#kibble review

[zaryathelaika]

Inukshuk 30/25 Verdict

Product: Inukshuk 30/25 - 15 kg/33 lbs Cost: $60 CAD Length: October 13, 2023 - January 10, 2024 or 89 days (almost 3 months)

We mostly got this brand because we need a kibble which keeps well on the Great Divide Trail (1 130 km / 700 mi) where there are two weeks in-between resupply points.

Zarya does well on this product with 266 g per day. Lasts a long time due the high fat percentage and stores well. Can see why thru-hikers feed the 32/32. Zarya is much happier on this stuff than Purina (Pro Plan Puppy, Purina ONE Beef and Brown Rice as well as the Lamb and Rice). But she much rather eat raw meat and brown rice than anything else. She keeps her weight on Inukshuk 30/25 and doesn't gain nor loses. So, for a fussy eater, this is good. (No, I am not carrying a survival rifle to shoot marmot to feed Zarya on the trails! That's silly.) Not a fan of the calcium-phosphorus levels, which ideally should stay under 1.0% calcium and 0.8% phosphorus on a dry matter basis. But found out only Hill's produces performance kibbles for working dogs with acceptable parameters and their product is only manufactured for military and police. So, can't really complain given there isn't a lot of alternatives on the market since neither Purina nor Royal Canin are any better with keeping excess minerals under control. But even working and sporting dogs deserve food not taxing on their kidneys. Hopefully, pet food manufacturers will address excess minerals someday. The only thing I don't like about Inukshuk is that the products are being promoted to law enforcement. And we're ACAB 1312 in this house. But one would be hard-pressed to find a brand which doesn't cater to LE or military in their promotional materials. Will have to check to see what Redpaw's or Kobuk's market shares are. But for the price when everything is over $100 a bag? This one is a steal.

We ordered two more bags. Might need to pick up 26/16 for the summer when the heat waves become unbearable.

[sergle]

it. is. CRAZY being like "oh I want to keep my pet healthy, maybe I should look into upgrading to a higher quality food" and you do a bunch of googling abt what percentages of fat/protein/etc a food should be and you find the stuff that's the Most Recommended for dog health or whatever it is, and then you look at the reviews for what is apparently a very reputable brand and it's like DOG DIED DOG HAD BLOODY DIARRHEA DOG IS LOSING FUR I FED MY PUPPY THIS AND HIS KIDNEYS ALMOST SHUT DOWN AT 3MO OLD DOGS VOMITED HAD TO BE ON FLUIDS AT THE VET like. huh... I see <-- doesn't get it at all

[doctorwillsolace]

oh I'm livid

[kangals]

ER veterinarian: *reviewing patient's history* "and what food does your dog eat?"

client: "he eats yams."

vet: "... yams?"

client: "yeah, yams."

vet: "just yams? nothing else?"

client: "yeah."

vet: "the only food that you feed your dog is yams? no supplements?"

client:" "just yams."

vet: *increasingly distressed* "you cannot feed your dog only yams, ok? you NEED to feed something else. that is a very unbalanced diet and could be what's making him sick."

client: "well what should i be feeding?"

vet: "dog food! kibble, canned, anything from a pet store!"

client: "but that's where i buy the yams!"

vet: "what?"

client: "you mean i have to feed a bunch of different brands??"

vet: "what?"

(it was discovered, much to the vet's relief, that the client was mispronouncing the brand name "Iams")

[eraserheadadult]

i started my dog on this new kibble & like. its high quality stuff has great reviews she loves it etc but this is literally the most deranged packaging design i have ever seen

[local-hellhound-steals-spaghetti]

This is an embarassingly bad paper based on the use of two aversive based dog trainers who are clearly incompetant in the use of +R - yet the e collar training community is taking a victory lap.

The fact that this got past an animal ethics review is honestly appalling and the university should be ashamed.

Let's go over the main huge flaws with this study:

The positive reinforcement protocol they are using to compare to e collars is laughably incompetant - with no management or use of distance, desensitisation. Just use a leash? Maybe?

Use of aversives to stop chasing is, unsurprisingly, effective. Because, yes, painful consequences tend to work to suppress behaviour. That isn't the problem that people have with e collars.

The author seems to think that use of e collars is justified because it "gets results" in a short amount of time to stop dogs chasing - again, apparently we haven't heard of a leash.

"Aside from presumably pain-induced yelps in the dogs with e-collars when they received shocks, none of the dogs in any groups showed any signs of stress or distress." So we're saying a pain vocalisation isn't a sign of distress? That's your welfare parameter? Jfc.

Love how they didn't even try to get fecal cortisol baselines and just collected samples from a few dogs but not all of them. You tried, I guess?

The fact that the trainers for the study is "Ivan and Ivan's Student" is ridiculously biased. Acting as if both these trainers know how to apply +R effectively as opposed to their heavy aversive tool use is laughable.

"We designed our study’s methods around current trainer practices as well as the recommendations of our senior trainer while attempting to keep continencies as simple as possible." - yeeeah that's a conflict of interest. Especially when your "senior trainer" has an axe to grind with R+ people using scientific papers to support their training methods.

You're chucking treats in a bowl after a few sessions and you think that's going to stop a dog chasing a lure? Oh yeah, you got us. We just throw kibble in a bowl to stop dogs running into traffic. I am genuinely floored that that's how they think a +R protocol for chasing works. They have no business comparing the two when they can't even do one properly.

"We also did not test whether the food rewards we deployed were highly valued." Okay so the majority of my client dogs will go nuts for my meaty high value treats because they've only had store bought dry treats and the client is shocked at how food motivated their dog suddenly is..... So this study was relying on whatever the guardian of the dog brought with them lmao rookie mistake.

"Dogs that chase livestock may be shot or otherwise euthanized, and dogs that chase cars may be killed in traffic." Put. Them. On. A. Leash.

"The practical applicability of either the LIMA or LIFE models is likely limited, at least in the United States where dog trainers are not required to be licensed or certified. In a sample of highly rated dog trainers, more than half did not document any relevant education." Does that include your "senior trainer"? It does. Because he doesn't have any formal education in canine behaviour, welfare and science. You know this. You chose him to be your trainer for your study.

"The speed and effectiveness with which the e-collar inhibited the dogs in this study from chasing may justify the limited number of painful stimulations the dogs experienced if the object the dogs were chasing had been something that could directly or indirectly cause them serious injury or death." Or..... OR.... you could not use electric shocks on your dog and potential cause long term damage, fear responses ect.... And use a leash.

Just baffled by this whole study. My high prey drive whippet will go feral for a lure but only when she knows the context for when she's being allowed to chase. She can be at a lure coursing trial for the whole day not worrying about the lure because 1) I keep her at a distance where the stimulus isn't saliant enough and 2) she gets reinforcement for calmly watching from a distance.

I'm honestly getting second hand embarassment reading this study. It's just such bad science should never have gotten past an ethics board.

[pocksprincess]

Chapter 3 - On The Job

Series masterlist

Obito Uchiha x f!reader

Modern AU, obi still has scars, reader (25) is a vet nurse, I don't like neji but I tried really hard to be fair to him in this lmao, this is a filler chapter soz

Word count - 950

Beta baddie - thank you @dabilove27 <33

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Monday morning comes all too quickly and subsequently your introduction to the elusive Neji Hyuuga. You sigh heavily as you pull into an employee designated space in the practice's carpark, turning off the ignition and slumping in your seat. Your eyes are sore and you're exhausted from a weekend of cleaning and unpacking the rest of your belongings. Your list of house chores seems to be never-ending, but the place is starting to finally look and feel like your own.  

You haul yourself out of the car and step into the mild air. The last vestiges of Summer cling desperately to the landscape–the trees resisting the yellow hue that is beginning to tint the ends of their leaves and the stubborn heat persisting even in the early hours. It's bearable now, only the promising nip of Fall on the breeze making it so, but you know that in a few hours it will already be too hot within the practice in your stuffy uniform. 

You swing your bag over your shoulder as you make your way across the lot to the front doors, a bell chiming your arrival as you step inside the reception area. Pretty much everything throughout the building is a clinical white and smells of disinfectant but there is the underlying smell of pet fur and kibble permeating the air. You smile happily at TenTen as she sits behind the front desk, sipping on a mug of tea in one hand while she taps away on the keyboard with the other. 

"Morning, TenTen,” you yawn, eyeing up her mug enviously. 

"Morning!” she chirps, giving you a wide smile, her signature space buns wrapped neatly with little bows. How on earth is she so chipper in the morning? 

"Water's still hot in the kitchen!” She gestures to the employee common room behind her and you slouch toward the door to grab your own mug of something hot. 

"Thanks,” you mutter sleepily as you pass her. She laughs at your bleary eyes and barely awakened state, giving you sympathetic eyes. 

As soon as you step into the kitchen area with its small coffee table and saggy armchairs tucked away in the corner, you come across a tall and slender figure with long, dark hair standing with his back to you. You stop in your tracks and get zero seconds to prepare yourself before he whips around, hair flowing around him like a goddamn L'Oréal ad, and addresses you.

"Ah, good, you're here.” His voice is clipped and curt, all business. “And right on time.” He gives you a look down his nose as if he doesn't think you capable of being punctual despite having never met you and you just now proving him otherwise. His eyes are the most delicate lavender grey, a stark contrast to his hard personality. Before you can even think to respond he's moved on.

"Come, we need to prepare consultation rooms one to three for the morning appointments.” And with that he simply walks out of the room–no introduction, no small talk…no caffeine! TenTen purposely didn't warn you, the wretch! Bet she's laughing her ass off in reception.You groan inwardly and dump your bag on the table before hurriedly trotting after him–you get the impression he doesn't tolerate those who can't keep up. 

Despite the early (and rather full-on) start, your day has been fairly routine and mundane–you performed a health check on an elderly cat with arthritis, struggled to wrestle a great dane onto the extra large scales for his weight check and gave an adorable little chihuahua puppy its first vaccinations and baby microchip.

All the while, Neji allowed you to step forward and show what you know, occasionally adding things for the owners benefit and prescribing medication. And after each appointment he gave you a full performance review on each of your actions. You honestly don't mind, you get the feeling he'll keep you humble and in top form. 

By the time lunch rolls around, however, you are about ready to drop. Your own fault for going to bed so late, but you really wanted to finish putting up the shelving unit in the living room so you didn't lose all the screws and fiddly little pieces. You sink into one of the squishy armchairs with a hot mug of coffee in your hands. Finally, caffeine. But now that you've stopped, your mind wanders (as it so often has since first meeting him) to your insanely cute neighbour.

He's pretty much all you've thought about since Saturday afternoon–those captivating eyes, the way the muscles in his arms flexed and bulged as he crossed them over his broad chest, the touch of your fingers…you couldn't even hide your obvious attraction, you must have looked so desperate, practically halfway to climbing him like a fucking tree. But the moment that stuck out most in your memory was how he pulled his hand away from yours as if you had burned him. How he'd tucked his scarred arm into his side and out of sight. He'd even angled his face so that his left side was most prominent. It makes your heart ache just thinking about it again. 

He doesn't hide his scars but he clearly does his best to not draw attention to them. You recall the way the whorled pattern pulled at the corner of his mouth in shock when he opened the door or when he graced you with a small, shy smile. You wish you knew what he'd been thinking during that whole interaction.

But more pressing than that thought, you have a question that you desperately hope is answered sooner rather than later–when will you see him again?

[smoked-salmon-official]

toy review/spotlight/etc

inspired by @dakaijukid !! a short review and commentary on figures in my collection. mostly for fun and very opinionated, please refer to actual reviews on youtube for advice on whether to buy or not

You've definitely seen this guy before... Unfortunately, it seems to be something of a shelfwarmer, alongside transmetal Megatron. I see several in every store I go to.

And the man of the hour is... Legacy Evolution Leader Class Skyquake !

This is a pretty nice figure, in my opinion. He feels solid for the most part, he's big, imposing, and an ideal leader class. His head sculpt is also excellent, there are no details that are really lost. The dark green goes along with the gray and red very well. All in all, he's very well painted.

Articulation is fairly standard, nothing too special. I will note that there are some nice things like a wrist joint, knees that go past 90, and slightly articulated wings.

Accessories wise, he's a little bit lacking, coming with only this blaster/machine gun thing.

I will say that from what I remember it's fairly similar to what he used in TFP. The clear plastic piece is detachable and the L shaped handle can be rotated. The detail on the blaster is very nice too, despite it being a bit of a dull gray all around.

His back looks fairly nice and clean. The middle piece on the wings is a bit jarring, but for the most part, the colors and sculpted detail work very well.

I will complain slightly about the lower legs which are a bit hollow, but the feet slide in for transformation.

Side view is looking quite good as well ! I will note that if you move his arm to the side, you'll see some of the messy stuff inside.

I really like how clean the front of the figure looks. The most egregious of the kibble has to be the middle section on the wings - the rest is all folded up nearly between the wings and the chest. You can see some of it, but only if you look.

I will add that his hips are on ratchet joints, which can be annoying, but they feel pretty solid. All other joints are nice and tight and feel great. The shoulder pads can slightly limit arm articulation, but they can be easily moved out of the way. Due to the sculpting of the lower legs, there is also no ankle tilt, which can be annoying.

If you look closely, the area between the chest and the hips can seem a bit hollow, same thing when flipped to the side in the same place. However, it's mostly a non-issue.

He turns into this very sturdy, hefty jet. It looks great and feels great, no alt mode complaints. In fact, I think they nailed it - everything fits together nicely and all the colors work in all the right places.

Transformation is quite fun, complex, and engaging. It is one that you can memorize pretty quickly, but I really have no complaints. There really isn't much that feels fragile or flimsy.

All in all, a very, very nice leader class. I would recommend, especially if you can find him on clearance [shelfwarmer...].

[zaryathelaika]

Zarya made a cameo in a kibble review

A number of Dr. Amber Rea's own subscribers asked her to review the Inukshuk 26/16. But I already have had a bag of 30/25, so sent her some footage and photographs. Her videos are not so much product reviews but teaching people how to evaluate pet foods on their own while they are out shopping since marketers focus on buzzwords and play games with the ingredient panels instead of highlighting the quality of nutrition.

There's a couple of things:

It's fair to critique a brand for excess minerals. There's an entire paper about how the mushing industry could improve their nutritional programs:

Templeman, J., Mai, S., Cargo-Froom, C., & Shoveller, A. K. (2018). Assessment of current musher practices across the sled dog industry with an emphasis on nutritional programs implemented [PDF, 279 kb]. Am J Anim Vet Sci, 13(1), 16-26. Retrieved November 30, 2023. Archived from the original on April 25, 2023 via Wayback Machine.

Secondly, the website does have a feeding calculator for active dogs, and even warned you about consulting a professional when selecting 32/32. There are separate feeding charts for puppies, seniors and inactive dogs. Given many dogs protest if given less kibbles, it's probably not a good idea to follow the recommendations from the extended charts.

To be honest, the reseller advised us to to feed 26/16; but then we informed Zarya was a fussy-eater. The plan was to start with 30/25, and if she becomes chunky, switch to the 26/16. It's also still fair to evaluate a mushing-specific brand for the general population since working dogs have resting periods regardless.

But that's not really the point of the video. Dr. Rea was only wanted to inform there is a section in the Small Animal Clinical Nutrition textbook for working dogs [PDF, 6.8 MB, archived]. She emphasizes one should consult with their own veterinarian rather than relying on advice from the Internet.

Did propose to send a discarded bag of the Purina Pro Plan Puppy food in the mail since I liked her video comparing Purina Pro Plan versus Purina ONE [video, archived]; but then later found out Dr. Amber Rea discontinued the concept [video]. And while Amber did say the packaging not necessary, there was still some residual cultural guilt about not keeping promises [video, archived] since a person is judged based on whether or not they keep their words. So, I am happy with how the video turns out.

[frankenwolf1564]

Motor Mania: A triple Transformers review

Motormaster is one of my favorite Transformers characters, and, full stop, it’s kinda because of the alt mode. So let’s take a look at three of him and see what they do differently!

Going by size, let’s start with the smallest of these three, Magic Square Overlord! Or technically the Tigerwing knockoff. He follows the standard for modern Motormasters, having just the cab be the main bot while the trailer turns into the combiner frame. This leaves him as the sleekest of this lot, not needing to worry about the trailer, or even an ounce of combiner kibble. He just turns into the cab, stowing away in the combined mode as a static cube that doesn’t even provide structural support. It does mean he’s very light and sleek, however, outside of the fact that he’s Legends scale. He’s quite nimble and easy to balance for more extreme poses. There are a few quirks and minor gripes, like the legs not having any rotation past the swivel just below his hips, or his head only being a swivel, but it’s not a huge deal and he’s still very expressive. I love the brighter almost-pink he uses for his windows and other such accents. It looks good on its own and contrasts great with the deep black he’s cast in.

Transformation is clever and concise, with everything folding away neatly and tabbing together securely. In cab mode, at least. The cube just uses friction… The fake cab feet are handled quite elegantly, with his legs splitting open for them to fold down over the bumper while the fake windows spin around. The rear tires do a fun twist out of his torso and almost swap places with his arms. My only complaint about the whole process is rotating the front wheels around, being one of those steps I forget half the time because it technically doesn’t affect anything and is mildly cumbersome to correct. The final result looks great! Especially once you bring the ever-important trailer in. It’s just not Motormaster without it. Even at a scale this small he still ends up imposing.

Next up is Legacy Motormaster, who adopts the 3P party innovation into Hasbro’s official play book and does a much better job. He ends up as the most stylized of the lot, coming off as a bit slimmer and more angular. His torso gets considerably slimmer the further down you go, not straightening back out once you get to his waist like other attempts might, and that’s among the various other caveats Generations brings. Not that he looks bad, not by any means. He still very much evokes the feeling of the character, just in a manner different to what’s been done before. He does feel a tad cumbersome though, having some trouble standing in even fairly tame poses thanks to his back kibble and sub-par heels. His legs don’t have the range of movement I wish they did, either, feeling stiff and a little clunky. The colors are great, this time going for a bright white and pale purple to match the glossy black, though do note that I have applied Toyhax’s cel-shaded window set, because it’s lush and he deserves to look this good.

The transformation is a fun affair, essentially flipping the legs down over his back while his arms merge with the trailer hitch stashed on his back. Using the larger pin holes on the back of his hips as points for the top of the cab to peg into is clever, though one of them will not fit securely on mine, leaving it to always sit jutting up a touch. The trailer is… just ok this time. The front has the combiner chest plate and thigh holes sticking out completely unobscured and it muddies the whole look. It is kinda stumpy too… We don’t judge anyone’s size here, but Overload is nearly the exact same length. Like, there’s a few centimeters of difference (if even) between the front of their cabs and the backs of their trailers, despite Legacy’s cab being nearly the same size as Roadking’s. Speaking of…

Fanstoys Roadking is a massive CHUNK of a robot, and I love him. Fanstoys are like, sadists, or something? So they strive for obscene levels of animation accuracy, no matter what. Which means Roadking turns into the entire truck, not just the cab. Consequently, he’s “fucking huge” sized. This is a massive toy made of dense plastic and even some diecast. Transforming him is a workout. He’s damn pretty though! I am no FT shill but from what I have seen their products consistently have a very premium finish and feel, and Roadking is no exception. Every last detail is done to a fine point, and everything is nice and sturdy. The only real gripe to be had is the backpack, which contains about a quarter of his altmode. It holds together fine, but it does stick out a fair bit and is hard not to mention in some capacity, no matter how understandable it may be.

He can get plenty of good poses, but again there are a few discrepancies. His ankles don’t bend that deep, and if you try and go too far you can pop out the entire rest of the truck cab. His bulk holds him back a little bit, too. Not much, but you should take some care to keep him from crumpling under his own weight. The individual fingers are a great touch, all that said. He gets swivels below his knees, and you can pop the shoulders out to get a sort-of butterfly joint. His head can even look up and down! The clear plastic inserts are a nice deviation from the solid blocks of purple from previous endeavors, and they really shine in vehicle mode.

The transformation is a lengthy endeavor but it’s not too bad I say having run through it like a dozen times. They fully accomplished IRL mass shifting but it’s not as nightmarish as that may sound. There’s a flow to it, the figure isn’t fighting you. His feet effectively grow into the full cab, with most of it being stored in his legs save for the bottom half of the grill, which form from his soles and heels. His legs then become the front of the trailer, with the inner calves folding out to roughly double the height. Trying to get the lower and upper half of this section of the trailer pegged together correctly can be a bit of a pain, with them needing to bridge together over a diecast piece that hinges out, but that’s probably my biggest gripe with the process save for how much force some tabs require, and even then, it’s mildly annoying at best. His arms fold up, forming part of the trailer roof, while his legs fold into place via a sort of second knee. His backpack then unfolds into an amount of panels that cover what’s left of his legs and torso. How reasonable that amount is, is for you to decide. Once it’s tabbed together you can close the trailer door and peg the last of the roof in.

The end result is an utterly gorgeous eighteen-wheeler that perfectly encapsulates what Motormaster’s alt mode *means*. This is a big, mean truck that will run you off the road because you looked like you were going to start driving stupid. It’s pretty, too. The chromed grill gets to fully shine, you can see even more of the diecast, with it comprising most of the trailer hitch, and the tires are made of rubber to let him roll flawlessly. He even gets a bit of trailer space! Not… much, but it’s there and that alone opens up plenty of possibilities. Some of the tabs and pegs maybe require a little more force than I’m comfortable with, but otherwise I find the affair rather fun, actually. Again, it’s just long.

Note: I totally, utterly, foolishly forgot to fold away the fake headlights he uses for his feet and to fold out two panels that finish the trailer, and I only realized after I had taken all of the photos. I was NOT doing everything again.

So, that’s three different Motormasters, released by three different companies, in three different scales. The Stunticons are a group with… a LOT of options, actually. They’ve had their fair share of appearances but still, it’s. WOW. It means you have a lot of options though, and those are never a bad thing! There’s a lot of different approaches to the same core concept, so there will probably be something that meets your criteria, whatever that might be! The Stunticons as a whole fall firmly into the “bright side” of collecting. This is a group of characters with a lot of options at a lot of different scales and price points. There are the original G1 toys, the Combiner Wars figures, the Legacy figures, Fanstoys, DX9, X-Transbots, Magic Square, Rising Force, and maybe more that I’ve missed! That’s not even counting one off, non-combining repaints and other incarnations outside of G1. If you want any of these characters to look a very specific way there’s probably a version that matches your vision. The Constructicons similarly fit under this umbrella, and groups like the Aerialbots are getting there.

Roadking is probably the best standalone Motormaster, given the integrated trailer, but he can be a bit stiff when it comes to posing and I fear what the combiner skeleton is going to look like to cram him in there (FansToys’ Superion can barely stand how’s THAT thing gonna fare?). Legacy features the most integrated combiner combination while still being solid as the solo bot, and Overlord is easily the most articulate, while also giving you plenty of options when it comes to the combined mode. The fact that he just turns into a cube for Menasor is. Probably not unrelated to either of those. No matter what you’re looking for though, when it comes to the king of the road, you’ll be sure to find something that’s in your lane.

[thesims4blogger]

The Sims 4: New Game Patch (April 16th, 2024)

EA is releasing a new game update for The Sims 4 ahead of the release of the two upcoming kits, Urban Homage and Party Essentials.

The Sims Direct Communication shared a tweet that the patch will resolve the issue with an error message that is being shown to some players. See it below.

If you have auto updates enabled in Origin’s “Application Settings”, the game will auto-update once you open Origin. If you have auto-updates disabled, you will need to manually update by clicking the game in your library.

To ensure your game is up to date, check the game version found in Documents > EA > The Sims 4 > GameVersion.txt. Your game should now read: PC: 1.106.148.1030  / Mac: 1.106.148.1230 / Console: 1.91

Sul Sul Simmers!

In just a few days, you can get your hands on a fresh fit to wear to the best party on the block. The fun doesn’t stop there; we’ve also

The Sims Team

Bug Fixes

Base Game

Plants that are alive and well will no longer emit green “stink clouds” as if they were dead. Translations related to this fix will be available in the next release!

After enforcing regulations with the Landgraab Power Company, power on a Sim’s lot will no longer be unexpectedly shut off when bills are paid in full.

What an identity crisis! Simmers playing in any language besides English will no longer see the First and Last Name panel blank in CAS for Sims that have selected pronouns.

Um, wasn’t this supposed to be a group activity? When doing Group Cooking, all Sims will now participate.

Gallery Server

We have been continually reviewing your Gallery profanity reports, which can be submitted through the The Sims 4 Gallery Profanity Filter Feedback survey, and we have been updating the ruleset to allow Simmer freedom while keeping others safe. A couple of highlights include:

Reducing the strictness of how hashtags were handled when listed in specific orders

Maxis-created Sims, even from past Sims games, should no longer be prevented from uploading if you choose to recreate one or more

Eco Lifestyle

We fixed an issue where The Dew Collector was not collecting any water. Now, it will correctly collect water, and the water level will continue to rise.

High School Years

Timestamps are now updated properly on the Social Bunny App. Phew, talk about FOMO!

Horse Ranch

While admirable, Sims will no longer express a desire to level up their Nectar Making skill, when that skill is already maxed out.

Yipee, Horse Riding now helps Sims lose weight!

For Rent

In this economy?! The maximum available rent value will no longer lower after evicting a tenant during a grace period in 11C Sungai Point.

Yikes. Now, this is going to require an audit! Landlords who own a Residential Rental Lot and own a business will no longer have fund transfer issues. Transfers from the business to the household will no longer fail, and money will no longer duplicate household funds when transferring to a business.

Crystal Creations

The shawl sweater from Crystal Creations is now visible when selecting a “Fashion Choice” in CAS filters. Please be advised that wearing this shawl did not grant the power of invisibility.

Realm of Magic

What a conundrum! When aliens abduct Spellcasters, they will now become pregnant and give birth to an alien baby instead of a Sim baby.

Werewolves

Tastes like kibble! After taking the ‘Wolf-B-Gone’ drink, Sims will no longer have a fury glow still showing.

Updated a series of CAS accessories that were originally showing up for werewolves, even though those accessories were not applicable to werewolves.

Grunge Revival

A texture issue with the chipped nails in Grunge Revival has been updated.

Poolside Splash

Textures on one of the tank tops have been updated to remove some texture bleeding.

Castle Estate

Hear ye, hear ye. All Castle Estate Windows have been updated to show up in the correct wall height categories.

The arrow slit window has been updated to show that it can be placed on curved walls.

The “Heraldic Crest of Yore” and the “The Eavesdropping Llama” have been updated to appear in Outdoor Wall Sculptures. Your castle has never looked better!

[drlockdown-reviews]

Really disappointed in IF Deathcobra.

Alt mode refuses to stay together, robot mode requires partsforming on the rotor blades, arm mode is a kibbly mess.

Easily the worst of the set, so I suppose I'm glad he's optional.

...though god damnit now I wanna review the set...

[calvinfleischer]

THE TAIL END

@vievecorcitylocations

Located at the tail end (haha, get it!?) of an alley in Garond, The Tail End is a small pet shop that specializes in providing the best of the best for your pets. You won't find common brand here, and the owner, Calvin Fleischer, partners with local bakers, butchers, and farmers to provide food and treats with organic, minimal ingredient items. People rave and review about how switching to a Tail End diet has made their pets happier, healthier, and shinier, with some even commenting that those with disabilities or struggling with old age have seemed magically cured or pain free!

The owner is known for his love and respect for all animals. The animals waiting to be adopted are never caged, allowing them to roam free around the store. He must have a way with them because none ever seem territorial or afraid, and it's not uncommon to see birds lounging with the cats and hound dogs curled up with rabbits. Anyone is welcome to come in to pet any of the adoptable animals, and there is a small, inviting room that can be rented out for small gatherings where Calvin may provide more unique animals for petting or even adoption, such as capybaras, servals, and fennec foxes.

TAIL DOCK

The Tail Dock is a secret room in the back, hidden away by Calvin's shadow magic. Here, this is where Calvin creates his magical pet food, embedding beneficial magics within kibble, treats, and supplements. Also located within are strange creatures also available for adoption, including fire-breathing lizards, three-headed dogs, and even a cockatrice. All in which have been captured over the years and sheltered before being released in respective habitats or given over to responsible supernatural owners.

Calvin is not stingy about allowing people in the back, so long as they are aware of Golden Rule.

[fantasyfantasygames]

Beyond Satan

Beyond Satan, Black Dog Games, 2016

A while back I reviewed HellBlaster, the 2009 game from Black Dog Games. Beyond Satan is the 7-years-later successor, sort of in the same way that Werewolf: the Forsaken is the successor to Werewolf: the Apocalypse but still very much its own game. Only HellBlaster and Beyond Satan have more edgelords. Sooooo many more edgelords.

Unlike HellBlaster, Beyond Satan is definitely in on the joke, which gives it a lot more space to breathe. HellBlaster was trying to be death metal; Beyond Satan is successfully cheese metal. For instance, the six mega-demons who replaced Satan are called the Sextality of Evil. Speaking of which, at game start, your characters have just killed Satan. However, months later, evil still abounds in the world, because there are even more powerful badasses behind him. You have to use the power you took from Satan to fight evil with evil.

I appreciate that the Sextality (hee hee) are not given ever-more-gross things that they do in the way that the Book of Vile Deeds did. They're defined by ability and personality rather than each having one type of evil. In fact, the book specifies that they often fight over bad-guy turf. There are also safety tools provided that lean into the game's theme. You don't touch the X-card or call for a veil, you mimic a guitar riff and say "Woah! Not Cool!" and the GM says "Fuck I fucked up!" and you figure out how to continue thrashing evil. Yes those phrases are straight from the book, and yes the guitar riff is mandatory.

The rules are massively streamlined, taking some inspiration from the (imo) better parts of the OSR community. It's still built on a core of AD&D1e, but number go up and damage reduction exists (reducing the opponent's die type). All my previous comments about "twice the number of rolls" no longer apply. Explosive critical hits are included but not quite so gruesomely detailed. Some of the old classes are back - Demon Summoner and Power Fist return - but others were trimmed and replaced. The Pyro and Detonatrix got combined. The Doom Reaper got a total overhaul. The spells got rebalanced and streamlined, and the edgelordier items removed.

The biggest loss from the original game is the 4th-color art process with the fluorescent green. I do like the style of the new stuff better (less gore), but it doesn't have that psychedelic dorm-room touch.

Beyond Satan has a slightly smaller audience than HellBlaster. Beyond Satan is widely recognized as the definitively better game, but Hellblaster's grunge, kibble, and eXXtreme aesthetic just grabs on to people and holds them. I can't say I'd ever want to run HellBlaster, but I get the appeal.

[materialsscienceandengineering]

New theory broadens phase transition exploration

In a paper recently published in Physical Review Letters, Los Alamos National Laboratory researchers offer a new theory that predicts defect density across a variety of phase transitions. The research opens new routes for the exploration of defect formation in fields such as materials science, high-energy physics and cosmology. "Phase transitions are a part of everyday life as well as fundamental phenomena in high-energy physics, inevitable in the early universe," said Fumika Suzuki, Los Alamos scientist and lead author on the paper. "Our study demonstrates that, when integrated with nucleation theory, the Kibble-Zurek mechanism proposed for second-order, or continuous, phase transitions can be extended to predict defect formation in a wider range of phase transitions."

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[wildgreyocean]

Ziggy’s Rocking Reviews via Facebook: Sam Fender – Hypersonic Missiles Tour The Fox Theater, Oakland April 10, 2025 The Warm-Up: Young Jesus These guys came out swinging like a “dog spotting a squirrel”– all raw energy and soulful yelps. Their slide guitar whined better than I do when the treat jar’s just out of reach. The crowd was into it, nodding along like, “Yeah, we feel you, bro.” Main Event: Sam Fender When Sam hit the stage, the place erupted like a kibble bag bursting open. That man’s voice is somewhere between a foghorn and an angel – in the best way possible. 🐾 Highlights –“People Watching” - Had me and everyone else dancing on their paws. 🐾 –“Seventeen Going Under” – The entire crowd screamed the lyrics like they were personally fighting their teenage demons right there in the pit. –“Dead Boys” – Heavy. Quiet. Then BOOM 💥 – the kind of song that makes humans wipe their eyes and pretend they’ve got dust in them. –The Sax 🎷Solos – WHERE DID THAT COME FROM? One minute it’s rock, the next it’s a full-on ‘80s movie 🎥 montage and I am HERE FOR IT. Best Crowd Moment: When everyone sang along to “Hypersonic Missiles” like it was the last song they’d ever hear. Chills. (And not just because someone spilled their beer🍺 near my paws.🐾) Final Rating: 5/5 BONES! 🦴🦴🦴🦴🦴 Sam Fender live is like a really good walk– it leaves you exhausted, emotionally spent, and already planning the next one. — Ziggy 🐕‍🦺🐾 Concert reviews with a paw-sitive spin! P.S. If Sam ever needs a hype dog for sax 🎷solos, I’M AVAILABLE. (Treats negotiable.)