New the Aethermancer

@newrem.bsky.social

Go by “New”. Public transits advocate, anime watcher, foodie, and gaymer. Occasional academic thoughts. Also NSFW 🔞 (turn your filter on if need to) he/him 🏳️‍🌈 Originally from 🇹🇭 📍 CA

I’ve incorporated oatmeal congee (steel-cut) into my diet for a while, and I usually make a savory one. I also like experimenting with different seasoning and this one uses panang curry base 😋

A bowl of oatmeal congee with pieces of chicken, corn, green peas, and sliced kaffir lime leaves. That oatmeal looks orange-ish

I said this but I still have quite a few months here although that could be shortened because of a new immigration policy. And yes, I have a literal timeline for how long I can stay, which the current admin has been actively screwing over. And I have little hope that it’ll ever be recovered.

New the Aethermancer@newrem.bsky.social · 6d ago

I’ve been mentally preparing myself to leave the US for a bit. I’m still sending out job applications and trying my best, but the prospect is next to 0. And even if I managed to land one, the plausibility of me staying here long term is still not certain. The 7-8 years I spent living here means…

I’ve been mentally preparing myself to leave the US for a bit. I’m still sending out job applications and trying my best, but the prospect is next to 0. And even if I managed to land one, the plausibility of me staying here long term is still not certain. The 7-8 years I spent living here means…

And that’s a wrap for Blazing Blade! Not my first FE play, but first time I beat an FE game. I had a lot of fun with it. I do think it’s on easier side (normal mode), I abused arena a bit tho Lol. Stylistically, GBA is the best era of Fire Emblem to me. The music is good, not peak, but still good.

End credits of Fire Emblem Blazing Blade showing Executive Producer Satoru Iwata and 2 producers Tohru Narihiro and Takehiro Izushi
New the Aethermancer@newrem.bsky.social · 2w ago

This is also to say I’ve been playing Fire Emblem Blazing Blade as well 😂 It’s been lots of fun so far!

Wait, I just learned that when people say “scaling” like in power-scaling (anime term), it means more like ranking, which is different from what I thought. I thought scaling was more like “as quantity x increases, how would this system scale?” Lmao

Finished season 2 of Wistoria: Wand and Sword and my enthusiasm is dropping rapidly… Beyond the repetitive trope about magic supremacy world that condemns someone who can’t use magic but excel in other aspects that make most characters look stupid just so that the MC could aura-farm, …

Poster cover art of Wistoria: Wand and Sword

Just finished Cat Cafe Manager, and I know this is not my typical genre of game. Generally, it’s a cute and fun cozy game with a dash of cat-taming. And at times, this game feels like a stats-maximizing game (I do like that). It’s also relatively short (9-11 hours).

A scene from Cat Cafe Manager of my character talking to an old-ish male character (Bonner) that looks kinda like a Santa Claus in a very small cafe. Bonner is saying “Ye met me husband, Gavin? He’s a librarian! Down at the library! What a concept!”A screenshot from Cat Cafe Manager showing 3 stray cats (tabby on the left, black in the middle, and Siamese on the right), which we have to pick one to pet.

Joanne could have just been rich and quiet but no she had to go and be a goddamn monster. I don't give a shit how nostalgic Harry Potter is to you, any support of it is directly damaging the queer community AND helping dismantle amnesty international.

Alejandra Caraballo@esqueer.net · 3w ago

JK Rowling through her TERF organization, Beira's Place have sent Amnesty International a demand letter seeking a full retraction of their report, a public apology, and a bar to future criticism of gender critical groups as anti rights orgs. If they don't comply, they'll commence legal action.

The first page of a formal, typed legal letter dated 14 July 2026. It is addressed to the leadership of Amnesty International UK: Helen Horton (Chair, Amnesty International UK Section), Sandy Ruthven (Chair, Amnesty International UK Charitable Trust), and Kerry Moscogiuri (Chief Executive). The contact information and phone numbers in the top-right corner are redacted with a large black block, and a footer at the bottom is also blacked out.
​The subject line reads: "BEIRA’S PLACE | AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL UK PUBLICATION DATED 8 JULY 2026".
​The body text states that the sender acts on behalf of Beira’s Place, a sexual violence support service for women in Edinburgh and the Lothians. It asserts the legal right under the Equality Act 2010 to provide single-sex services and references the Supreme Court ruling in For Women Scotland v Scottish Ministers to define "woman" by biological sex. The letter strongly objects to page 20 of a newly published Amnesty report titled "A growing threat; the anti-rights movement in the UK", which allegedly categorizes Beira's Place as an "anti-rights organization." The letter calls this categorization "grossly offensive and entirely without foundation."