Sokoto state, a majority Muslim state in north-west Nigeria was bombed on Christmas day. It is still unclear how many bombs were dropped and where. Confirmed is a bomb dropped on a Mosque in Jabo, killing 5 people.

Trump has claimed that this is in retaliation of the "Christian genocide" happening in Nigeria, committed by "radical Islamists" of the ISIL (ISIS), and the specific choosing of Christmas day was to reify that this is a religious based retaliation.

This Christmas, I am in Nigeria. My family is majority Christian. We are without fear of being persecuted on the basis of our religion. So, what is going on?

There is no Christian genocide in Nigeria. Nigeria is a complex country that faces a lot of violence, exploitation and subsequent neglect from our government. But it is not Christians being targeted in our country. This insidious piece of misinformation has been dutifully organised by US officials for months and gained steam on platforms like X and Truth Social.

I do not believe though, that this action was done to fight Islamic terrorists or protect Nigerian Christians. The reason being:

Sokoto state is not a state with ISIL activity.

This is another display of US throwing its weight around, conveniently, onto the most oil-rich country in Africa.

Do not believe everything the US tells you about its foreign affairs. The US will gladly spill blood on the flimsiest of justifications just to continue gorging its empire.

Psycho_Sclera

6 swatches of sclera overlays that have their own custom emission.

Teen to Elder

Suitable for male and female frames

Found in HEAD TATTOOS

Custom thumbnails because that's more fun.

These are ONLY the sclera. They need to be mixed and matched with facepaint eyes/lenses or your defaults to get looking cool.

Please let me know if there's any issues. Hopefully not because I am fed up with these things and really don't want to ever see a dds file ever again.

Some cyberware!!!

This is an edit of @valhallansim on Tumblr 's Genji Blackwatch skin which she kindly gave me permission to mess around with. You can find that here : https://www.tumblr.com/valhallansim/173071049472/retribution-a-blackwatch-themed-cc-set-by?source=share

There's only two swatches. One with the neck which has been ripped from multiple characters from Cyberpunk 2077, and one without the neck.

ONLY AVAILABLE FOR MALE FRAMES because it looks so bad on femme frames. :(( Feel free to change that on Sims 4 Studio (but it will look bad)

Available on my patreon which is totally free <3

if you are a cc creator who uploads cc on curseforge exclusively ➤ patreon, sfs and so many other file sharing websites exist that don't actively fund a genocide and/or are based in a genocidal country. if you 'can't' do the bare minimum of changing platforms because you favor that sweet curseforge revenue so much i don't know what else to tell you but to eat dirt.

if you are a cc creator (especially one with a huge following) who already has a patreon, sfs account or uploads cc on any other file sharing website BUT also puts their stuff on curseforge and aren't mentioning this on your other platforms ➤ i don't know what else to tell you but that you're a callous coward who should eat dirt.

if you are a cc creator who tries to get us to download your stuff on curseforge by directing us to your patreon first only for us to find a curseforge link to be the only option to download ➤ stop trying to trick people and at least have the balls to be upfront about the trash website you chose to upload your cc to. i don't know what else to tell you but to eat dirt.

visit @verycursedstuff for curseforge exclusive cc, there's no need to visit the curseforge website at all. avoid it like the plague. i know that boycotting absolutely everything is next to impossible but leaving curseforge in the dust to rot isn't. again the info is there and if it isn't enough to convince you to steer clear of this awful website i'm not sure what will tbfh.

it's genuinely horrific how many cc creators are still on curseforge and i'm not giving them the benefit of the doubt anymore that they somehow still don't know how morally fucked up it is to continue to utilize this website. they very likely know and simply don't give a shit in favor of monetization or are supportive of genocide.

go to gametimedev's website

click on 'Download the Mod Manager'

at the bottom of the window you'll see 'Show all versions'

scroll down and click on '1.0.9 Beta' and download the one for you

ANYHOO:

Requirements You will need: Sims 4 Studio Photoshop (however you choose to acquire it), or an alternative DDS Plugin (unless you choose to save files as PNGs) Blender (any version between 2.76 and 4.3 - I use 3.3) The Basics

Recolours and Textures

The easiest thing to start with is a recolour. If you have some knowledge of photo editing software, this should be fairly straightforward, but if you’re new to it, the following tutorial covers it well: Recolouring Tutorial - Softpine

If you’re feeling confident with your recolours, but want to add a little extra to your textures, it’s worth checking out specular and normal files.

Speculars are my favourite thing for elevating CC (by that I mean covering it in glitter and sequins). This tutorial covers the basics:

Speculars - Teanmoon

Normal maps (bumpmaps) are a little different. They can give a 3d texture to an item without altering the mesh (within reason). Teanmoon also has a tutorial on that:

The Bump Map - Teanmoon

If you’re feeling extra (I know I often do), you can use emission maps to make your item glow and/or flash/twinkle.

Get to know emission the map - S4S

Meshing

Meshing is a little more complicated (or perhaps not, depending on what your strengths are. I recommend starting with the Blender Donut Tutorial (pick the one that matches your Blender version) to familiarise yourself with Blender. I didn’t do this. I went in raw from using Milkshape for over a decade (don’t start me on Milkshape lol) I would have learned faster if I did…

Once you’ve navigated the majestic plate of donuts, you might be ready for a touch of frankenmeshing! This tutorial covers the basics really well, as well as a touch of texturing:

How to Make CC Clothing for The Sims 4 - Powluna

@joliebean also has some great tutorials covering some of the more technical details.

Going forward:

So you’re feeling confident and want to mesh from scratch! There are 3980193890381 CC creators and a limited pool of meshes to frankenmesh, so you may want to create something new. Trust me, start with earrings and work your way down from there.

For the alpha girlies:

Start to Finish Marvelous Designer Tutorial by owlplumbob

To label the training data

Grok specifically is poisoning the people of Memphis with people claiming the air there smells Iike nail polish remover

Hello! <3

Some time ago I made a little chart of the specular colours I’ve personally used for different materials -- just for future reference. I am beyond chaotic with my files and having this all compiled has honestly been very helpful. I thought I’d quickly just share it, because why should we all suffer trying to figure this out?

If you've run into LastException.txt, mc_lastexception.html, or Better Exceptions files while using ANY mods, I’d love your help! It doesn't matter what the error is for.

🔍 I’m collecting real error logs to expand my latest project so it can give clearer, more useful messages when things go wrong.

📁 You can upload your LE files here, no additional details or registration is needed; just drop as many of your exception files as you can.

Thanks so much for helping make my mods better for everyone. 💛

Here's a sneak peek;

There's a current crashing issue that Crin has narrowed down to saves with mermaids with tattoos (either on just their mermaid form or on BOTH the mermaid & human form--human form ONLY is not impacted).

You may experiencing crashing on any of the following situations:

Mermaids with cc tattoos, then removing your cc tattoos from your mods folder.

Mermaids with game tattoos, then disabling the pack it comes from.

Mermaids with game tattoos from packs you don't own (aka placing a mermaid from the gallery in game)

What you can do:

If you're testing for something, test on a save that doesn't have mermaids with cc tattoos.

Or remove the cc tattoos from the mermaid, save, and then test.

Don't disable packs before ensuring mermaids in your save don't have a tattoo from that pack on.

Don't download mermaids off the gallery that use packs you don't own.