrically innocent demeanor belying his words. “Do not tell me you have tamed yourself!”

Azul groaned loudly, and threw his head back over the sofa. “Again with this?” he said. “Nothing you say is going to make me start eating people, Jade!”

He gave a dramatic little sigh. “Then, I’m afraid you’ll just have to put up with my teasing you until the end of our lives.”

Azul snorted. “I consented to that long ago,” he said.

“Good,” Jade said, and gave the meal-packed expanse of his belly a satisfied pat. “Now, Azul, how are you feeling?”

“Exhausted,” Azul admitted. “I’ve had a horribly busy day.” He smacked his lips, and uncrossed his legs. “I think I’ll make myself some herbal tea,” he said, and stood up. “Would you like some? Would you… um… be able to stand fitting anything else into your stomach right now?”

“I would love a cup,” Jade said smoothly. “And yes, I’ll be fine. A little more pressure will not be the death of me, especially not if it is something soothing. Like this—” He gently pressed a palm into his gut, and stifled a burp with his other hand. “Pardon me. You can touch it too, if you want.”

“No, thank you,” Azul said, in his slimiest businessman’s drawl. He stood, and picked up his cane. “Please, stay right here while I go get the tea.”

“That,” Jade said, “is a command I will have no problem following at all.”

[equipe]

Notes de mise à jour

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[makangerous]

My Persona 5 Royal Female MC Confidants project is finally complete (kind of!)

Well, more like 60% complete, but whatever, I got it in a publishable state finally! I used the interactive fiction engine Twine to build out the Confidant event and allow for custom name input, easier choice selection and navigation! (I will be putting the non-interactive text version on AO3 soon, with content tags, once I figure out how best to format it.) Please enjoy around 100 pages of cute, funny, and sometimes concerning romance!

Maiden with Twilit Wings - a P5R FeMC Confidants Project by Makango!

(Yes, I know that link looks kind of sus, but that's how unlisted Borogove links work apparently. I promise it won't give your computer cancer. I have not tested this website on mobile yet.)

Confidants currently available are:

-Ryuji Sakamoto (romantic) -Yusuke Kitagawa (romantic) -Yuuki Mishima (romantic) -Munehisa Iwai (romantic) -Ayumu Hoshino (Fortune OC, both friend and romance endings) -Fukuya Nakai (Temperance OC, both friend and romance endings)

Eventually I will add Goro Akechi, Morgana* (kind of), a Devil OC, and a Tower OC.

Content warnings are about on par with the original game, so be prepared.

[grompf3]

Partage de contenu entre réseaux sociaux

Autrefois, il y a longtemps, il m'arrivait de publier de longs fils sur Twitter. Ça prenait du temps.

Et je savais que ce contenu serait facile à partager. Même en dehors de Twitter.

Vous connaissez l'histoire, Elon Musk a racheté Twitter et en a fait une plate-forme de propagande haineuse. Ce qui a poussé beaucoup de monde à investir des alternatives. Dont votre serviteur.

J'avais déjà un compte Mastodon. Et je suis allé du côté de Threads et de Bluesky.

En plus le fonctionnement de Twitter a changé.

Alors on débat beaucoup de s'il faut quitter Twitter, et de quelle est la meilleure alternative, etc.

J'aimerais parler d'une autre question. Quelle est la meilleure plateforme pour partager du contenu accessible à toutes et à tous, sans avoir besoin d'être abonné à un réseau social particulier ?

Twitter

Je vais commencer par Twitter. J'ai de la peine à dire "X".

Aujourd'hui un fil Twitter n'est pas lisible aux non-abonnés. 1 tweet isolé, oui. Mais pas un fil. Donc, si vous passez des heures à rédiger de longs fils, avec plein de GIFS pour illustrer, plein de liens, etc, ce n'est accessible que pour les abonnés Twitter.

Si vous êtes connectés à un compte Twitter, faites l'essai. Ouvrez un fil (celui-ci par exemple) dans une fenêtre de navigation privée (ou dans un autre navigateur web où vous n'êtes pas connecté). Et vérifiez. Vous ne voyez que le 1er tweet du fil.

Alors vous allez peut-être me dire qu'il y a Threadreaderapp qui permet de partager un tel fil. OK. Mais pour générer une page avec cet outil, il faut être abonnés sur Twitter. Donc, vous devez, vous, penser à générer une telle page.

Et si dans votre fil, vous avez inclus des liens vers d'autres fils Twitter, et bien c'est mal barré : ces fils ne seront pas lisibles pour qui n'est pas connecté à un compte Twitter.

Bref, tout votre taf abattu sur Twitter n'est réellement accessible qu'aux abonnés Twitter.

Bluesky

Ce réseau social a ma préférence... Pour l'instant. J'ai fini par y retrouver une bonne partie de mes contacts de Twitter. Et plein de gens se mettent à y publier du chouette contenue.

Et le réseau semble avoir été bien conçu.

Et pour le partage ? Et bien ça va.

Faites le test (si vous êtes connectés à Bluesky, ouvrez ce lien depuis une fenêtre de navigation privée).

Seul souci : avec un long fil, il y a un moment où il faut cliquer sur "poursuivre le fil de discussion" pour voir la suite.

Et puis vous pouvez choisir aussi de paramétrer votre compte de manière à ce qu'il ne soit pas consultable pour celles et ceux qui ne sont pas connectés. C'est un choix. Si vous faites ça, vous ne serez accessibles que pour les gens qui ont un compte Bluesky.

Je rajoute encore que sur Bluesky, même si vous n'êtes pas connecté, vous pouvez voir les réponses, consulter les profils, faire une recherche, etc.

Bluesky a un défaut lorsqu'il s'agit de partager un fil sur Twitter : ça ne génère pas de miniature. On voit juste un lien. Ce problème n'apparaît pas quand on partage un lien Bluesky sur Threads ou sur Mastodon.

Mastodon

Alors, Mastodon, je ne me fais guère d'illusions sur la capacité de ce réseau à toucher le grand public. C'est un peu compliqué, l'absence d'algorithme est présentée comme un plus, mais ça rend quand-même la consultation moins conviviale, etc. Ça n'a pas été prévu pour devenir mainstream et ça restera un réseau de niche. MAIS...

...pour partager un fil, c'est le top. Aucun souci.

Voyez :

Rien à redire, c'est lisible, c'est pratique.

Et sur Mastodon, on peut aller jeter un œil aux réponses, au profil de l'auteur, etc.

Threads

Threads aurait pu se positionner en alternative à Twitter. Mais de ce que je vois, du moins dans le monde francophone, ce réseau est en train de passer à côté d'une opportunité, pendant que Bluesky progresse.

Et pour partager du contenu ailleurs, si les gens ne sont pas abonnés ?

Et bien ça va.

J'ai même l'impression que c'est plus facile de lire ce fil en étant non connecté à Threads que depuis mon compte (seuls les 16 premiers messages apparaissent et je dois cliquer sur le 16ème message pour voir la suite, quand je lis en étant connecté).

Là aussi, vous pouvez voir les réponses et consulter mon profil, etc.

Et publier un billet de blog sur Tumblr ?...

Ça avait été la première option que j'avais envisagée : publier des billets de blog et les partager sur les différents RS.

Et c'est lisible. Il faut juste faire attention à la manière de partager le lien pour que ça soit consultable pour les non-abonnés (posez-moi la question si vous voulez des précisions).

Tumblr a un gros désavantage : peu d'échanges ici-même. Les gens utilisent ce réseau pour partager des photos, etc. Pas pour débattre de l'actu. Et la forme ne correspond pas au modèle "Twitter like".

Et puis rédiger sous forme de fils, en alignant les multiples messages, c'est différent d'un texte, même illustré par des images et complété par des liens. C'est pas la même écriture, c'est pas la même lecture.

Mais bon, gardez en tête que la possibilité existe. Tout comme d'autres types de petits blogs (Medium, etc.), voire un vrai blog complet (Wordpress, etc.).

Et si on ne choisissait pas ?

C'est plus ou moins la solution que j'ai choisi : ne pas choisir. Ou pas trop.

J'ai un compte gratuit sur Buffer.

J'y ai connecté mes comptes Bluesky, Threads et Mastodon. Et je fais des fils. Alors il y a des limites. Il faut parfois prendre le coup (je suis dispo si qqn a des questions).

Mais ça me permet de publier un même fil sur 3 plate-formes à la fois (limite maximum de l'option gratos).

Fedica permet aussi de faire des trucs du genre, avec d'autres limites.

Pourquoi ne pas plutôt me faciliter la vie en choisissant 1 plateforme, en y publiant mon contenu, et, ensuite, en partageant mon lien sur les autres RS ?

Parce que ça ne marche pas.

Si, sur un rs, mettons Bluesky, je partage un lien vers un contenu publié sur un autre rs, mettons Mastodon, les gens sur Bluesky vont peut-être partager le message et le liker. Mais ça aura moins de succès. Et ils ne vont jamais partager le lien Mastodon lui-même. Ça ne prend pas. Et puis si je publie un fil sur Mastodon, les gens vont pouvoir répondre précisément à tel message, ou repartage tel autre message. Les interactions ne sont pas du tout les mêmes.

Avec tout ça, je vais sans doute laisser dormir ce compte-ci, sur Tumblr.

Ce que je viens de faire, c'était surtout un bon exercice pour vous montrer. Des petits billets de blog comme ça, facilement partageables, c'est pas mal. Vous pouvez tester, et peut-être que vous y trouverez votre compte. Mais c'est pas comme interagir directement sur d'autres RS.

Et à moyen terme, vous me croiserez plutôt sur Bluesky, tout en flânant régulièrement sur Threads et Mastodon.

...Et si vous publiez encore régulièrement sur X, posez-vous la question de comment prendre le large, même si ce n'est pas complètement. Ce réseau pue, Elon Musk en fait un outil au service de projets dégueulasses et y interagir contribue au succès de ces projets.

Je ne jette la pierre à personne, moi-même j'y partage encore du contenu (je vais y partager ce billet de blog), même si je n'y interagi plus.

Et cessez de vous faire des illusions sur "mener la bataille culturelle sur Twitter"...

[manessha545]

Les Marais De Kaw

Dégrad de Kaw Réserve Naturelle, 97353 French Guiana

Type: Genuine Guyanese Everglades. Access: via the RN2, 50 km from Roura.

Note that at the end of the road, the village is only accessible by dugout canoe. The presence of a companion is therefore necessary.

Interests: this nature reserve is an exceptional observation site for a large and varied birdlife, and remains the privileged domain of caimans; Accommodation possibilities in a passing carbet located in the village of the village.

Caiman (a kind of alligator).

Kaw-Roura Marsh

View of the marshesBanks of the Orapu RiverMonkey SaimiriBanks of the Orapu RiverPoison dart frog

Email address to contact the reserve: gwenn.querel@cen-guyane.fr or rnnkr@cen-guyane.fr This reserve has a Facebook page. Find out now!

The nature reserve is home to rare species, endangered and with a very limited geographical distribution, such as the Black Cayman or the Red Ibis, and remarkable and unusual species such as the Hoazin crested (primitive bird) or the Atipa (fish). Of the 98 mammal species found in the Kaw area, 38 species are noteworthy. 54% of Guyana's protected species are present in the nature reserve, including the Black Cayman, the Manatee, the Giant Otter and the Guyana Otter, jaguars, spider crabs and the Matamata Tortoise. The Kaw region is exceptionally rich in bird species as it is home to 535 species, or 74% of the avifauna of French Guiana. These include the Cocoi Heron and the Agami Heron, the Great Egret, the Cockerel, the Harpy Eagle and the Great Crested Harpy. 74 species of amphibians and 103 species of reptiles have been inventoried throughout the area. Among these are 4 species of caimans: the Red Cayman, the Grey Cayman, the Spectacled Caiman and the Black Cayman.

The marshes are about 90 minutes from Cayenne and about two and a half hours from Kourou. There is a one hour drive through the jungle on a narrow two lane road that would be classified as one lane in the US. The road does have isolated potholes, blind curves, and on coming traffic, so the drive requires concentration.

This is a beautiful wild nature reserve that is a privilege to visit. In the raining season you can navigate very easily and really see it all. The variety of birds, butterflies is breathtaking. 

[harriet-de-g]

Ressources autour de la gestion de la douleur.

Cette Bibliographie est issue du zine "Toujours mal quelques part" sortie en janvier 2024. Les catégories reprennent les différents chapitres de celui-ci. La liste est régulièrement mise à jour et complétée. N'hésitez pas à partager vos propres ressources pour la faire évoluer!

C’est quoi la douleur ?

L’Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale a un dossier qui reprend des informations générales sur la douleur.

La douleur, quelle chose étrange, Steve Hains & Sophie Standing, livre, 32p.

La douleur chronique perturbe l’équilibre cérébral, Rev Med Suisse, 2008/145 (Vol.-6), p. 493a–493a.

Lien entre douleur et trauma

Le Trauma, quelle chose étrange, Steve Haines & Sophie Standing, livre, 32p.

Le corps n’oublie rien. Bessen Van Der Kolk. Il existe une version résumée en zine nommé « Ressources sur le traumatisme » (Morgan.e).

Comment les traumatismes d’enfance impacte la santé tout au long de l’existence (« How childhood trauma affects health across a lifetime ») Nadine Burke Harris.

Qu’est ce que le trauma? L’auteur de le corps n’oublie rien explique («What is trauma? The author of “The Body Keeps the Score” explains,) Bessel van der Kolk.

Childhood exposure to violence and lifelong health: clinical intervention science and stress-biology research join forces. Moffitt, T. E., & Klaus-Grawe 2012 Think Tank (2013). Development and psychopathology, 25(4 Pt 2), 1619–1634.

Mécanismes d’adaptation 

Pain-determined Dissociation Episodes, David A. Fishbain, R. B. Cutler, H. L. Rosomoff, R. Steele Rosomoff, Pain Medicine, Volume 2, Issue 3, September 2001, Pages 216–224.

Trop à l’aise avec nos diagnostics, zinzinzine,

Et toi, tu fais quoi dans la vie ?, Harriet de G, brochure, 4p.

Quand tout va bien

Une introduction en français à la technique du pacing.

Laziness Does does not exist, Devon Price, livre, 256p.

La culture du Valide Occidental, Zig Blanquer,

Les thérapies alternatives

A claire voie : manuel de savoir être fou en société, zine, 91p. Comporte un chapitre spécifique pour les premiers entrevus avec un·e thérapeute (dans un cadre psychiatrique).

Pour les proches

La théorie des cuillères, article wikipédia.

The spoon theory (La théorie des cuillères), Christine Miserandino, essai.

Soutien mutuel : les bases

Paillettes Toxiques et Sérum Phy : des pistes pour repérer des dynamiques de pouvoir dans nos relations (pas cis hétéro), zine, 275p.

Point drogue

Une carte interactive pour savoir où tester ses produits

Relation entre tabagisme et douleur : revue narrative de la littérature scientifique, D. Balayssac, Revue des Maladies Respiratoires, Volume 38, Issue 3, 2021, Pages 269-277.

Se faire mal : comment prendre soin de toi lorsque tu ressens le besoin de te blesser, Icarus Projets, zine, 56p.

Alternatives à l’auto-mutilation, Traduction de Choose recovery par Dandelion Guide pour décrocher des médicaments psychotropes en réduisant les effets nocifs, zine, Icarus project, 70p. Tumer Fue : Une méthode libre pour en finir avec la clope, Robin, zine, 80p.

Toxicophobie mon amour, Pour déconstruire ses préjugés sur l'usage de produits.

Pendant la tempête

Le manuel de sevrage des psychotropes, livre, Soutien Benzo, 196p.

Aider ses ami.e.x.s qui ont parfois envie de mourir à ne peut-être pas mourir, traduction par ezekiel and the weirdos, zine, 33p.

Le mouvement death positiv tente de réduire les tabous autour de la mort et d’explorer les façons de préparer sa fin de vie sereinement.

Living with depression, Kat Amarië, vidéo (traduite).

Dépression comment te quitter, Luks, zine, 20p.

En vrac :

Chroniques des chroniques : une émission autour des maladies chroniques (douloureuses), radio rageuse.

La souffrance: que ressent-on quand quelqu’un nie notre douleur ?, podcast Emotion.

The Cancer Journals (Journal du cancer), Audre Lorde, livre, 96p. Fragments, Fatou S, livre, 150p.

Guide de navigation en eau trouble : se fabriquer des ressources quand on vit une crise ou un moment pas cool, zine, 40p.

Les ateliers groupe soin, volume 1, 2 et 3, zines, groupe soin. Du partage de savoir et vulgarisation de concepts médicaux issus de rencontre en groupe pour s’autonomiser.

My Body Is a Prison of Pain so I Want to Leave It Like a Mystic But I Also Love It & Want it to Matter Politically, Johanna Hedva, vidéo et transcript.

Hollow, Mia Mingus, Traduction d'Emma Bigé et Harriet de g, zine. De la science fiction avec des handi·es autonomes.

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Ouverture des Réservations

Vous avez déjà une idée du fc que vous souhaitez incarner, de votre familier ou de la magie dont vous souhaitez imprégner votre sorcier ? Ça tombe bien, les réservations viennent d'ouvrir ! Alors à vos claviers, que soit via le Discord ou par MP sur Tumblr, n'hésitez pas à nous chuchoter tout ça avec votre pseudo rpg-ique afin que l'on puisse consigner tout ça dans la page des Réservations accessibles depuis la barre de navigation ou par ici.

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“Le canal Lachine doit être vidé le 20 de ce mois,” La Presse. March 10, 1933. Page 8. ---- On y effectuera les réparations nécessaires pour as- surer l'étanchéité du tunnel.  ---- Assemblée maritime ---- Si les conditions de la température le permettent, il est plus que probable que le canal Lachine sera vidé vers le 20 courant pour y entreprendre les réparations nécessaires à ses berges.  Les travaux seront effectués dans un temps assez rapide pour donner passage aux vaisseaux vers le 24 avril. Le canal sera, toutefois, rempli à nouveau vers le 20. Un examen très sévère sera fait à l'endroit où se produisit, l'an dernier, presqu'à la même époque une première fissure par laquelle l'eau pénétra pour inonder Ia partie inférieure du tunnel de la rue Wellington. Comme on le sait, les travaux furent alors suspendus afin de permettre à la compagnie de retirer l'eau et continuer ses travaux.  Dès que le canal sera complètement vidé, des experts sonderont le lit et les parois du canal pour bien s'assurer s'il existe des lézardes. Le tunnel de la rue Wellington sera complètement parachevé vers la fin de ce mols et toutes les précautions seront prises par le ministère des chemins de fer et canaux pour en assurer l'étanchéité. 

Pour la prochaine saison Les représentants des différentes compagnies maritimes y compris l'Associated Lake Freighters, Limited, ont été en assemblée pendant deux jours à l'hôtel Mont-Royal en vue d'étudier les préparatifs pour Ia prochaine saison de navigation sur les grands lacs et le fleuve Saint-Laurent. Interviewé hier soir, M. Arthur Mathewson, de Montréal, président de l'organisation, a expliqué que les délibérations avalent été très satisfaisantes ayant eu trait tout particulièrement aux avantages mutuels des divers, propriétaires de navires. Il a ajouté être convaincu que l'Associated Lake Freighters, Limited, sera en meilleure position, la saison prochaine, de donner un service adéquat aux expéditeurs et aux propriétaires de navires. Sous ce rapport, il a rendu hommage à M. James Stewart, gérant de l'organisation avec quartiers généraux à Winnipeg. En plus de M. Mathewson, on remarquait: MM. T.-R. Enderby, vice-président, de Montréal; R.-A. Carter, secrétaire-trésorier; le capitaine H-I. Beauvals, le capitaine Léon Beaupré, J.-D. Calvin, P. Godin, fils; T. Siegerman, E. Spence et le capitaine T-W. Tinmouth, tous de Montréal. MM. A.-B. Buckworth et le capitaine James-B. Foote, de Toronto: le capitaine Scott Misener, de Port Colborne: J-J. Boland, E.-S. Crosby et E-T. Douglas, de Buffalo, N-Y, Norman M. Paterson, de Fort William, et L. Wolvin, de Winnipeg. M. Mathewson a laissé entendre que le taux du transport du grain entre Fort William, Port Arthur et Mont- réal à l'ouverture de la navigation sera de 6 centins et demi le boisseau, bien que ce taux eût été décide à Winnipeg avant l'assemblée tenue ici.

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Comment une mauvaise UX/UI peut faire fuir vos clients ?

Dans le monde numérique d'aujourd'hui, l'expérience utilisateur (UX) et l'interface utilisateur (UI) sont des éléments cruciaux pour le succès de toute entreprise en ligne. Une mauvaise UX/UI peut non seulement frustrer les utilisateurs, mais aussi entraîner une perte significative de clients. Le blog Ouipay.fr est là pour vous donner des conseils pratiques et vous aider à améliorer ces aspects essentiels. Dans cet article, Ouipay.fr vous propose d’explorer les erreurs courantes en UX/UI, l'impact d'une mauvaise navigation sur le taux de conversion, et fournir des conseils pratiques pour améliorer l'expérience utilisateur et l'interface utilisateur.

Les erreurs courantes en UX/UI qui frustrent les utilisateurs

1. Temps de chargement lent

L'une des erreurs les plus courantes en UX/UI est un temps de chargement lent. Les utilisateurs d'aujourd'hui sont impatients et n'attendront pas plus de quelques secondes pour qu'une page se charge. Un site web lent peut rapidement frustrer les utilisateurs et les inciter à quitter votre site pour aller chez un concurrent.

2. Navigation complexe

Une navigation complexe est un autre facteur qui peut frustrer les utilisateurs. Si les utilisateurs ne peuvent pas trouver facilement ce qu'ils cherchent, ils sont plus susceptibles de quitter votre site. Une structure de navigation claire et intuitive est essentielle pour une bonne UX.

3. Design non responsive

Avec l'augmentation de l'utilisation des appareils mobiles, il est crucial d'avoir un design responsive. Un site web qui ne s'adapte pas aux différentes tailles d'écran peut rendre la navigation difficile et frustrante pour les utilisateurs mobiles.

4. Manque de clarté dans les appels à l'action

Les appels à l'action (CTA) doivent être clairs et visibles. Si les utilisateurs ne savent pas quoi faire ensuite, ils peuvent se sentir perdus et quitter votre site. Des CTA bien placés et bien conçus peuvent guider les utilisateurs tout au long de leur parcours sur votre site.

Impact d'une mauvaise navigation sur le taux de conversion

Une mauvaise navigation peut avoir un impact direct sur le taux de conversion de votre site web. Si les utilisateurs ne peuvent pas trouver ce qu'ils cherchent ou s'ils sont frustrés par une navigation complexe, ils sont moins susceptibles de convertir en clients. Une bonne navigation, en revanche, peut améliorer l'engagement des utilisateurs et augmenter les chances de conversion.

1. Augmentation du taux de rebond

Un taux de rebond élevé est souvent un signe d'une mauvaise UX/UI. Si les utilisateurs quittent votre site après avoir visité une seule page, cela peut indiquer qu'ils n'ont pas trouvé ce qu'ils cherchaient ou qu'ils ont été frustrés par l'expérience utilisateur.

2. Réduction du temps passé sur le site

Une mauvaise navigation peut également réduire le temps que les utilisateurs passent sur votre site. Si les utilisateurs ne peuvent pas trouver facilement ce qu'ils cherchent, ils sont moins susceptibles de rester sur votre site et d'explorer d'autres pages.

3. Diminution des conversions

En fin de compte, une mauvaise navigation peut entraîner une diminution des conversions. Si les utilisateurs ne peuvent pas trouver les informations dont ils ont besoin ou s'ils sont frustrés par l'expérience utilisateur, ils sont moins susceptibles de devenir des clients.

Conseils pour améliorer l'expérience utilisateur et l'interface utilisateur

1. Optimiser le temps de chargement

Pour améliorer le temps de chargement de votre site, vous pouvez compresser les images, utiliser un hébergement de qualité, et minimiser le code. Un site web rapide peut améliorer l'expérience utilisateur et réduire le taux de rebond.

2. Simplifier la navigation

Une navigation simple et intuitive est essentielle pour une bonne UX. Utilisez des menus clairs et bien organisés, et assurez-vous que les utilisateurs peuvent trouver facilement ce qu'ils cherchent. Une bonne navigation peut améliorer l'engagement des utilisateurs et augmenter les chances de conversion.

3. Adopter un design responsive

Assurez-vous que votre site web est responsive et s'adapte aux différentes tailles d'écran. Un design responsive peut améliorer l'expérience utilisateur pour les utilisateurs mobiles et augmenter les chances de conversion.

4. Clarifier les appels à l'action

Les appels à l'action doivent être clairs et visibles. Utilisez des boutons bien conçus et bien placés pour guider les utilisateurs tout au long de leur parcours sur votre site. Des CTA clairs peuvent améliorer l'engagement des utilisateurs et augmenter les chances de conversion.

5. Tester et itérer

Enfin, il est important de tester régulièrement votre site web et d'itérer en fonction des retours des utilisateurs. Utilisez des outils d'analyse pour suivre le comportement des utilisateurs et identifier les points de friction. En testant et en itérant, vous pouvez continuellement améliorer l'expérience utilisateur et l'interface utilisateur de votre site.

Améliorer l’expérience utilisateur

Une mauvaise UX/UI peut avoir un impact significatif sur la satisfaction des utilisateurs et le taux de conversion de votre site web. En évitant les erreurs courantes en UX/UI, en optimisant la navigation, et en adoptant un design responsive, vous pouvez améliorer l'expérience utilisateur et augmenter les chances de conversion. Les conseils pratiques du blog Ouipay.fr peuvent vous aider à améliorer l'UX/UI de votre site et à attirer et fidéliser davantage de clients.

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Notes de mise à jour

🌟 Nouveautés

Sur le Web, vous pouvez dès à présent vous laisser tenter par le badge Mécène Tumblr. Symbole vibrant de votre soutien financier direct à notre plateforme, ce dernier évolue au fil du temps et de votre fidélité. Vous en apprendrez davantage dans un billet détaillé à venir.

La fonction "Mettre en veille Tumblr Live sur le TdB" continue à masquer Tumblr Live du tableau de bord, mais conserve désormais son icône dans la barre de navigation, évitant ainsi d'avoir à désactiver la mise en veille pour assister à un live. La période de mise en veille a également été rallongée, passant de 7 à 30 jours.

En ce qui concerne la phase expérimentale introduisant des changements dans les en-têtes de billets sur le Web, nous avons décidé de suivre vos nombreux retours et de réintroduire l'avatar de l'auteur du billet. Nous vous remercions d'avoir ainsi partagé vos impressions avec nos équipes !

Une nouvelle version majeure du client JavaScript "tumblr.js" de notre API a été déployée. Ce client permet d'accéder au contenu Tumblr via notre API publique. Vous pouvez en apprendre plus à son sujet par ici (en anglais).

Tumblr Live est maintenant disponible dans davantage de pays de l'Union européenne.

🛠️ Correctifs

Les recommandations "D'après vos coups de cœur" et "Aimé par…" ont été ajustées afin de ne plus proposer des billets que vous auriez déjà reblogués.

Pour les utilisateurs germanophones expérimentant le nouveau design des en-têtes de billets, divers couacs visuels ont été corrigés dans le texte de la section "reblogué par".

Correction dans la version Web mobile d'un bug qui pouvait bloquer les utilisateurs sur la page Messagerie lorsqu'elle était ouverte à partir de certains endroits (telle que la vue intégrée des blogs, par exemple).

Pour les utilisateurs sur le Web qui voient toujours s'afficher les avatars flottants sur le côté des billets, nous avons corrigé un bug qui pouvait faire recouvrir une partie des avatars par la barre d'onglets du tableau de bord. Nous avons également corrigé une anomalie qui ne respectait pas l'ordre des billets lorsque les raccourcis clavier "J" et "K" étaient utilisés pour naviguer.

Pour les utilisateurs ayant accès au nouveau bouton de configuration des onglets du tableau de bord sur le Web, nous avons ajouté un peu d'espace sur la gauche de ce dernier afin que les onglets soient moins susceptibles de déborder dessus. De plus, les onglets proposant du contenu sponsorisé sont maintenant ornés d'une étiquette "Sponsorisé" dans l'écran de configuration des onglets.

🚧 En cours

Si vous avez franchi le pas et décidé de nous soutenir à partir du Web (MERCI !), sachez que les différentes versions du badge Mécène Tumblr ne sont pas encore visibles dans l'application. Les prochaines mises à jour pour Android et iOS corrigeront très vite cela !

Certains utilisateurs voient apparaître un indicateur "Nouveau" mettant en avant l'icône Tumblr Live dans la barre de navigation alors que cette fonctionnalité ne leur est pourtant pas étrangère. Un correctif sera prochainement déployé.

Nos équipes expérimentent toujours des solutions améliorant considérablement l'affichage du contenu sur le Web. Le revers de la médaille ? Utiliser la fonction CMD/CTRL + F pour rechercher un texte sur la page ne permet plus l'accès au contenu rendu invisible par le défilement de l'écran. Nos équipes ont travaillé d'arrache-pied pour améliorer cette situation et ont même d'ores et déjà mis en place un premier correctif. Vous pouvez retenter votre recherche, si vous aviez rencontré le problème !

🌱 Prochainement

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