#mission transition

[premamelody]

Despite your ask block rage...

DO DERG UZI X N!!!!!!

ask and u shall receive

[etchif]

People who think public transit is beneath them are some of the most annoying people on the planet

[storm-driver]

first impression of the missing link beta: this game isn't ready to be released.

i really don't care how badly people are scrapping for content regarding this series. it isn't done. it really needs more time to cook.

i get that this is a mobile game, but the graphical fidelity of it does not appear to be made for mobile devices, and it looks like it's complicating the production of it.

the game has very poor lighting. the shadows and shading on a character's face looks very terrifying sometimes. it's far from a bad start, but it very much needs more polish.

parts of the environment constantly load and deload depending on the render distance and where the camera is positioned, and it isn't subtle. it's noticable and i constantly found my eyes flicking to the corner of the screen to check what i just saw, only to realise it was a tree spawning in.

there's almost no SFX in some cutscenes. characters will be walking and you won't hear their footsteps. someone will do some kinda weird magic thing with their hand or whatever, but there's no sound to accompany the flashy VFX.

the game SEEMS fine if this is meant to be an incredibly rough beta? but like, this isn't done. please don't expect a final product to be released soon.

[sfmuniphotos]

A 60-foot articulated (bendy) electric trolley bus on the 14-Mission line in Downtown San Francisco.

[cheruv-ii]

In my hc Ben absolutely has 6 scars (three on each side) on his shoulder blades/shoulders from the monorail incident send tweet

[gameo-archive]

"I told George that as I’m transitioning my chosen name is now Edwin and I am BAWLING at his response “you’re the real Edwin legacy, so thank you for setting that” 😭😭😭"

[hobohobgoblim]

"when you've been on hrt for two years"

[eaymtb]

The sheer number of times I have typed 'Angela' instead of 'Angeal'.

[coochiequeens]

Another case for SheWon

By Reduxx Team January 19, 2024

A trans-identified male has taken home the trophy at a women’s professional golfing tournament in Florida. Hailey Davidson, 30, emerged victorious at the NXXT Women’s Classic at Mission Inn Resort and Club on January 17.

Despite outlining eligibility as being restricted to “female players,” NXXT allowed Davidson to compete. His victory is particularly significant as this year NXXT had partnered with the Epson Tour to award 10 exemptions to their top five players. The exemptions were intended to provide female golfers the ability to compete in the Epson Tour regardless of their specific qualifications, something NXXT boasted would facilitate “unparalleled professional growth opportunities for women golfers.”

Davidson is currently ranked in the top spot to receive two of the ten available exemptions.

Davidson, who is originally from Scotland, last competed as a male in 2015 before declaring a transgender identity. Since then, he has become a vocal advocate for trans-identified males in women’s sports.

Writing for Athlete Ally in 2021, Davidson described himself as the “world’s first transgender woman to win a professional golf tournament, which I have now done multiple times.” He explains that he first began to believe he was a “woman” at age 14, but suppressed his “true self” until he was an adult, at which point he began experiencing severe anger issues.

“I had tried playing golf professionally as male prior to coming out, but I was such a headcase it was not only affecting me but the other players around me,” he writes. “I was at a crossroads at this point since I thought I had to choose between playing golf for a living and hiding who I was forever, or finally be happy as my authentic self and potentially never play golf again … While I did not play nor touch a club at all for over 2 years due to all that came with coming out of the closet, I was finally able to get back into playing when I was lucky to land a job at GolfNow. This got me back into playing for fun, and for once I was playing without anger or this mental time bomb waiting to explode.”

In 2022, Davidson made headlines while attempting to earn a Ladies Professional Golfing Association (LPGA) Tour card. At the time, Judy Murray, an elite tennis coach and mother of Wimbledon champion Andy Murray, blasted Davidson for attempting to join the LPGA Tour.

“No. Not fair at all,” Judy Murray posted to X (formerly Twitter) in heated words that quickly went viral. “Protect women’s sport. Listen to the facts, the scientists and the medics. This is wrong.”

While he was ultimately unsuccessful, Davidson attributed criticism of him playing in women’s sports to transphobia.

“I’ve seen that it’s not about protecting women’s sports or me having an advantage, it’s just that you don’t like trans people,” Davidson said during an interview on the Like It Is podcast. “It’s very sad that that’s what it comes down to. In the last couple of months, that’s what I’ve come to learn.”

On X, Davidson boasted of his victory, writing: “I was finally able to get my 4th professional win after two playoff holes… Also moved me into 1st place in the season rankings for two Epson Tour exemptions!”

The Epson Tour is the qualifying tour for the LPGA, meaning Davidson will not only be taking a major professional opportunity away from a woman, but he may also manage to successfully acquire the LPGA Tour Card he has been fighting to receive. The LPGA Tour removed the “female at birth” requirement in 2010.

Reduxx reached out to NXXT for clarification on their policies, and received a response deferring to the transgender guidance of the Ladies Professional Golfing Association, US Golfing Association, and Epson Tour — all of which have uniform policies allowing males to participate in women’s categories if they meet a certain amount of requirements.

Davidson prior to declaring a transgender status.

“The LPGA has a comprehensive Gender Policy that allows transgender athletes, including those who have transitioned from male to female, to participate in its events. This policy requires transgender athletes to provide a declaration of their gender identity, proof of gender reassignment surgery, and evidence of at least one year of hormonal therapy maintaining testosterone levels at a specified range. It also includes provisions for confidentiality and the recognition of decisions regarding gender verification made by other golf tours or sports authorities,” NXXT Tour Director Bennett Noe wrote.

“This alignment across the NXXT, LPGA, Epson Tour, and USGA ensures a consistent approach towards transgender athletes, emphasizing fair competition and integrity in the sport.”

But speaking to Reduxx on Davidson’s success at the tournament, Marshi Smith of the International Council on Women’s Sports denounced Noe’s response.

“The NXXT tour is claiming just because their policy is uniformly and consistently unjust alongside the Epson Tour, LPGA and USGA that somehow that ensures ‘fairness and integrity in the sport.'” Smith said.

“It is precisely the opposite. The question they must answer is ‘do women deserve access to fair competition?’ If yes, they must adopt simple and clean rules that create a female protected category without exception.”

[lavelans]

veilguard’s composers are likely hans zimmer and lorne balfe but i’m really hoping we’ll still get bangers like the entire trespasser soundtrack

[rearranging-deck-chairs]

i think 10.2 electric boogaloo should be scottish. i think that would be fun

[ozziesjester]

i separate headcanons into three categories,

- things that should be canon

- things that just sorta make me [REDACTED]

- definitely 100% me projecting onto someone i kin

[akkivee]

been letting myself get seduced by a man canonically born either in 1978 or 1989

[sfmuniphotos]

[elfanonymous]

me when i forget to save an edit i really like and now ive been looking for 45 min and cant find it

[dwuerch-blog]

Transitions & Frustrations

A few weeks ago, my daughter, Staci, had a dream come true opportunity to meet up with her daughter, Alexia, in the UK after Alexia’s missions’ trip was over. The next morning, they attended Hillsong’s Sunday services and then took the bullet train to Paris.Staci met up with a friend, Irina, in the UK who became their guide throughout London and Paris. Since they had never taken Paris’ trains,…