#pc: nova scotia

[nakamopapina]

Did that redraw meme with PEI and Nova Scotia. He looks completely normal while she looks like a demon.

I did draw a version with a caption, it’s down below:

I couldn’t figure out what to use, so I used a potato :')

PEI is known for potatoes, right?

[acetechne]

in true canadian fashion: sorry i'm late

although, in some ways, i'm actually early. You know what I realized doing this ambitious painting? this year is going to be the 15th anniversary of IAMP.

The call for auditions was uploaded September 22, 2009, and if I recall correctly my audition as artist and VA was accepted around October or November of that same year. I've grown a lot as an artist and as a person in that long time and for some weird reason I just can't let these guys go.

anyway, thanks for everyone who participated in the roulette, I know it doesn't seem like a big deal but I really struggle drawing all of these guys without losing steam. it really helped! especially since I don't do a lot of gouache work and I second guessed myself a lot. It warms my heart a little to see you guys engaged in this silly game.

what else is there to say. oh yeah, I put two types of maple leafs. the stereotypical sugar maple is in the upper right of course, but I also put a manitoba maple in the lower left because that's the kind of maple I'm most familar with where I'm from. it's long been my mission to bring the western rep in whatever I do, so it's kind of my love letter signature to my own constantly changing understanding of Who Am I and Where Am I From.

anyway. enjoy :) i enjoyed making it. thanks to ctcsherry for creating these guys

[funofcanada]

owen & joel

[iamp-nova-scotia-appreciation]

Happy Easter! 🥚🐣🐰🐇

[surfingthesealand]

So I tried to create IAMP Nova Scotia in the style of a CGI character on an AI image generator, and the results were... somewhat accurate?

I used NightCafé to generate these images.

[project-canada]

Friendlies, we are LIVE. Well - “live”. That’s a strong word. Anyways. I’ve made an archive YouTube Chanel where we will eventually repost all the [very few] videos we made nearly a decade ago. [Lol, ok.]

Here is the Pilot Episode.

Y’all are so welcome.

Admin Orange

[allthecanadianpolitics]

Nova Scotia Finance Minister Allan MacMaster is leaving his position to run for the Conservative Party in the next federal election. MacMaster, who was first elected to represent the Inverness riding in a 2009 by-election, announced he will be running in the Cape Breton-Canso-Antigonish federal riding for the Conservatives. “I will be resigning from cabinet and will remain as MLA for Inverness but will resign my seat should I win the nomination,” MacMaster said in a Facebook post. “I will also do my best to help elect a PC candidate in Inverness to be part of Premier Houston’s team whenever the next provincial election may be.”

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[eeldritchblast]

from my experience with laptops it sounds like 1. your graphics card is dying. 2. the battery and/or the power supply is failing. this isn't your fault of course. laptops are just too small and the parts eventually fail because they generate too much heat. i recommend building/buying a pc based on baldurs' gate 3's top specs. you can get a ryzen 3600/(nice upgrade would be a 5600 or 5600x) 16gb (3200 or 3600 speed) ram/ b550 motherboard/ 2060 super (or a 3060) /1tb ssd/a pc case, and a 550 w psu for a reasonable price on ebay. i've also seen if you look up "2060 super desktop pc" on ebay they go for very reasonable prices too. the increased size of the computer should help your game performance too. the good thing about pcs as well is you can upgrade them as you need to. ^ this is my experience as someone also struggling with income. people make pc building sound so complicated but it is actually more consumer friendly than buying a premade pc or laptop. especially if you buy the parts secondhand. this is just a baseline suggestion. you can even get 32gb ddr4 ram at a good price second hand which should help with your art and gaming. and you can upgrade with more storage. either a 2tb ssd later.

As much as I'd love a desktop PC, I live in rural Nova Scotia where we lose power a lot. With a laptop, I can still use it without power for a short while and take it somewhere to get charged if necessary.

But judging by what you said, it sounds like I need to take out a loan and get a new one for sure, then.

EDIT: Hey anon, do you know anything about reading this?

[callieee-3110]

My intro, so you can know me better!!

What's your name?

My name is Isabella, but online I'm Callie's Clone! Using my regular name sounds weird to me, but I'm also referred to as "kid" so I don't know whether to complain or not.

What do I identify as?

I identify myself as a girl, She/her. When I was young I had a genderfluid phase for no absolute reason after I found out the 2SLGBTQIA+ existed. Please do not mention the phase or I will cringe to myself.

Where am I (from)?

I am from Nova Scotia, Canada: The only place I've been to with the most bugs EVER.

What do I like?

I am currently interested in Miitopia for playing as my OC "Star", Splatoon to save Callie from Dj Octavio for the 10000000'th time in a row, TotK to simp over a fish man (Sidon), and for non-video game things: I like singing to Off The Hook songs, attempting to draw (and failing), and eating yummy foods!

Favorite Movies, books, and TV shows?

Personally, my favorite movies are Boo York Boo York (it got taken off of YT 😭), and Haunted (another MH movie that ALSO got taken off). For books, I get a good laugh out of the Splatoon manga books, and for Tv shows: I don't usually watch any.

Pets??

Sadly I do not have pets other than a dead Guinea pig named Charlie. But if I was able to get another pet, I would get a brown cat and name it Spruce whether it was a girl or boy. I just really like cats 🌟.

What ACTUAL people do you like for music?

For actual bands/people, my favorite has to be Melanie Martinez (Three whole albums + a Portals tee + Crybaby necklaces).

Fun facts/Any more info?

Fun fact #1: My parents are divorced, but I still love my dad. Fun Fact #2: I can probably eat an Aero bar in under 30 seconds (or less :0). Fun fact #3: My favorite food is PC's Pad Thai.

[natterghast]

Character Info Sheet

● name ; benjamin haywood ● name meaning ; "son of the south" and "hedged forest / enclosure," which is an utter coincidence on themes. incidentally, his sister's name is landyn thorley which apparently means "long hill" and "thorn meadow." and yeah, haywood was his mother's maiden name. ● alias/es ; benji, benny, lewis (like the flax), 0013 (the agent), cursor, blue bird, and various more nicknames. he gets a new one every time with a new verse ! ● ethnicity ; white boy ! although more specifically new acadian, so, mixed from when acadie folks fled from nova scotia to louisiana (1750s). ● one two picture(s) you like best of your chara ; benji does have a fc, but we're just going to stick with original art. (including both so they're not as big. art's by my cousin soul <3)

● three h/cs you've never told anyone ; CONTENT WARNINGS FOR MENTIONS OF SUBSTANCE USE, ALCOHOLISM, CHILD ABUSE, AND IMPLIED SUICIDE. 1.) despite how he maintains appearances to the contrary, benjamin doesn't drink or get intoxicated whatsoever. won't touch the stuff. his father was an alcoholic to start, and was abusive; his second wife, landyn's mother, unfortunately brought hard substances into the picture which exacerbated the behavior. after benjamin gained custody of landyn and they cut contact, her mother actually overdosed and died; and their father drove up the wrong side of an interstate highway and killed himself. benjamin, of course, did not let landyn know about it. he reasoned that she was thirteen at the time, and didn't need that on top of going to a new school twice in one year and dealing with the horrors of puberty. (she'll be pissed when she does find out.) 2.) isn't a good shot in most verses, actually. tends to focus on practicing other skills (ie. mechanics, hacking, networking) related to the jobs he's got. (exception for p.rototype; he's blackwatch. blackwatch gets rigorous training.) 3.) loves pecans an inordinate amount. just like, a whole ton. a lot a lot. if he's carrying a snack baggy in his pockets, it's probably pecans or a trail mix with pecans. pecans ! ● three things your character likes doing in their free time ; cooking/baking, spending time with landyn, and going to the beach. ● eight people your character likes / loves ; he loves landyn. in some of his alternate canons (ie. o.verw.atch, motw), he's liked t.racer / l.ena o.xton from o.verw.atch, and he's liked a couple fellow pcs from motw. and he likes @tewwor's character clarence <3 they're buddies !! ● two things your character regrets ; never being a better person, and not always being there for landyn when she needs him. (eg. missed birthdays, couldn't be there for her first breakup, etc) ● two phobias your character has ; scopophobia, emetophobia.

tagged by @primitiveside, thanks !! tagging @outofthiisworld (for doc), @tewwor (for walter?), @mk19s, @dynamoprotocol, @escapedartgeek, @phantasmaw (visal?)

[mostlysignssomeportents]

This day in history

On Weds (May 10), I’m in Vancouver for a keynote at the Open Source Summit and a book event for Red Team Blues at Heritage Hall and Thu (May 11), I’m in Calgary for Wordfest.

#15yrsago The lost NY Times steampunk feature https://web.archive.org/web/20080511003859/http://charmandrigor.com/clips/self-steampunk.html

#15yrsago Kids’ game adds 500–1000 words to its forbidden list every day https://www.gamesindustry.biz/mmo-week-industry-has-been-irresponsible-with-kids

#10yrsago NewsCorp shareholders make another bid to democratize the Murdoch family empire https://www.theguardian.com/media/2013/may/08/rupert-murdoch-news-corporation

#10yrsago Welcome to the century of the copyright troll: Prenda Law was just the beginning https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/05/prenda-law-tip-iceberg

#5yrsago The most hated company in America is about to get much, much bigger https://www.vice.com/en/article/59qmqb/comcast-is-already-hatedand-its-about-to-become-a-lot-more-powerful

#5yrsago After the Boy Scouts opens up to trans kids, queer kids and girls, the Mormons severed their 105-year relationship to scouting https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/09/us/mormon-church-boy-scouts-cut-ties/index.html

#5yrsago Bumblefuck Watch: Rob Ford’s brother hired his own “reporter” to ask him scripted softball questions for literal fake news spots https://www.thestar.com/opinion/editorials/2018/05/06/doug-ford-evades-real-scrutiny-by-hiring-his-own-reporter.html

#5yrsago Colorado cop corrects would-be dog-slaughtering Illinois officer about drug-sniffing after marijuana legalization https://www.420magazine.com/420-news/international-cannabis-news/colorado-cop-debunks-illinois-cops-claim-that-legal-pot-would-lead-to-killing-of-police-dogs/

#5yrsago “Cocky” romance novelist embarks on a second career as a trademark troll: will romance writing fall from grace? https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/may/08/romantic-novelist-trademarking-of-word-cocky-fameela-hopkins

#5yrsago Nova Scotia premier won’t apologise for libeling teen who discovered massive data breach https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/premier-stephen-mcneil-privacy-breach-freedom-of-information-portal-1.4653474

#5yrsago Nova Scotia abandons its attempt to destroy a teenager who stumbled on a wide-open directory of sensitive information https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/police-drop-charges-in-nova-scotia-government-breach-1.4651543

#5yrsago Revenge of the Laughable Bumblefucks: Rob Ford’s brother admits that actors were hired to pretend to be his supporters at rally https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2018/05/08/doug-ford-campaign-confirms-actors-were-hired-to-play-the-part-of-pc-supporters-at-mondays-debate-rally.html

#5yrsago A new strain of IoT malware can survive a reboot https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/hide-and-seek-becomes-first-iot-botnet-capable-of-surviving-device-reboots/

#5yrsago Equifax lets identity thieves raid “frozen” credit reports through its shady, obscure secondary credit bureau https://krebsonsecurity.com/2018/05/another-credit-freeze-target-nctue-com/

#5yrsago Ticketmaster finds a new way to be terrible: facial recognition! https://www.engadget.com/2018-05-06-ticketmaster-hopes-to-speed-up-event-access-by-scanning-your-fac.html

#1yrago At the FTC, a quiet, profound shift on antitrust https://pluralistic.net/2022/05/09/rest-in-piss-robert-bork/#harmful-dominance

Catch me on tour with Red Team Blues in Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto, DC, Gaithersburg, Oxford, Hay, Manchester, Nottingham, London, and Berlin!

[nakamopapina]

Another photo redraw! With New Brunswick, PEI, and Nova Scotia

I put Marie into a bunny hat.

[acetechne]

Condensed Milk - A Dirty Money Comic pt 14

[part 1] [part 2] [part 3] [part 4] [part 5] [part 6] [part 7] [part 8] [part 9] [part 10] epilogue: [ part 11 ] [ part 12 ] [ part 13 ] [ x ] [part 15]

eyy its been a hot minute (a year)

i got over some of (but not all of) my block on this comic that's spinning out of control. there should be more i assume but idk when.

Notes below as per usje

blue sky bert deactivated. manly man soother applied.

ben's ISBN shirt is real - i think i first saw it at the U of T bookstore tbh.

Flashbacks take place sometime between October 2019 and March of 2020, I think.

marie's outfit is based on a drawing i did like TEN YEARS AGO if you can believe (thx for fishing that out @celestialily)

FIFO stands for Fly-In-Fly-Out (i.e. oil camp shift work)

i said earlier in the wips about how i like the trope where stoic characters have the same facial expression for everything- I just think it's funny that for Ben his sole expression is ^_^

joel saying "great to have you back home" is referring to ben being on the east coast / in his element, i'm not conflating NL with the Maritimes I promise.

that said I think they know him well enough that they can tell when he's PISSED lol. I feel like Ben tends to mask his anger a lot (which is why I showed his anger in a reflection rather than on his face in part 6 above there.

but yeah the point of this page is kind of. "ben isnt an idiot and he was genuinely mad and everyone knew it". well. everyone except bertie obviously.

ok seriously what questions do we still have to answer and how do i end this comic before the epilogue is longer than the og? i dont knowwwwww! tell meeeeeeee.

[funofcanada]

joel is immune to spiciness

[sujooon]

In a decisive win on Tuesday night, voters in Nova Scotia handed Tim Houston’s Progressive Conservatives a second consecutive majority government, marking a pivotal moment in the province’s political landscape. The victory was not only a reflection of Houston’s leadership but also a result of a dramatic collapse in Liberal support across the province.