[off topic question: I see a lot of people including image descriptions in text for accessibility purposes. Is there a benefit to doing that instead of/in addition to including alt text with the images, which - if I understand it correctly - will be picked up by screenreaders?]

I'm not sure, to be honest. I feel like only very few crowdfunding projects constitute "news" (and how do you decide what to include and what not?), and there's plenty of people who don't care for crowdfunding at all.

Perhaps better, the person who did an excellent weekly crowdfunding roundup on r/boardgames is also on lemmy. Perhaps we could include their posts here?

I've been trying to cultivate my home as a place my friends feel comfortable showing up to. There's a bunch of people (too many) in my life who are going through tough stuff, and lately more and more they just show up for a chat, reading a book in peace and quiet, or sleep over and have a night away from home if they need it.

It's not so much them being welcome that feels like an accomplishment (because that's just a given), but rather that they seem to have internalized that it's OK to ask for help/support and feel comfortable enough with me/us to come here.

As I'm typing this out I'm not sure if this fits in the "betterment" category, but it's a positive change in my life I've noticed and worked on lately, so submitting it anyway. 😊

I feel like if I came out I’d be virtue signalling and taking oxygen from people who are “actually queer”. I’m worried people won’t believe me, because I spent 15 years not believing myself.

For what it's worth from an internet stranger:

I believe you. You are allowed to take up space. You are allowed to be who you are. You have just as much of a right to identify as whatever you want as anyone else. And if someone doesn't agree with that, that says a whole lot more about them than about you.

I'm going to add a few more fun facts about this plant (and haworthias in general):

The leaves of this plants are somewhat translucent on the top. Why? Well, in nature it grows in very hot and very sunny locations. So much so, that it's easy to get scorched. It actually grows with most of the plant under the soil, with only the tips poking out. But, then it'd be really hard to get enough light, right?

Well, the insides of the leaves are coated with chlorophyll. The translucent windows let in sunlight, and the plant gets to do photosynthesis underneath the soil all throughout the buried leaves! It even is able to somewhat adapt how translucent it is, depending on light supply.

Plants are so cool! 😁

I have one of those too, I love how yours looks! If you haven't repotted it in so long, I'm really curious how the roots look now Haworthia have such fun chonky roots 😊

One time mine flowered at the same time as another of my haworthias, and I cross pollinated them. Actually have a bunch of baby haws of this one. They're so cute!

I think you've already had plenty of replies here, but yeah here in western Europe, straight from the tap. I'm also fortunate not to have any chlorine in my water. It's delicious.

One thing about the chlorine, it also just evaporates over time without boiling. Filling a jug of water and leaving it standing around for a while will also get rid of that chlorine smell/taste!

Yes, it's a good thing! I really like the highlights in the green parts. So vibrant and intense. Doing a quick paintjob well is a skill :D

This looks great! Fun model and great paintjob. It looks quite cartoony, especially with the unsubtle highlights, and that's a great choice for this model. Love it.

I quite enjoy falafel and I'd like to try my hand at making them, but deep frying is not an option for me. Anyone have suggestions how to make them in a skillet or oven?

That's great, thanks! I'm not in the US, so I'll have to do any shopping elsewhere, but I'll check out the videos. Is it expensive to get started, or can you get the most basic necessities on a budget? (I tend to be a multicrafter, trying everything a little bit, and only spending more if I really want to dive into it.)

And yeah I'll join you in the community, excited to learn more. Thanks!

That looks absolutely gorgeous, if I saw that in a shop I'd be like "I must have this!"

I've wanted to try working with leather for a long time, but I find it very intimidating. Do you have any suggested resources on how to get started?

That sounds fun! I was actually thinking about doing something similar, but only about a few ones I think are special. Would love to see it.

Edit: what I mean is, I think it'd be interesting content, not that I'm in any way trying to "compete"!

Not OP, but Spirit Island is one of my favourite games too. I think it's great at most player counts, but I like it the most at 2p. You can help each other out, fill in each other's weak spots, but it doesn't get as overwhelming as at larger player counts. And yes indeed, the decision space in Spirit Island is so big that alpha gaming is not easy (once you've played it a lot that gets easier, though), which makes it a great actual co-op game.

They are so cute!

Question, I have multiple friends who have guinea pigs, but they're all quite scared of humans. They're still adorable, but it's hard to get any interaction with them. Yours don't seem that way, did you do anything special to make that happen, or are my friends just unlucky?

It is a really cool game, yeah. The minis are great, but more importantly, the gameplay is really good! It has a lot of tactical gameplay without being overly complicated.

I believe they're doing a second printing now which is fulfilling via a kickstarter, it's been a challenging one to get. But it's super well received everywhere so I hope it ends up in regular shops some time too.

Thank you! 😊

Yeah I should have said, it's on a 100mm base, about 12cm tall I believe. Quite a difference from painting 28/32mm figures!

The game that it's from is in 45(?)mm scale I think, but it has huge monsters. So this one is ~12cm tall, on a 10cm base

It is, yes! From Oathsworn: Into the Deepwood. When we got it and it came with such epic minis (and you reveal a new one every game), we decided we wouldn't play with grey plastic anymore. So now in between each of the games we have to paint a new monster!

I'm excited. I don't think I'll ever play the RPG (I just don't know who I'd ever play it with), I don't need all those minis (except maybe the summons would be nice to have), but I'm really really looking forward to playing through Gloomhaven 2.