#geopolitics #economics #growth #Trump #USA #USPol #eu #UKPol #starmer How does it feel? #lino The upside maybe certain #players will 'cut their cloth etc and #gaia maybe spared to breathe again, I hope. The #capitalist #mercantile model was always going to fall flat on it's face.
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/apr/22/imf-major-negative-shock-trump-tariffs-uk?CMP=share_btn_url
IMF warns of β€˜major negative shock’ from Trump’s tariffs

Global lender cuts forecasts for every major economy, with UK expected to grow by 1.1% this year, down from 1.6%

The Guardian
@mikemccaffrey I've commented previously on #AI . I think it's a #Ponzi scheme that will only line the pockets of the #mercantile #capitalist #elites .
My response to anything remotely connected to #AI is (in broad #Glaswegian), 'get tae feck out of here'. It's crap science based on even worse motivation, yep that #mercantile #capitalist #hex. https://front-end.social/@a11ycollective/113475810788081403
The A11y Collective (@[email protected])

AI is being touted as a great solution when it comes to accessibility. @[email protected] asks "Why?" https://html5accessibility.com/stuff/2024/10/10/ai-for-accessibility-conformance-testing-why/ #a11y #accessibility

Front-End Social
Worked on #Mercantile for a couple hours last night. For a long time I was putting off making a proper queue system to manage the status of the expeditions, but it's finally underway #GameDev #IndieDev #GodotEngine
Jacksonville Mercantile by Thom Zehrfeld

Jacksonville Mercantile by Thom Zehrfeld

Thom Zehrfeld - Website

Bodie Mercantile

Bodie California is located in the Eastern Sierras and is listed as the official ghost town of California. It is a State Historical Park, earning that designation in 1962 when the state took over.
At it's peak there were over 7K residents. After a couple of fires and a depleted gold supply the town shut down. See the full image here: https://fineartamerica.com/featured/bodie-mercantile-bill-gallagher.html BodieMercantile #BillGallagherPhotography #BuyIntoArt #AYearForArt #Bodie #Mercantile #GhostTown #Old #Antique

Bodie Mercantile by Bill Gallagher

Bodie Mercantile Photograph by Bill Gallagher

Fine Art America

#Mercantile update: Refactored my inventory system. Boring but necessary

#GameDev #IndieDev #BuildInPublic

Iterating iterating iterating... Got things connected to the game data now too.

#GameDev #IndieDev #GodotEngine #Mercantile #BuildInPublic

Got a basic layout created for my contractor details modal tonight. Lots of placeholder assets as you can see, shoutout to "wulax" on OpenGameArt.org for the placeholder character sprite.

I did this directly in Godot, but nothing really works yet, just lots and lots of UI controls :P

#GameDev #IndieDev #Mercantile #GodotEngine #BuildInPublic

I really need to come up with a different font for #Mercantile ... I've seen SO many indie games using Alagard now. I can't blame them, it really is a phenomenal font. But I think I would still like to be a bit more unique. #gamedev