Mindez

@mindez.co.uk

Trans enby girl 🏳️‍⚧️ Twitch streamer of RetroAchievements and chill puzzle content. Occasional breaker of videogames. Founding member of the Bad Ideas Club. Twitch: https://twitch.tv/mindezzy Business: cai AT mindez.co.uk

I need you all to know that Subway's marketing is actually a subliminal message telling people to "GOON". And now I can't stop giggling.

An excerpt from a Subway marketing image that reads "WITH EXTRA CHEESE? GO ON" but the spacing between the words is very small so it looks like it says "GOON".

3 months ago today I started learning to crochet. Heres a rough timeline of all my attempts so far, from left to right. Crazy to see the improvement.

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Seeing one of my first attempts at crocheting in rows right up next to a perfectly square patch I did last night is kinda wild.

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Been learning to crochet recently. Made a couple of small granny squares. The one I did tonight took me just under an hour, just from memory without checking the pattern. Definitely feels like progress!

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I feel like I've had such a huge urge to be creative recently, but I'm struggling to channel that into actually creating things rather than just exploding in every direction into wanting to learn to crochet, learn the piano, want to write more, make games, run a D&D campaign, cook more, etc etc etc.

I don't really have a train of thought. It's more like a replacement bus service of thought with a missing tyre during a bus driver's strike.

Exhausted after First Saturday! 2 mission banners earned, lots of walking (on a still painful ankle from spraining it on Christmas morning), got over 2 million AP and now severely need to restock on resos. Can't level up until I get 2 more gold badges but already 1 million AP into the next level.

Northwest England and Wales ingress X-Fac@nwewingressxfac.bsky.social · 9mo ago

What a turn out we had today. Salford Quays was light on portals but heavy on missions and agents. Nearly 67 million AP gained today! A fabulous start to the year, and looking forward to Liverpool next month. #ingress #IFS @fevgames.bsky.social @brianrose.bsky.social @nianticspatial.bsky.social

A photo of the ingress agents gathered around a table, with a selection of faction flags and banners on display.

First Onyx badge! Just about 3 months into playing. It pays to be super anal about keeping everything charged. ...I literally don't have any of the other badges at platinum level. Although Translator isn't far off.

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Pizza Hut's feedback survey asked me how satisfied I am with the personal connection the driver made with me. I didn't realise that was a thing that they were graded on, but not once did they ask me about my hobbies, my life goals, treasured memories...

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My latest gaming hyperfixation is Ingress, and recently I found it was possible to make a 4-layer homogeneous field around a local(ish) park, so last night we went and did it :D The whole triangle is 4 layers of fields on top of each other. Hella nerdy? Yes. But it's getting me out of the house.

A screenshot from the map for Ingress. A large green triangle consisting of lots of smaller triangles.

472 days of peak streak for @retroachievements.org, and it's over. It's a shame it had to happen this way, but it's probably for the best. This is the longest streak I've probably ever done at anything ever, and I am very proud of it. But time to move on. New challenges await.

Forum post from RetroAchievements.org with a list of games covering days 466 to 472. Day 473 is just listed as "...".

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...And with that, my streak comes to an end. I totally blanked and the high stress I'm going through at the moment made me completely miss the deadline. It's been an honour to streak with you all for the last 472 days of my life. It's an accomplishment I'm proud of, but I knew this day would come eventually. It's a shame that it had to happen this way, but it's probably for the best with where my life is at at the moment.

I'm going to take a little time off mastering games to step back and get in some healing.

Good luck to everyone still going.

Signing off of peak streak for the final time. 🫡

I got a shirt and a hoodie for the show I'm rehearsing for and I totally forgot the Argentine flag would make it trans coloured omg.

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Feel like I'm deep in the TCG rabbit hole. Friend helped me put together this deck based on the Belle enchanted I pulled. Going to enter set champs with it tomorrow, my hopes and expectations are both low but if I can win a single game with a deck I had SOME input into, I'll consider that a win.

A Lorcana deck. Deck contents can be found at https://dreamborn.ink/decks/itqYJkvqlDiiHuqGD6Pj

365 days of Peak Streak, COMPLETE. Technically 366 because my first didn't count. I don't know how I've managed this honestly. Every single day since 1st May 2024 I've mastered a game on RetroAchievements. That's kind of ridiculous to think about. Well, now what do I do with my life? Carry on?

A screenshot of Videocart 19 - Checkers on the Fairchild Channel F with a notification banner at the top that says "Mastered Videocart-19: Checkers. 20 Achievements, 125 points. Play time: 1h4m"A forum post from 2 May 2024 with the following text:

I don't know how long I'll be able to keep up a streak for long due to work commitments, but let's see how long I can go for!

Day 0: Sonic the Hedgehog (Genesis/Mega Drive) (Not counted toward streak as it was yesterday!)
Day 1: Aladdin (Genesis/Mega Drive)A forum post from 1 May 2025 with the following text:

Day 365: Videocart-19: Checkers (Fairchild Channel F)

Day 18 of my Fairchild Channel F mini streak

And that's a full year of streaking.

My first post, all those years ago and I quote: `I don't know how long I'll be able to keep up a streak for long due to work commitments, but let's see how long I can go for!`. I guess I get around those work commitments huh?

My RetroAchievements peak streak (mastering a game each day) is now on 364 days. Tomorrow I will have mastered a game every single day for the last YEAR. I think this is the longest streak I've ever had in anything, quite how I've actually managed to keep this up I have no idea.

Met someone I've been chatting to for a while today and she taught me Disney Lorcana ten minutes before I joined a 16 person tournament with a deck I borrowed from her. Trans dates involve an unusually high amount of trading card games, I know that's a bit of a meme but WHY IS IT SO TRUE?!

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Think I've got tonsilitis... Literally been suffering with a sore throat for the last week and super painful swallowing which painkillers and lozenges haven't helped with at all and now finally I'm at the point of maybe considering possibly MAYBE that I MIGHT try and get a GP appointment tomorrow.