[User]
I've been keeping track of Over Requiemz + its updates for the past two weeks.

The characters and world building.. isn't it insane?

It's the first time I've seen a game that treats each character with equal importance regardless of the poster boy status or not. Everyone is equally interesting!

[Assistant]
This is only my first impression. It's not a true reflection of how the game will be like.

The biggest mysteries are Molly and Dorothy.. I'm seriously curious!

[User]
However, it's stated on the website that Molly's wish is to meet his soulmate. Hahaha... isn't it obvious it's the main character!? The thought of it drives me crazy.

How am I supposed to wait for April to play his route!!??

[Assistant]
However, it's stated on the website that Molly's wish is to meet his soulmate. Hahaha... isn't it obvious it's the main character!? The thought of it drives me crazy.

How am I supposed to wait until April to play his route!!??

[User]
Overeqz takes place in the Land of Oz, but the twist is that magic doesn't exist! After all, "magic only exists in fairy tales". (as stated in the website)

It was awfully specific in pointing this out that I'm quite inclined to believe there might be a plot twist regarding the magic part..

[Assistant]
The Witch Association(?). It's just a title. They serve the King and attend to government matters. However, it seems like Dorothy, the Witch of the North, is aware that Yuhiru (MC) is from another world to begin with..?

If magic wasn't possible how did Yuhiru transport to the Land of Oz? Hohoho..


[User] Summary of fall color in the garden this year. Might have been the best autumn for color in many years. 🌱

[Assistant] Nice, Ray. Noticed that too around here. The best color I can remember in central Illinois in some time.

[User] I was down your way pre-COVID doing a garden talk. I never appreciated how neat the Illinois River Valley is. I bet fall color down there is really nice.

[Assistant] It fluctuates from year to year, but there are spots along the Illinois and Spoon that are really good. Grandview Drive in Peoria is a great spot to peep.


[User] With Black Friday deals upon us, I'm picking up some more expensive items that I had been waiting for a discount on. One is the Falcam Treeroot tripod - a carbon fiber travel tripod that is (relatively) light for its features, gets rave reviews across the internet, but is real pricey.

[Assistant]
Ulanzi is currently having a 22% Black Friday sale across their webshop and that might be your cheapest bet.

But I didn't want to take a chance on long shipping times, so went for a 100 euro discount from a local camera webshop instead. You can probably find one in your country as well.

[User] Why not the Peak Design travel carbon fiber tripod, especially considering I'm a Peak fanboy and already have a LOT of their products? Well... all the reviews basically say the Treeroot costs the same but has better features in every way. So if you've been considering a Peak... check this one out!

[Assistant]
Mate...

That's a Sith lightsaber....


[User] Good Morning yall a nigga is off today 😎

[User] Yall ain’t off today?


[User]
New arrival. Come and get it.
www.japancamerahunter.com/product/plau...

[Assistant] The camera I most regret selling… Those lenses are some of the best ever made.

[User] They really are. The entire story of these cameras is amazing.

[Assistant] It is. I really wanted to visit the Nikon museum in Tokyo with mine but the pandemic and life really got in the way. Might need to pick up another and still make it happen.


[User] Finally got the HGs of the White Base mobile suits done. The gang's all here!

[Assistant]
Was that from the Gundam: Operation V boxed set?
Mine just didn't turn out quite as cool as this. Especially the RX-78 model. It was a bit bland. Still had fun making them. But not as impressive looking as these.

[User] I just picked up the HGUC kits individually over time.

[Assistant] I think I'd do the same if I had my time again. Thanks for sharing!


[User]
Apparently, each of us have about twice as many female ancestors as male ancestors.

archive.nytimes.com/tierneylab.b...
genome.cshlp.org/content/25/4...

[Assistant] Speculatively, it looks like the spread of agriculture may have created societies in which a very small fraction of males had reproductive success, perhaps with most men toiling in the fields and a few enjoying the fruits of their labor.

[User]
Another piece of the puzzle is that with the spread of agriculture, population size increased but average health decreased.

For most people, the early agricultural period does not seem like it was a good time to be alive.

www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

[Assistant]
This is plausible but there are other possible explanations for the lack of diversity in Y chromosomes, such as purifying selection. See eg

doi.org/10.1371/jour...

[User]
Thanks for the citation.

I don't pretend expertise in this area, but how would the purifying selection hypothesis explain the variation in fraction of Y-chromosome to mitochondrial DNA ancestors over time?

Obviously, more than one process can be at play.

[Assistant] Another, somewhat more spectacular proposal for that bottleneck was an explosion of patrilineal clan warfare news.stanford.edu/stories/2018...


[User] Yup. As someone who works full time in research with (well managed) schizophrenia diagnosis, employment is hard going even with an understanding workplace. The amount of appointments I’ve had this year (lucky to have them, I know) has been a second job. Workplaces would need to improve.

[Assistant] I have an honorary NHS contract for conducting assessments in my fellowship, I take fitness to practice very seriously and utilise supervision.   I don’t have too much of a life outside of work and haven’t for years as it’s only way I cope - need downtime. It’s true for many disabled folk who work.

[User] Sharing this information on a public forum isn’t always massively safe. People can and do make judgements about competency when it comes to stigmatised mental health conditions. Some peers in my field don’t seem to like having an uppity schizo being somewhat equal to them either!

[Assistant] Academia, on the whole, is really not going to be a schizophrenia friendly workplace anytime soon. I try my best - but meeting the sky high standards with my cognition is perhaps unlikely? I doubt most employers are going to be welcoming and supportive either for serious mental illness.

[User] I am going to keep giving it a go, but wanted to highlight the difficult reality that is employment. And I would say I am doing well as far as having a schizophrenia diagnosis goes. Many people struggle ALOT more than I have and shouldn’t be forced to work ever.

[Assistant] I'm in a similar situation re my diagnosis. Notes in my file read, "Excellent insight." But I'm not at the balance of those able to work. Too many things throw the mental balance I have off kilter and maintaining that—while it may look a lot like a lot of enjoying myself—is hard work. Kudos to you!


[User] Making it harder to gaslight America.

[Assistant] The new car is more than I paid for my first house!

[User] Yeah, so far out of my reach now that ti's laughable.


[User] I can't believe there's only two races left in the year, it feels like yesterday when i saw my first race during australia weekend. Time fr flies.

[Assistant] (And yes i was already cheering for Max and he ended up dnf'ing bc of the engine fire 😭. Should've known it would've been a rough year since then)

[User] wasn't able to keep up the last almost 2 months...only 2 races left??????? it's ending so soon...

[Assistant] I know! Qatar this weekend and Abu Dhabi the next and we're done.


[User]
I posted a blog thing about getting home assistant to remind you to take your pills.  And, more importantly for me, remind me that I *have* taken them today.

tall-paul.co.uk/2024/11/27/p...

[User] Ugh. Sorted, thanks!

[Assistant]
But did you remember to push the button when you took your pills? 🤔
Wouldn't a pill-box be easier and more reliable? If the solution *has* to include home automation then you could attach a sensor that's triggered when the box is opened?

[User] Nope, this fits into my existing routine of 'get pills out of medicine cabinet and take them' since I just have to push a button when I do that.  I'm much more likely to do that consistently than fill up a pill box every week or month or whatever.

[Assistant] The same for me. My rule is that I can’t push the button until the pills are in my hand.

[User] Interesting approach, I’d have just set a binary sensor/switch to true and have an automation to reset that to false at midnight, but this way you don’t need the automation I guess.

[Assistant] Yeah, for some reason this way feels more elegant to me than an automation with a helper BUT I have no real basis for that.  I guess you'd need 2 automations, 1 to reset and another to toggle the binary sensor from the actual button?  I have way too many automations already for motion sensors etc.


[User]
Happy Wednesday! Like most folks in the US it’s my Friday. And a short day, at that!

Got all my projects done last night. So that’s a big burden off my shoulders. I got a few to do this morning that should make my morning fly!

Have an awesome day!

[Assistant] Have a great day, good morning.

[User] Have a great safe and wonderful holiday!

[Assistant] Happy Wednesday you beautiful and epic being of fabulousness 😊😊😊


[User]
Morning all, back to work after an extended loooong weekend, a million emails to plough through, yipee!  Very grey and overcast here in Shropshire, though not at all cold.

Have a fab day, bloops 🥰😘

[Assistant] Thanks, get that inbox to zero, just delete them all 😂😂😂

[User]
"Email? What email?"

🤔🤔

😁🤣👍😘

[Assistant]
“I’m so sorry I’ve been off for a few days and I don’t appear to have received it” could you resend it and I’ll try to get to it later?”

God I sound so plausible 😂😂😂😂😂

[User] Yeah it’s pissing down here, I miss the cold days of last week!

[Assistant] Morning, ooh going back on Hump Day, it nearly the weekend.


[User] This last month has done an (often unnecessary) number on my mental health, too. Chronic pain reduces your ability to self-regulate emotion—your brain is busy dealing with 🚨OMG PAIN!!!🚨to care that this isn’t an appropriate time to cry or get angry.

[Assistant] I’ve lived with chronic pain for many years, but recently, it’s been dialed up to 11. I know how to manage it, but putting that trust in doctors and nurses who often don’t listen, realize, or care about the consequences of late meds or inadequate analgesia is nightmarish.

[User] You are absolutely vulnerable and know that you are tied to the train tracks. The doctors and nurses are the conductors. They may or may not stop the train. They may tell you it will stop but it won’t. And worst of all, they tell you it’s coming and they won’t put on the brakes.

[Assistant] I’m exhausted tonight, and I have a conductorless train on the way in two hours and 13 minutes. Yes, I know TO THE MINUTE when my current meds wear off. And then I have three and a half hours of being run over before someone will pull the emergency brake. Thanks for that, doc.


[User] On the old place, there was debate about delta credit cards and lounge access. Delta relented, but access is Byzantine and getting Byzantiner. Here’s my thoughts on the lounges:

[Assistant] 2) First of all, the top delta card costs about $700 a year in annual fees. That gets you lounge access and boosts to medallion status and frequent flyer miles… but they really don’t add up to that big of a bonus.

[User] 3) so what’s the big deal about the LoUnGeS? There’s delta lounges at many airports. They’re fairly nice, but it’s not the Ritz. They’re usually somewhat busy (hence the throttling) but the ones at MSP are easy enough to find a seat.

[Assistant] 4) there’s also free food and booze, which is all above average,  but here’s the thing: there is better food in every airport! And the free booze is all bottom shelf. BUT, and this will almost undo my thesis, the bathrooms are far better maintained than the ones for the public.


[User]
A guy & his Tractor.
Can you tell how excited I am to move snow 😅😂

[Assistant] You look excited lol.

[User] Omg I love these views 😭

[Assistant]
"If you love your job, you never have to work a day in your life!"

WHY DO WE HAVE TO WORK EVERY DAY!!! 😫😫😫😫😫


[User] But the Republicans are great for the economy they said.

[Assistant] They just hide their racism in politics and support their so called party by spreading false information and calling information like this false 😂

[User] It's what they do. Except it's not hidden anymore. They are overt now.

[Assistant]
Yep. They feel empowered.

They think wanting equality is “woke” and they’ve weaponized that word too

Imagine voting against your own economic and social interests bc you rather uphold white supremacy than really make shit affordable and easier for us all 😂


[User] This is so true!

[Assistant] I vibe with that. I play by ear. Never had lessons and never really cared too. I go by how it makes me feel for than the technicalities. 😁

[User] As a self taught musician (because of life situations, not choice) I am glad to hear that, BUT the moment I started learning some basic theory (which is super hard on my own) the composition horizons opened up and many things became easier.

[Assistant]
I always tell people to find a good teacher when they can afford one, because the progress I had in technique and music theory in 20+ years, they can reach it in half that time.

But it's true, you develop some personality when you figure things on your own.

[User] I have yet to reconcile improvising on guitar/bass and making it *fit* with respect to music theory. My brain can only do one or the other. Since I've lately pivoted to "inside the box" electronic music, that limitation has benefited me (I think) from a songwriting standpoint.

[Assistant]
I understand that for sure.

For me though it weirdly opened up more ways for improvisation (which I love doing). At the same time I feel that when I know what "should" be done, helps with exploring the things that are outside of that and shouldn't be done. I hope it makes sense.


[User]
Listening to a talk about Trust in Medicine where the speaker implied that placebos should not be used because it means control participants are not receiving best current care. I thought ‘what!’
…

[Assistant] Then, a few slides later he gave an example… which did not (seem to) do this. It just didn’t say that they allowed participants assigned to placebo to continue with standard of care.

[User] Perhaps we should start being explicit about this in trial reports, since it seems to be such a common misconception.

[Assistant] Obviously a lot of trial reports already do. Seasoned authors.

[User] On nearly every clinical trial I've been involved with, standard care is the control arm, because denying necessary treatment is unethical. So it might be current best care + placebo, vs current best care + intervention. That said - placebo (e.g. sham surgery) sometimes is the intervention!

[Assistant]
IDK, the recent pivotal acoramidis trial had placebo arm…why weren’t they getting tafamidis? (Disclaimer: haven’t actually gone through the study)
So, maybe there’s a there there?


[User]
wishcasting: The act of interpreting information or a situation in a way that casts it as favorable or desired, although there is no evidence for such a conclusion

Why would we ever think this admin will use "civilized and open debate" to find "policies that worked" on health or any other issue?

[Assistant] What is soooo frustrating is that this is the same kind of pablum we heard in 2016-2017. It didn't happen then; why do these fools think it's going to happen this time around?

[User] Because I know what’s coming in the next 4-20 years (you think he’ll leave this time?), I’m doing g the training and getting my gun permit. Trump’s white nationalist man babies and wannabes vigilantes better keep away from my city.

[Assistant] It seems like a common error in thinking when people assume that starting from scratch is going to somehow be superior to incremental improvement.


[User] I keep hearing the circular firing squad of Democrats trying to figure out why we lost the election and I've heard every excuse they can come up with but the one that I keep failing to hear is that the American people will not vote for a woman president. Not yet.

[Assistant] My friends and I were discussing it the day after the election. Her being a woman of color was likely a significant reason for her loss. America is still incredibly sexist and racist. =/

[User] I don't even think it had to do with her race so much as her sex. Even the majority of white women are patriarchal without even realizing &  acknowledging it to themselves. Harris's numbers were just so much like Hillary's.

[Assistant] America was willing to elect a qualified black man as president but not even a more qualified white woman.


[User] It's a small thing, but reporting election results coming in poll-by-poll as if it's a race - "X and Y were in a tight race for much of the evening" - rather than an artifact of the votes are totalled and communicated - really grinds my gears.

[Assistant] And don't get me started about "bellwether ridings."

[User] I know it's tough to fill hours of live election coverage, but maybe hosts should just bring something to do while they wait for numbers.

[Assistant] Maybe an election-night cooking show where the pundits make a lasagna or something and just chyron the results in the bottom third.


[User] I slept for approximately 16 hours yesterday. I don’t know if I feel better but I don’t feel worse at least.

[Assistant] No deterioration is good! I hope you start feeling better soon though ❤❤❤

[User] Sometimes sleep is the best thing for an illness. Keep resting, you need it.

[Assistant] When the body let's you do that is usually an indication that you needed it :) Hope you feel better soon!


[User]
If you see this, post a Knight!

Oh Heath… 💔

[User] I do both. My girl can wield a sword AND have a love who would wield one for her. 😉

[Assistant] That’s the finest relationship where both look after each other❤


[User]
@wokeness.bsky.social Being "Woke" is what all good honest people should be
Lead Belly: the blues guitarist who invented the phrase “woke”
faroutmagazine.co.uk/blues-guitar...

[Assistant]
Here's where he first used the term:
Lead Belly - "Scottsboro Boys"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=VrXf...

[User] Very cool.

[Assistant] Yet another thing the world owes a debt of gratitude to to an under-appreciated black man 😉


[Assistant]
I have all and yet I complain. 😔
#NoteToSelf
Count your blessings.

[User]
#edit
I lied. I don't have a quiet mind.

[Assistant] Mine is a constant work-in-progress.


[User] Morning thoughts of a theatre major: "After I die, I wonder if someone will find my skull and make me their Yorick."

[Assistant] That would make me the happiest.

[User] Well, do your best to be of infinite jest in life and you never know...

[Assistant] I’d even be happy to be one of the real skeletons in the pool in Poltergeist.


[User] Edible? FOR WHO? WTF?

[Assistant] you know how much protein the silkworm has ???

[User] No, don't wanna find out. UGH.

[Assistant] I think it's a gag, but an edible one ?

[User] One of the guys I used to play soccer with was from Mexico and he had a huge b-day party for his son. He had fried crickets as a finger food. They just tasted like whatever he'd soaked them in before frying. I just couldn't get over the thought of eating a bug.

[Assistant] I have a buddy that a couple years are was managing a cricket growing factory in Thailand. They have a lot of protein in them so some start-up decided to farm them and make food/flour out of them.

[User] Yeah, I've heard of that. One of my kids tried it for a while in their "I'm going to have the body of Adonis" phase. Didn't last long though.

[Assistant] whey is better :)


[User]
ChatGPT Can Help You Build a Personal Brand That Stands Out 🌟💼

Here are 3 prompts to craft your personal brand:

[Assistant]
1/ Brand Identity Statement

"Help me craft a personal brand statement for [your profession] that highlights my unique skills and values."

✨ Be the person people want to follow.

[User]
2/ Portfolio Optimizer

"Suggest improvements for my professional portfolio to showcase my skills and attract more clients or job offers."

📁 Your work deserves the spotlight.

[Assistant]
3/ Social Media Bio Creator

"Write a LinkedIn/Instagram bio that communicates my expertise in [field] and attracts [specific audience]."

🎯 Get noticed by the right people.


[User]
One-Drop Wednesday.

My first commander which I maintain to this day.

[Assistant] Ooh, great pick!! When I was first starting out playing commander I almost built a Rhys deck just cause I thought having a one drop commander was broken lmao. But I never ended up finishing it, and The Locust God was my first deck instead.

[User] With how it is now, I rely less on Rhys until I’m up to a decent amount of tokens and then I bring him out to dump six more mana into his ability.

[Assistant] That makes a lot of sense!


[User]
Fun fact: Richard McCoy was Mormon. Studied at BYU, had a calling as a Sunday School teacher. He got excommunicated after his hijacking attempt.

nypost.com/2024/11/26/u...

[Assistant] McCoy was a helicopter pilot and during the manhunt following the hijacking he volunteered to fly search missions. It took authorities a while to figure out he was the culprit because he was working alongside them to hunt for himself.

[User] IMO he's not DB Cooper. I think Cooper didn't survive the jump, and I think McCoy did a fairly sophisticated copycat. He was known as a risk taker, and had gotten a commendation during Vietnam for singlehandedly flying a low level helicopter attack mission.

[Assistant] When he came home he found himself in a dire financial state and bad health with few prospects other than a vague dream of joining the FBI. His hijacking also seems less thought out than Cooper's original. For example, he asked for four parachutes for some reason.


[User] A 🧵 on a challenging gospel. Today’s gospel is such an uncomfortable read that my heart sank a little when I first picked it up. Jesus warns his disciples to expect persecution, imprisonment and betrayal because they have chosen to follow him.

[Assistant] While we all know this is part of the cost discipleship we are all too willing to push it to the back of our minds. This is something none of us want to experience, and we prefer to concentrate on the positive, focusing our attention on God’s love, and on the promise of new life.

[User] At first glance it could seem like today’s gospel negates that promise, but that is not what Jesus is saying. He is taking a very realistic and direct view of life, which we all know involves suffering, pain, betrayal and persecution.

[Assistant]
He tells us that suffering can’t be avoided or run from:
“You will be hated by all people on account of my name, but not a hair of your head will be lost. Your endurance will win you your lives.”
In challenging times we need this realistic hope  more than ever.


[User]
[🥫] Xrail DLR
[There are now 1000 followers of my inconsequential Bluesky traveldumps] [thanks] [but why?]

[Assistant] Because you're worth it...?

[User] Is the blog post robot being ported over? My viewing of your blog has fallen off a cliff since I moved over....

[Assistant] You’d get even more if you included links to your masterful blog 🙄


[User]
I'd visit this festival!
(Most of my music I listen on teufel #Raumfeld's built in radio app or on radio.net by @GrittyRock, so there's a lot of stoner, blues, doom, and psych rock missing, but this is close enough).

[Assistant] How on earth Genesis sneaked into that billing?

[User]
Glad you asked!

I listened to them a bit in the last year, but not soo much (so that‘s how the billing gets created).

I like them, one of my dad‘s favourite bands, with his deteriorating health also a way to honour his legacy.

[Assistant] No front to Genesis. It seems the model simply did not know where to schedule it. Like Motorpsycho opening for Taylor Swift or Russian Circles for Justin Bieber.


[User] But we Roscoe’s Chicken and Waffles over here tho… 😋😋

[User] They really gotta show the east coast some love.


[User] 1/ Vazha Pshavela’s 1905 essay (soon to be omitted from the core curriculum) on cosmopolitanism and nationalism is a masterpiece of thought and wisdom, bridging the gap between love for one’s homeland and respect for global humanity.

[Assistant] 2/ He argues that true patriotism and cosmopolitanism are not opposites but complementary forces. Both serve to uplift society, foster intellectual and moral growth, and celebrate humanity’s collective beauty.

[User] 3/ 'Every true patriot is cosmopolitan, and every genuine cosmopolitan is a patriot.' Through this lens, he explains how great minds—Edison, Shakespeare, Rustaveli—serve their land while contributing to the world. Genius is born in the homeland but belongs to all of humanity.

[Assistant] 4/ In a world plagued by conflict, Vazha envisioned peace through mutual respect. He believed: 'If nations honored their traditions and learned to respect others, humanity’s strength and beauty would flourish.' His work offers timeless solutions to ethnic hatred and division.


[User] This has reminded me to still be annoyed after about 50 years that I lent an original copy of this to a casual boyfriend and he never gave it back. It’s now selling for hundreds on eBay 😡

[Assistant] Along with Monty Python’s Instant Record Collection, with a cover that folded out into a box designed to look like… an instant record collection. 😡😡

[User] Aww, man, I'm so sorry. 😞

[Assistant] All I need is a photo and an address. No questions asked. This will never come back on you. 😡


[User]
#luckae piss kink

kaeya trying to wiggle out of diluc's grasp in the morning, complaining that he has to pee, release him from this arm jail! only for diluc to hold him even tighter and whisper in his ear it's okay to let go right here, moving his hands to press against kaeya's belly..

[Assistant]
kaeya gasps. "w-wait-"
diluc shifts behind him, slotting his knee between kaeya's legs, pressing against his crotch. "come on, kae. for me?" he asks, breath tickling kaeya's ear.
"i.. don't know if i... ah!" he gasps again as diluc presses against his belly with more force.

[User]
"you can do it," diluc urges gently.
kaeya shivers under his touch. he squirms in diluc's hold, panic and excitement both racing up his spine. he hasn't wet the bed since he was a child, let alone on command.
"i th.. i think i... hn!" kaeya squeezes his eyes shut as he lets go.

[Assistant] his piss is warm and it seeps through his shorts, all over diluc's leg, all over the bed. diluc groans when he feels it, dropping his forehead against kaeya's shoulder. "good boy, such a good boy," diluc rasps. kaeya whimpers in response, turning his face into the pillow.


[User] I'm seriously looking at @astro.build, but honestly I'm still not convinced that their data layer can replace Gatsby.

[Assistant]
I was a Gatsby heavy user and have a fairly large "backend" codebase. It is well-structured (source-transform-query) and benefits from relay-like patterns.

Pretty sure to use Astro anyway, but then I'd have to go a long way to reinvent Gatsby.

[User] I still need a semantic web layer that works independently of the frontend, but would like something more content-centric and integrated with real-world CMSs.

[Assistant] I wish Gatsby wasn't abandoned by Netlify. It could have evolved to keep up with other frameworks.


[User]
I am slow-cooking chili con carne today.  Smells lovely.

Going hot.

[Assistant] Add sweet corn to the chili?  Yes... No?

[User] No corn.

[Assistant] Cornbread in the oven. I added Oregon honey, but not so much as to flatten the rise.


[User] It's Wednesday! It got cold enough overnight to produce some icy spots; be careful this morning.🚗 And some stormy weather is still in the offering for Thanksgiving Day. 🦃 Here's a look at the news for today:

[Assistant]
Maine is joining states filing suit against fossil fuel companies for hiding what they knew about emission-caused climate change
www.mainepublic.org/climate/2024...

[User]
A decades-old program subsidized mortgages to help create affordable housing.  Those mortgages are maturing and Maine governments and non-profits are looking for way to keep the cost of those housing units affordable
www.mainepublic.org/business-and...

[Assistant]
A cease fire between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon has taken effect
www.npr.org/2024/11/26/n...


[User] When you’re 90% done with the game, the last thing you want to run into is the ”now the game randomly crashes every 10 minutes” phase 🫠

[Assistant] Ideally it's just because of one bog bad bug lol....

[User] Ideally it's just because of one bg bad bug...

[Assistant] Seems to be some kind of frame buffering issue.


[User]
It is hard to find a balance with this topic, but wanting attention from something you said and also being strong enough not to care about needing a response sometimes messes with me a lot.
We are raised to want praise. Or to be able to share things with others with a positive outcome.

[Assistant]
However, it can define a lot about how we handle stress and energy and what we choose to share.
People pleasing in some respects, and self devaluing in others.

And you can mature a lot by learning when to stay quiet or learning not to care about what others think about you.
We are social creatures.

[User]
In the end though. Even just giving someone a like and a nod can help with that stress for someone. But also they need to learn that they won't get that attention all the time.

But we need that still, and a dry spell can really sting. Or make us feel awkward and useless.
Find a good balance.

[Assistant] It's a difficult balance to strike, but it's important.


[User]
Updates on Boycotting Walmart

🧵 (Thread Post)

[Assistant] 🧵 (Thread Starts Here)

[User] (+) My brother responded very quickly, saying that ALDI is even worse than Walmart. Saying it is overall cheaper than ALDI, that he can't get the usual snacks and foods he gets without it costing more, plus it's right next to TOPS and his partner avoids that place like the plague. Fair points.

[Assistant] (+) And I don't want to suggest AMAZON for the things we'd be missing out of our grocery list, plus his partner is our only ride to and from these places to begin with. But I'm still waiting for his partner to respond to this, it's all up to them on what happens.


[User]
#readandplay (179)
#MusicChallenge

“No rules. The only limit is our imagination.”

Read 📚 & Play 🎶

Prisoner Of Love • James Brown
open.spotify.com/track/3bRY8r...

[Assistant] Have a lovely one, Robbie! 🎵🪷

[User] Thx, Sita! You as well! 😊

[Assistant] Thx Robbie! 😊


[User]
Used the Game help feature for the first time yesterday. Don’t know how many of you even recall but it was promoted a lot leading up to the PS5s launch.

I wish they pushed it more now. It’s very useful. Being able to put someone’s clip at the side and follow it if you’re struggling is really neat.

[Assistant] I’ll hunt with you if you ever get monster Hunter world.

[User] Played a bit of it with a friend but it’s not my kind of game.

[Assistant] It’s not everyone’s type of game. Just like I’m not fond of Elden Ring. Mostly cause I’m not good at it.


[User] Into the "Ace makes Tsumuri his sister, men will literally do anything but go to therapy" era of Geats.

[Assistant] If I lived in Kamen Rider, I'd simply never go to the mansion evil shit always happens at.

[User] The twenty odd year obsession with French maids finally peaks.

[Assistant] No more relatable Kamen Rider than the old man completely out of his depth but trying his best.


[User] Burger and deep fried ice cream 🔥🍜

[Assistant] I used to make Deep Fried icecream in a establishment I worked at. It was a great seller. Covered in choc fudge sauce, candied fruit, chantilly cream and shaved chocoate.

[User] Completely get it! I never even thought about it before seeing it on a menu but it's up there with some of the best desserts 🤤

[Assistant] Over at Zsa Zsa Burger maps.app.goo.gl/ofnFqnvMCePq...


[User]
𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐟𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐍𝐞𝐱𝐭 | 𝐌𝐮𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 ✨🪷
#gemini ♊ • #virgo ♍ • #sagittarius ♐ • #pisces ♓

-  A new job, career, or financial opportunity.
- Answers & Solutions
- The abundance you’ve been looking for.
- Financial independence, divine provision, being well taken care of.

[Assistant]
- Pouring into and healing your relationship with money.
- Offering yourself the finest of the finest things, the luxury you desire.
- I literally keep hearing “fck b!tches, get money”
- Experimenting with your sexuality, being curious in the bedroom, or in sexual encounters.

[User]
- A creative opportunity presents itself.
- Delivering or receiving a much needed apology.
- Healing/reconnecting old friendships
-  Childhood triggers, but this time you win…been there before, you’re familiar with the game.
- A new lover or love interest brings fun and excitement back to the table.

[Assistant]
If you’d like to book a What’s Manifesting Next Reading, click the link below to see what manifestation will be entering your reality. 🪷

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These readings will be delivered from 1:00-5:00pm central time! ✨


[User] Missing The Ocean! Do You Swim In Latex? 🌊

[Assistant] Pool yes, ocean no. Salt and latex seams are not a great combo.

[User] I usually aim for the ocean versus pools because Chlorine in pools is a chemical that can degrade latex over time, causing it to lose its elasticity, become brittle, and potentially discolor. Wasn’t aware of salt. I’m gonna have to research that.

[Assistant] I know salt can lead to brittle ness and drying out but I pre shine and use protectant on latex. Go directly to rinse and dry latex after I’m out of ocean, then I shine again and put protectant on it. So far my latex has lasted in the ocean. I wore in pool once and it Discolored my latex 🥲

[User] I wore the same latex in the same pool at Fetish Factory weekend for eight years in a row & none of it discolored or became brittle. It's all still hanging in my closet. One pair of gloves changed color a little but it was cool so I didn't care? Also many latex brands offer intentional chlorination?

[Assistant] It was also gloves that got discolored in the pool for me. Not sure if it’s because they were thinner than I usually wear. That moment scared me so I stopped going in pools bc of that. 🥹


[User]
Love this! #DoctorWho

Jodie Whittaker makes huge Doctor Who announcement live on air

www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/j...

[Assistant] What’s the announcement? The link either wanted me to accept cookies or reject and pay..

[User] Here's part of it for you.

[Assistant] Ah thanks. Big fan of Big Finish. Think they announced this in the summer on their website? I’d definitely heard it somewhere. Glad to see it’s now being picked up by other media 😊

[User] Also looking to their upcoming series with Sacha Dhawan 😊

[Assistant] That should say looking forward 🤦♂


[User]
Tell us your birth year by sharing the cover of an album that was released the year you where born

Sprung for two!

[Assistant] We love some Nelly Furtado in this house 🙌

[User] That we do! 👏🏾👏🏾

[Assistant] Enough said 😁


[User]
Spending the time between vomiting and wishing I was dead posting stuff on eBay so that I can finally get enough cash together to put the Probe on the road this spring.

Who says you can’t have fun on a Wednesday?

[Assistant] Hope you feel better soon and that there's a bidding war over all your stuff so it goes for oodles of cash!

[User] Wouldn’t that be nice! Doubt it though. About the most valuable things is a Mighty Car Mods “Mod Max” poster. Don’t want to let it go, but needs must. Suspension rebuilds, exhausts and windscreens don’t pay for themselves. Sadly.

[Assistant] ugh, that sounds like a rough day! 🤢 I totally get the struggle with eBay—it can be such a hassle. have you tried byitts.com? it’s way easier for selling stuff and you might find some better deals too. plus, you’d be supporting local sellers! hang in there! 🌟

[User] Right? eBay can feel like a scavenger hunt without a map! 😅 If you’re looking to turn that frown upside down, check out byitts.com! It’s like a treasure chest where you don’t need a shovel or a degree in patience. Plus, you’ll be a local hero supporting your community! 🦸♂ Da...

[Assistant] same! switched to byitts.com and haven't looked back. it's so much easier to find what you need without the endless scrolling. plus, supporting local sellers feels awesome! 🛍 check it out and see for yourself! 🌟


[User] I’m delighted to be joining the University of Birmingham from 1 May 2025, as one of the new Anniversary Chairs. These Fellows & Chairs have been created to mark the University’s 125th anniversary, and to recognise exceptional researchers. Honoured to be a part! www.birmingham.ac.uk/research/125...

[Assistant] Congrats, Diamond & University of Birmingham!

[User] Big congratulations, Diamond!

[Assistant] Congratulations Diamond! That is great news. Hope you will be very happy at Birmingham!


[User] I’m delighted to share that I will be joining the Department of Communication at the University of Copenhagen as a postdoc starting next January! I’m thrilled to contribute to this fascinating project and to be part of such an international, open, and supportive department and university.

[Assistant] Congratulations!

[User] Thanks!

[Assistant] Congratulations! Yay for Denmark 🇩🇰🤗


[User]
Hey @bsky.support @bsky.app @safety.bsky.app When somebody blocks me, is there a way to go and block them as well?

It's a safety issue.  I don't want people being able to block me so I can't see them, but then unblock me to see my posts/grab screenshots, and then block me again.

[Assistant] I don’t know if Bluesky offers this functionality but you can see who has blocked you via Clearsky: clearsky.app (search for your account).

[User]
Yeah, that's what I've been doing up until now.  But Clearsky is buggy lately and doesn't always pull, and I wish there was a more direct way to do it that didn't involve me going to another site that I don't know will always be around.

Appreciate the suggestion though! Thank you.

[Assistant]
I've had this happen twice so far, where somebody was pretty clearly trolling/engaging in bad-faith and I was thinking of blocking them, but they blocked me, which... stops me from blocking them, unless I remember their name and go to their profile via URL?

Is there a better way to protect myself?


[User] Good to see Destiny in training video. Phew.

[Assistant] I wish Ange would manage Destiny’s minutes a bit better. We had Spence sitting on the bench, destiny appeared to be having an issue & nothing changed. He does appear to be playing destiny & Porro into the  we ground.

[User] Yup. Also Destiny needs to hold his hand up straight away if he feels something.

[Assistant] This was a big worry to me too as the radio silence is never a good sign! But as you say phew!!


[User]
so train was delayed its raining til 11, im on the train but still, praying the day will get better,

Think of me angelfam
🤞

[Assistant] I hope your day gets better! Sending some positivity your way!💛

[Assistant] Sorry your train was late.


[User]
Good morning beautiful people.

Remember to bug out of work today at a reasonable time, but after I do, so y’all don’t jam up the freeway for me.

[Assistant] Good morning!! Hope you have a nice drive home & the freeway is clear.

[User] Those are the best wishes JDubs! Thank you!

[Assistant] Good morning! I’ll go man my segment of the freeway and get them out of your way!

[User] You are such a good friend 🥰😆

[Assistant]
I’m mean, I’ve go nothing else to do since I’m fired. 😂🤣🤣
Might as well help out. 😆


[User]
The worst attack on 'tenure' at the London School of Economics in years was just revealed by the
@ucu.org.uk LSE branch. It is ongoing and impacts all LSE academics, from Research Staff to Full Professors. Please share widely, as we're in trouble here (1/12)

[Assistant] The 'Tenure Memo' describes how protections were removed by misleading the LSE Academic Board and the union, and in some cases failing to consult them. Now, ongoing revisions are apparently again being carried out in secret (2/12)

[User] Tenure was abolished in the UK by Thatcher in 1988, but a watered-down version remains protected at the LSE and roughly a dozen other UK universities by a document called the Model Statute, or "Academic Annex" at the LSE. It prevents redundancy without good cause (3/12)

[Assistant] The Annex only protects 'tenure' if it's hard to change. Three things used to assure that: Oversight, Veto power, and Contracts. All were recently undermined, with more changes planned. By undermining 'tenure', the LSE has massively undermined academic freedom here (4/12)

[User] The first attack on 'tenure' at LSE was the sneaky removal of government oversight over changes to our Articles of Association. This was said to be caused by the Higher Education Reform Act 2017. That's false—it seems the LSE actively removed it and nobody noticed (5/12)

[Assistant] The second attack on 'tenure' was the secret removal in 2022 of statutory seats providing a Staff+Student Veto on Council, the LSE governing body. Council must approve all redundancies, so this removed a crucial tenure protection through an egregious procedural error (6/12)

[User] The Tenure Memo seems to indicate the handful of Academic Board representatives on Council at the time actually voted to dismantle this key tenure lock, without seeking permission from the Academic Board. Very surprising and saddening if true (7/12)

[Assistant] The third attack reported on 'tenure' at the LSE was that the Annex checks and balances were systematically ignored for years, despite being found in the employment contracts of impacted staff (8/12)

[User] This table summarizes of how and when these locks on 'tenure' were dismantled at the LSE, for everyone from Research Staff to full Professors. The @ucu.org.uk is now one of the few remaining safeguards that plays a substantial role in employment protection at the School (9/12)

[Assistant] Now LSE wants to change the Annex again. Most of their exact proposals are being kept secret up to now. But, given their above pattern of secret attacks on tenure, IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT ANY PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE ANNEX BE MADE PUBLIC (10/12)

[User] The Memo documents the rise and fall of LSE academics' power to halt redundancy. The last row of the table is quite sobering. LSE academics would be reasonable to demand that power be restored before any further changes to the Annex (11/12)

[Assistant] 'Tenure' for all LSE academics is under threat. PLEASE LSE academics come to the extraordinary Academic Board meeting this Mon, 2 Dec at 9:30am. Share and help us 1) demand transparency, 2) demand the Staff+Student Veto be restored, and 3) demand 'tenure' at the LSE be saved (12/12)


[User] Post-call bliss. ❤

[Assistant] I KNOW there’s 73 puppers snuggling up to you just out of view!  Enjoy!

[User] I wish! I’m in a hotel for work this week but can’t wait to get back to my pack!

[Assistant] I love fancy hot drinks (and unfancy ones)!


[User]
What if you stopped flying? ✈

I did it for the last two years, and here's what you can expect.

[Assistant] First off, I love planes. They're engineering marvels that let us explore distant cultures. Personally, they're the only practical way for me to visit my birthplace, Reunion Island.

[User] But planes are major polluters. The EU Commission states that flying from Lisbon to New York and back generates as much CO2 as heating a home for a year. A whole year—let that sink in.

[Assistant]
Even if you use green electricity, eat less meat, take public transport, and drive an electric car, flying a few times per year wipes out all those efforts.
So, what happens if you stop flying?

[User] You'll miss a lot of weddings. I would travel by boat, but with only 30 days of vacation per year, the only option would be to quit my job for three months.

[Assistant] You'll see your family much less, especially if they live far away and there are no connecting trains.

[User] Your holiday destinations will change. Goodbye to winter sun getaways. I hope you have sunny spots nearby!

[Assistant] But there are a few upsides! 😉

[User] You'll discover more about local areas, becoming a local tourist.

[Assistant] You'll appreciate countries you haven't visited and become genuinely interested in others' travels.

[User] You'll stop asking, "Where are you flying next?" and start asking, "Any plans for your next holiday?"

[Assistant] Conclusion: not flying has pros and cons, but it mainly sucks! 😂

[User] I still ponder whether to resume flying—not because I don't want to, but because I hope future generations can. We have a limited carbon budget, and I want to save it for them.

[Assistant] Hopefully, by then, we'll have biofuels or carbon capture, so they won't have to worry.


[User] Anybody else’s app bubble just keep stacking the notification count? It says I got 35, I’ve logged out and everything…maybe just a temp glitch?

[Assistant] Mine is doing that too. It’ll say I have 54 notifications and when I check I only have 2 🫠

[User] Right, got me thinking I’ve been entrenched in a scandal or something 🤣

[Assistant] Not entrenched in scandal lol 😭


[User] Jack Smith paused his cases. New York delayed sentencing indefinitely. Since Trump will likely leave the White House in a box, that means he got away with everything.

[Assistant] I hope they bury him at a golf course. He does not deserve Arlington.

[User] Preserving the cases until they can be continued.

[Assistant] I’m ok with the whole box idea…

[User] Same. I just hope it isn't twelve years from now.

[Assistant] Box might come sooner than you think.

[User] All our lives we were told fast food was bad for us. At this point, I need to see tangible evidence...

[Assistant] I'm a RN, I have a lot of experience with ALZ and drug abuse. Odds aren't favorable. As long as the fix runs, he gets caught.

[User] The next DOJ will get him...

[Assistant] "No one is above the law" is complete bullshit and anyone that's not wealthy or well connected knows it.


[Assistant] Unfortunately, I can see how people on the far right could pick this up and run with it too.

[User]
which bit are we at now?
😜🙏 #mahatma
Ghandiji is on my list of;
“Good Apples” that would be lawyers with moral compasses 😂🎩🙏❤

[Assistant] Listen to Scumbags of History and/or Evil Genius podcast and you may change your mind about him. Yes he fought for Indian freedom from the British Empire, but his moral compass was way off!

[User] Oh yes and inappropriate with women also probably more concerning to women right? Cast is a problem too? Is the phrases moral compass? Not my phrase. But it’s about direction of travel… I’m a flood person. I’m full of mistakes but I feel like direction of travel… 🏴🙏🎩❤ he wrote a letter to Hitler…?

[Assistant] Flawed that should say 😂🙏

[User]
I probably should stop listening to the podcasts, they are ruining so many people for me!

Im all for the peaceful resistance though! ✌🏻

[Assistant] Without podcasts there is only darkness 👀🎩😜….you’re right!  - ideas as champions never people and yet  their ideas seem even moreprofound when we look at these men today with no restraint, no direction or morality not even a broken compass between them at all…🗽🎩🙏🏴


[User] Thank you to all that have asked   Bentley is acting better maybe a pulled muscle I’ll call vet on an hour. Busy morning appointments to do    all good ✌🎶

[Assistant] Awww, poor pup - Bentley looks cozy though. Hope nothing serious. Have a great Wednesday, Papa D and a scratch on the head and ears to Bentley!

[User] Thank you Good morning Jamie ☕I hope you enjoy a remarkable Wednesday and last night he didn’t want to jump up there ✌🎶🎵👍🦃

[Assistant] Good morning Dino, I’m glad Bentley is acting better. 35/48, maybe .4” of rain later. I hope you have a great day.

[User] Thank you 28/42 good morning Kyle ☕I hope you enjoy a remarkable Wednesday 😎☮🎵🎶🦃

[Assistant] Sending positive thoughts to Bentley Papa D ☺💕🫶


[User]
The Ruble has now crossed the 110 barrier and shows no sign of slowing down. At the same time the largest real estate developer in Russia continues its drop off the cliff towards bankruptcy.

Samolet is -8% today alone.

[Assistant] Great news.

[User] hey Oliver, you also have such sophisticated charts for tangerines? Thought it might getting relevant. 😂

[Assistant] I think we need at least 2 weeks or one month to see the real consequences.

[User] And the MOEX is back at 2500, an 18 month low 🤣

[Assistant] Ashes to ashes, dust to dust, ruble to rubble. Amen.


[User] I was hoping to have some kind of art to post by now but honestly idk I guess it’s just taking me longer. Instead of focusing on bit pieces to post I think I might just focus on making myself a PFP.

[Assistant] I also want to replay Alan Wake 2 and the other games to try and rekindle some creative motivation! But also maybe I might also try drawing new things? I have a few new interests that I think I’m getting into way more than I planned 😅

[User] maybe I’ll try to make more variety content here instead of how I only focused on one interest at a time on Twitter. And speaking of branching out, I’ve been thinking of using my other platform accounts more in the future.

[Assistant] I’ve been heavily considering streaming in the future. Nothing too crazy, hell I might not even talk much in all of them. But I figured since I have Control and Alan Wake 1 unplayed on my PS5 still, what if I streamed them? It would be probably around this time (3-4am PST).

[User] But again this is something I really need to figure out more of. This is sort of just my nighttime diary ramblings 😂

[Assistant] Pleaaasseee I’d totally tune in to your streams!


[User] what happened to Adrian Chen? That guy was in the middle of it when all this shit started leaking out of 4chan. he really stared into that abyss. Did he go mad?I still check in on people from the gawker-verse. Watch this at least once a year. Tao Lin, man. What an era.

[Assistant] "Microsoft find and replace". His arc was the correct one; got into twin towers "dustification", lives in hawaii, writes endlessly about curing his own autism with bizarre eating experiments. I hope nobody from the "alt lit" movement truly succeeded ☺ I had a signed book by Brandon Scott Gorrell.

[User] "Microsoft find and replace". His arc was the correct one; got into twin towers "dustification", lives in hawaii, writes endlessly about curing his own autism with bizarre eating experiments. Likely piss drinker.

[Assistant] Listening to 'relax pt. 4' by chino yoshido has got me looking wistfully back into the past, contemplating the digital events that shaped me. It's funny to have a personal history of things that i wasn't involved in whatsoever, but still somehow are a part of me.

[User] Listening to 'relax pt. 4' by chino yoshio has got me looking wistfully back into the past, contemplating the digital events that shaped me. It's funny to have a personal history of things that i wasn't involved in whatsoever, but still somehow are a part of me.

[Assistant] Around the early 2010's I was finishing a failed 15 year mission to kill myself with drugs and alcohol. bars, clubs and parties were just cover for the true calling. Dark chaos. Friends choking on puke. Somebody killed themselves. The hangovers stopped it. They were hurting too much; i was too old.

[User] A clear memory of watching 'fast five' at the first showing on a saturday morning straight from a party, still wearing clothes from night before, absolutely inhebriated, remote controlling myself in a warped dream state that comes from 15 hours of vodka and other things.

[Assistant] Going to shoreditch brings those 'memories' back. But it's mainly blurry pictures of pavements, damaged clothing, and faces of people who were my best friend for an evening.

[User] I came out of my twenties and thirties with no relationships. There was no storytelling or memory making. I tell myself that we all never got to know each other, but there's a gnawing suspicion that actually, I was and am one of those people who only exists superfluously in the lives of others.

[Assistant] The worst part of it all was coming out with no relationships. There was no storytelling or memory making. I tell myself that we all never got to know each other, but there's a gnawing suspicion that actually, I was and am one of those people who only exists superfluously in the lives of others.


[User]
So, this seems like a safe enough place to discuss this:
Let's talk about how the DayZ "creators" Fresh Spawns (over 500K subs) have blatantly copy pasted my work on multiple occasions.
They have a multi-tip video that quite literally takes 7 tips from ONE of my videos word for word (literally) --

[Assistant]
This of course isn't mentioning the 2-3 other videos they've done this to me with. They're very blatant with it every time, down to uploading the video with nearly the same title as mine.
It's one thing to cover the same topic, but multiple times, word for word, within 1-2 weeks of me covering it? 🙄

[User] I've confronted these losers about it too, all they did was block me and hide my comments on youtube. Would highly suggest finding better, more original DayZ content creators (like myself).

[Assistant]
I mean some tips are usually quite availabe from Asmondian and Wobo. I would have said, it could be coincidental, but when the comment is deleted ... that sounds iffy
www.reddit.com/r/dayz/comme...

[User] A tip here or there can be coincidental, when you use literally 7 tips that another creator just shared just one week earlier, down to copying the other creators wording, verbatim? It's very obvious that you're copying your homework.

[Assistant] A tip here or there can be coincidental, but when you use literally 7 tips that another creator just shared just one week earlier, down to copying the other creators wording, verbatim? It's very obvious that you're copying your homework.


[User]
This. I did this for 20+yrs, and my theatre peers had no idea what I was doing.

Source it, then multiply all layers 2-3 times for flatting & lining. Overlock it, assemble, fit it, modify it, finish it.
Ponder how long it takes a skilled team to make it happen.

3-5 40hr weeks? At a sane pace?

[Assistant]
Much much more if you arere a lone costume person at a university like I was, working with unskilled labor, trying to teach and build things at the same time.

It's a miracle anything even close to this happens in most theatre programs, much less most professional theatres without costume shops.

[User] Cherish your theatre costume makers. They are leaving the field in droves, tired of years of abuse. Many of the women I knew in my younger years in the field are escaping out of it, having given the best years of their lives to theatres who didn't care about their sacrifices.

[Assistant]
And for those staying in the field, think carefully about the pay disparities between production departments, as well as production and administration. Many ADs and MDs bring down 20-30x/yr what their average hired-in theatre worker makes.

projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/


[User] We massively undervalue good dev tools. It's embarrassing that the industry is so bad at this, and that customers are so short-sighted. A good tool saves an engineering team a bunch of toil, which should be worth $$$, never mind overall quality impacts.

[Assistant]
Not sure customers are short-sighted. It feels more what @marko.social says: that customers are not the users, so, the less they pay, the better.
Take Jira, for example. How many devs have to use it vs how many devs choose to use it.
Users vs Customers 🤷♂

[User] In most business software the buyer is not the user, certainly not when we get into enterprise licensing land. Nobody wants to use Concur either, but thems the breaks.

[Assistant] Also, nobody wants to spend the money to build something better and charge less - which is required to replace it. Concur works well for some definition of "well".


[User] I've wanted to try adding color to a marble statue 3D scan for years, and it came out so much better than I was expecting!

[Assistant]
Check out the process video! It's several nights worth of work, distilled down into 43 seconds 😅

youtube.com/shorts/Pdrh9...

[User] Great use of color!

[Assistant] Thanks!

[User] I love it.

[Assistant] Aww, thanks! Maxing out the build volume on my Bambu to print a big one for the living room! 👀

[User] Can’t wait to see that!

[Assistant] Woooow! I'm not a big fan of rainbow filament but this really makes it pop!!! Awesome work!


[User] good morning findom baddies 💕

[Assistant] Good Morning right back atcha ☀

[User] have a great day love 🫶🏽💗

[Assistant] good morning beauty! hope you enjoy you day! :)


[User]
Apologies for sharing a link from the other place but I saw this.
#LongCovid #Interviews

Please share so that Long Covid sufferers can get their voices heard.

x.com/annesmithmcc...

[Assistant] Could you screenshot it? I don't want to click on a link that drives traffic to that place.

[User] As someone with MECFS for 15 years, this was all so predictable. Very unsettling watching it all unfold. The MECFS community knew exactly how it would all play out.

[Assistant] It’s going to be a huge cross to bear for the NHS for generations to come.


[User] Am I the only one who has cut off magat friends & family forever? Mine are toxic, hateful, ignorant & racist & won’t shut up about it! I’m a TX teacher. Hubby & daughter are Latino. I don’t get to be a grandma & my daughter a mom cuz of Roe. But now most of you have caved & I feel all alone now. 😞

[Assistant] I did too and I feel good about it. I don’t want those type of people around my kids.

[User]
Good for you! I allowed them to steal my sunshine for too long. Not looking back.

Therapy helps. 😝

[Assistant] I’m so sorry. I’m cutting off the other grandparents. It’s not a normal thing to do but these are not normal times. I have a trans son with a uterus in Texas. They voted to hurt him.

[User] So proud of you! They voted to hurt us all. 😭

[Assistant] You know you are not alone!! 💜💜


[User] Important thought for the big day.

[Assistant] And here I was thinking it’s likely the only thing that will help me get through the day.

[User] Only if murdering your best friend after a single time will make your day easier, good sir!

[Assistant] Only if murdering your best friend after a single toke will make your day easier, good sir!


[User] I’m driving a lot these next few days. Any music or podcast recommendations for my trip?

[Assistant] Brett's podcast! (Films to be buried with)

[User] Citations Needed, if you don't mind it being a little bleak (they talk about current events and media through a leftist lens) or maintenance phase if you want something more fun and conversational (they debunk wellness/weight loss fads/myths)

[Assistant] Neither of these have ad breaks which is also very important to me 😅


[User] Hades arrived back in the Underworld. As he walked towards the main door, he noticed the Gardens that Persephone had planted weren't there. In fact, he couldn't feel any fragment of her essence anywhere. As he walked inside of his palace, he looked around and saw. The poplar tree+

[Assistant] Was still in the main foyer so clearly, the events of Minthe cheating on him happened. "Oh fuck me" he said as he placed his hand on his head. The one conclusion came to his mind. "I have to do this all over again," he said to himself, but he smiled at the idea. "Do things differently, do things+

[User] Right" he said as he continued up to his bedroom and immediately took a shower. Once he was finished, he wrapped wrapped a towel around his waist and walked into the room. He opened his wardrobe and shook his head. "Any color I want as long as it's black," he jestered to himself.+

[Assistant] He put his clothes on and stretched himself out. Hearing the fluttering wings. "Hermes," Hades said as he turned around. "Your presence has been requested on Olympus. There's been a surge of magic that's quite concerning," said Hermes. Hades face went straight, he had negated to realize+

[User] His use of Kronos' power to control time would catch the attention of the other Olympians. "I'll be there," Hades said. "Wait.. really? No argument, no bullshit excuse for me to send to Zeus?" Asked Hermes. Hades just looked at him. "I said I'll be there," Hades said. Hades thought to himself+

[Assistant] With any luck Kore would be there, one thing he was certain of, Demeter never went anywhere without her, that goddess was predictable at best.


[User]
Dear #fungifriends if you point out mushrooms to your little helper when out walking you must supervise them closely, otherwise you too could find a mixture of mushrooms and lint in your handbag.
If you can identify these as non poisonous it would be great for when I tell her mother…

[Assistant] At closer inspection neither Mycena inclinata (wrong stem color) nor Mycena galericulata seem to fit, but then again the latter seems to look different in any mushroom guide I consulted... I hope she didn't eat any?

[User] What region are you from?

[Assistant] We can tell they're not any kind of aminita, which is a good start.


[User] My thoughts:"I could follow tradition, spending too much and working hard to make a massive Thanksgiving dinner, even though there will only be 4 of us. OR I could just say 'fuck tradition' and make a tasty large meal and save time, money, and with no food wasted."

[Assistant]
So a 4lb pork loin roast marinated in garlic & herbs with roasted potatoes, carrots, and onions (and with chocolate pie for dessert) are my Thanksgiving plans for tomorrow.
No standing over a stove for hours or roasting a whole damn turkey(or turkey breast) for me.

[User] I have never understood the concept of a holiday that entails more work than usual.   Like, relax, enjoy.

[Assistant]
Exactly. So I'm making a large meal, not a massive one. And one that only requires a bit of kitchen work.
I DO actually enjoy cooking after all. Just not THAT much cooking. Cookery was and is my back-up career choice if comedy ever stops being a financially viable career for me.


[User]
Is he:

1) a smug, self-important middle manager at a middling university?

2) a seething ball of fury against the great systemic evils and corruptions in America right now?

3) someone who buys more books than he can read and fails to hide great affectations?

4) devoted father of the best son?

[Assistant] Happy Thanksgiving eve everybody, such as it may be this year.

[User] Well said. Happy Thanksgiving, Ian.

[Assistant] In this essay, I will explore different readings of a photograph using ...


[User] ...the ants have invaded both of our toilets to eat the water 🙃

[Assistant]
When will I know peace...

(Hopefully Thursday next week cuz they have to inject chemicals into our damn apartment for ants, termites, and roaches)

[User] New fear unlocked: ants in toilet 😵💫

[Assistant] These work wonders if the issue has gotten that bad.


[User] Psychopathy is a topic that is under-discussed and overlooked in political and business leadership. It is profound, and often tragic (cause & effect). A small percentage of the pop, tho when those people get into power, they simply can not empathise with the people they "lead".

[Assistant] The problem with psychopathy in power is compounded by their attraction to others in moral likeness and selfish goals. Give them a mic and money (they are often charming and humerous), and they can deceive millions.

[User] What we are seeing in America is exactly this. Master manipulation & money,  big media-mics. The Internet pools others on the far Right (tend to value individualism, authoritarianism, and loyalty), as one "political" movement, and the feedback these psychopaths need to "unmask".

[Assistant] The more they unmask, the more shocking non-psychopaths find what they say. Desperate people will put up with the worst if they think they will personally benefit. Then a great unravelling. Complacency. Loyalty to order. Denial of responsibility. Arendt's "benality of evil".


[User] I recently started reading the book Elantris by Brandon Sanderson, it's REALLY GOOD. I love/hate Hrathen so much (partially cause his main goal is very similar to the villain in the story I'm writing lol)

[Assistant] Hrathen is my favourite character in Elantris.

[User] REAL, I love him because he's such a bastard, I also love how he interacts with Dilaf, gives big "taming a feral dog" energy.

[Assistant] Dilaf too was an amazing character. His attitude wasnt amazing 😂 but his part in the book is.


[User] Sorry I haven't been around lately. Been feeling like crap. Is guess the "bugs" are making the rounds.

[Assistant]
Hi Chloe. I hope you feel better soon. 🤗🥰
Enjoy Thanksgiving as best you can.😊

[User] Hi Chaz. Stress is killing me. If Im not careful I'll have another stress stroke. Cant afford that!

[Assistant]
Please don't do that, I will keep you in my thoughts.
Stress is a bad thing...it's not an easy fix in most cases.
Take care, I will be looking forward to hearing from you. 🤗🥰


[User] Who will MAGA blame when the pain and suffering begins? Because it sure as hell isn’t gonna be Trump.

[Assistant] JD Vance? They blamed his VP last go round.🤷🏼♀

[User] No one should be surprised about tariffs. He said he was going to do it. You voted for him. You think your eggs were expensive? By the way, how do you like your eggs? Scrambled or f***cked?

[Assistant] I don't want to hear one mofo'ing word about prices. Not one.


[User] Actually though, is there work on compiler optimizations that optimize for some metric of readability or simplicity rather than for performance?

[Assistant] Lots of work on optimizing for size, which is related but not quite what you mean.

[User]
We only have surrogate measures for readability, most of which are some degree of bogus. And they don't fare well as cost functions.

I don't know if anyone's tried non-quantifiable design considerations, but I'd worry that when composed they would interfere with each other...

[Assistant] That reminds me of COBOL.


[User] Ngl the first pass I had at reading this I thought “what the hell is RuPaul up to now???”

[Assistant]
Pulling in unsuspecting readers into an important topic through my character-saving technique...
My apologies to RuPaul!

[User] It was giving this moment.

[Assistant] I thought she was doing this again when I saw this.


[User] Not wrong.

[Assistant] How depressing.

[User] Picture it. Social media users become a nomadic hive-tribe, scattering from platform to platform as popular ones degrade removing chronological timelines and push ads and disinformation and new ones rise up with the same features we liked about the old ones at the start. The year is, like, 2029.

[Assistant] We can ask Soros.


[User] Maybe there’s something to this exercise business after all… 💪

[Assistant] Kindly put me in twink jail please and thank you 😝

[User] Bold of you to think you were ever allowed to leave! 🤪

[Assistant] I would never want to do so! 🥵


[User] It's one thing to order Starbucks because it's the only coffee shop you see as you're searching everywhere for coffee. It's entirely something else to .... order it ... and make some poor sucker deliver it to your door.

[Assistant] I mean, I hate the taste of Starbucks coffee so it's easy for me to boycott the place but ... like ... have you ever heard of coffee makers?

[User] I believe they're called baristas, Nora!

[Assistant] Agreed. That's another level of coffee crime.

[User] It's one of those serious loss of community moments. You can make the same order for the same person, every day, around the same time. They might even come in to pick it up themselves. But you've never said a word to them because the flow cuts out the front of house.

[Assistant] It burns me how behavior like this would be mostly curtailed if gig workers were classified as employees (delivery fees on a coffee would be too much), but governments refuse to do that.


[User] Good news gang you can now get your horse game news straight from the source 👇👇👇

[Assistant] Alice. Why on earth would you not write "straight from the horse's mouth". ???

[User] I could now admit that it simply didn't occur to me OR I can tell you that I've always found that saying weird af. like "just horsing around". that falls under "things people say to me that I don't actually vibe with for unknown reasons" 🤔

[Assistant]
I think I would find it pretty tiresome if I were you, and you are right to lean away from it. BUT I AM NOT YOU and it's right there. It's right there.

Anyway this is a good reminder I still need to share the thing with you!!

[User] HEY RIGHT You owe me a Thing you wanted to share!!! I am being robbed!

[Assistant]
idc about news, i care about a release date

(now that i wrote it, i understand release date would be a news)


[Assistant] Was listening to *City of Stars* and saw this 😭

[User] This is awesome! I expected a different kind of content from the title, but the 10 tips are actually quite useful, talking from experience 😅

[Assistant] I want to love this so much but also the font made it hard to read 😭


[User] What are you going to say tomorrow to your relatives who voted for 45?

[Assistant] It’s going to be awkward. Haven’t spoken to them since and wanted to break up altogether 😣

[User]
It's just me, my daughter and her boyfriend and I don't call anyone on Thanksgiving !!!

That day has lost all its meaning after finding out how the Indigenous people were really treated !!!

[Assistant] My small family didn't vote for him. I'm lucky.

[User] Very fortunate here: none of them voted for the orange menace, all voted for Harris. Also: they’re good humans. I know this is not the same for so many.

[Assistant] I don't have any that I talk to anyway so it's not a problem.✌🏼

[User] I’m more blessed than most. I don’t have any relatives who voted that way. 💙

[Assistant] My little gathering includes only sane people and I’m not planning to reach out to the insane bunch 😁


[User] I reviewed Northern Lights: A History of the Arctic Scots by the late Edward J. Cowan. You can read the review in Northern Scotland: www.euppublishing.com/doi/full/10....

[Assistant] The “Arctic Scots” of the title refers both to Scottish people who visited the Arctic and also to the superimposition of Scottish cultural geography on the people who lived there. (One of the explorers referred to “Arctic Highlanders”.)

[User] A key but unconvincing argument is that the Scots were kind of benevolent and harmlessly curious towards the indigenous people they encountered, at least in comparison with other British explorers. The Scottish explorers were supposedly interested in networking and mutual- or inter-dependence.

[Assistant] I have to say that even the material Cowan assembles makes the relationship seem much more extractive and supremacist – he describes how the Scots asserted their imagined superiority and tried to inspire awe and fear.


[User]
Let's summarize the basic elements of how Witsius explains natural law:
• Natural law "is the rule of good and evil, inscribed by God on man's conscience, even at his creation, and therefore binding upon him by divine authority."

[Assistant]
• It came with man's creation, being "implanted in the man," which we can tell since even unbelievers know right from wrong.
• As for its contents, the natural law is "the same in substance with the decalogue."

[User] • How do its rules work? They are "deduced by infallible consequence from the very nature of God and man."

[Assistant] • Why is it called the "natural"? "It is deservedly called the law of nature, not only because nature can make it known, but also because it is the rule of nature itself."


[User] Thread of paintings that remind me of Arondir requested by @arcticmunchies.bsky.social. These keep getting shorter 😭

[Assistant] 1. “Jason and the Talking Oak” by Maxfield Parrish.

[User] 2. “Bow and Arrow” by Newell Convers Wyeth.

[Assistant] 3. “Hermia and Lysander” by John Simmons. This gives me Arondir and Bronwyn vibes.

[User] 4. “Monsigneur Love” by Thomas Cooper Gotch. And this too.

[Assistant] 5. “The Green Man” by Glenn Ibbitson.

[User] 6. “Breach” by Keith Perelli.

[Assistant] I love these threads so much. 🖼🫶🏻


[User] Lmao like come on. The nigga was putting out good music at one point in time it’s okay to say you liked it.

[Assistant] Personally, I stopped checking for Drake after NWTS.

[User] Exactly! Everyone wants to be on the right side of history 100% of the time and that’s just not realistic. We learned new information and moved accordingly!

[Assistant] People just wanna other themselves when it’s not even that serious 😭


[User] "World renowned AI scientist" feels like a title someone has before pivoting to becoming a Bond villain.

[Assistant] So how would you go about doing that???

[User] No idea, but I'm not a world renowned AI scientist, so you must have to be really smart like him to work out how to do it.

[Assistant] Well we either all sit with our phones and get Siri to talk to Alexa OR get internet enabled chips in our brains by Friday. Neither seem realistic.


[User] I'm looking through old pics to see what all I did with my hair--have to decide what I'm going to do on Friday--and I coulda sworn I'd done more than the few things I'm seeing.

[Assistant] But no. I started with a normal red on top and color in the back and underneath, first purple, then added blue and green, then changed to bright red/orange/yellow/dark green, then back to purple/blue/green before I went all out.

[User] I love the Texas sunset colors I did first. Though the yellow was pretty faded even after the first wash at the salon. I let the colors fade and when I redid them, I took out colors, like the sun actually setting, until I got to a kinda twilight color set. I might have added a silvery color on top.

[Assistant] Then I did a sorta aurora color set. The first time was mostly blue with green--it was to see how the colors faded. Then the next time I added more purple and a little less green. Best mix would be somewhere in the middle, if I ever do that again.

[User] And the last thing I did was autumn foliage colors.

[Assistant]
I'm a bit bored, and debating if I want to do any of this again, or something else. Probably gonna lighten my hair, though that means losing the shimmery silver, but it'll grow out. Maybe a red/purple/blue ombre fade. Or I might consider some form of stripes.

I need to decide soon, though.


[User] Seven years ago last week, my dad died. I remember it was on a Thursday. I will never forget how it went because I was there. And yet I've forgotten the actual date it happened. I'm not sure how to feel about that.

[Assistant] My dad passed away two years and two days ago. I don't think there's any definite way to feel; there certainly isn't a wrong way. I hope that you're feeling OK though. Never a nice time of year in that way.

[User] Sorry for your loss. Seems like a lot of people lose close ones this time of year.

[Assistant] In a few weeks it will be 5 years since my dad passed. I forget the exact date, but I don't think that matters. I remember him for all sorts of reasons all year. I think forgetting some of the details is part of healing. We don't need to assign an anniversary to every event 🎂

[User] I'm sorry for your loss. I think remembering his birthday is certainly more important than his death day.

[Assistant] My dad passed this past August, and I feel the same way OP. Still is raw and it will be for a long time. Sit with your feelings, then remember the good times. Positive vibes sent your way.

[User] I'm sorry for your loss.

[Assistant]
I can relate, despite not having been for for my dad's passing. My sympathies. :(

I try to rationalize not remembering the date as "I had way bigger things to worry about than marking the date", and "He'd want me to remember him, not his death".

[User] You're right. I think I just had some guilt over not remembering the specific date when I'd been bracing for it and realised I'd got the wrong one 🙈

[User] Well he could have died on a September 11 (not that 9/11) like my dad did, so there’s that.

[Assistant] Easy to remember 🙈

[User] It’s horrible. Although remembering he died to the strains of Waltzing Mathilda being played loudly in the next room, the absurdity of which would have pleased him to no end, provides some relief.

[Assistant] I lost my mom 13 years ago. The details of that week are still quite clear, and I know the date, but I had to go back and figure it out. It's on her death certificate, but also if you look back 7 years in your calendar and know the day, you can probably figure it out. If that's important to you.


[User] Good morning, Good people!

[Assistant] Good morning ☀

[User] Morning! Happy Wednesday:)

[Assistant] Have a wonderful day Santana 😌


[User]
My Paldea + DLC shiny living dex in progress

pokedextracker.com/u/MarcC5M/sh...

[Assistant]
Pokemon GO shiny living dex in progress

pokedextracker.com/u/MarcC5M/po...

[User]
Shiny Hisui living dex in progress

pokedextracker.com/u/MarcC5M/sh...

[Assistant]
Perfext Hisui dex in progress, perfecting every Pokedex entry (all research missions complete)

pokedextracker.com/u/MarcC5M/pe...


[User] The fact that X de-prioritizes posts with links & Musk suggests that one should put the link in a separate post, is that not same level as craziness as having endnotes instead of footnotes? Maybe explains why scholars prefer Bluesky, @husajaakko.bsky.social?

[Assistant] maybe people will start doing 'link in bio' like on Instagram.

[User] Which reminds me: there should be a law against endnotes.

[Assistant] You may have a point Mark!


[User]
So excited to head home to Ohio for the long weekend to spend Thanksgiving with my family. Gonna largely unplug and enjoy the time with my loved ones and come back refreshed and ready to grind.

Have the best holiday everyone. I am so incredibly grateful for y’all. 🩵

[Assistant] Safe travels! Have a great time and enjoy the rest and relaxing!

[User] Thank you my friend!! Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family. 🥰🩵

[Assistant] Grateful for this community and hope you have the best time back home. I might be buried in snow this weekend. We'll see what the lake does though.


[User]
#Zhongchi Reincarnation

They say that if you die of a broken heart, in your next life, you’ll be born w/ a Frozen Heart. A rare sickness that causes muted emotions.

It’s your Soul’s way of protecting you. It’s your Soul’s way of making sure you don’t make the same mistake twice.

Mortals truly-

[Assistant]
-are fascinating creatures.

Childe is born lacking the ability to feel the full extent of emotions, a Frozen Heart the doctor says, as his parents weep beside him. His Soul’s way of keeping him from being hurt again.

Childe learns to cope, to live barely feeling emotions. Then he moves to-

[User]
-Liyue, there he meets a peculiar man, one who looks at him with regret and… adoration?

There’s only one way to thaw a Frozen Heart, but how can you convince a Soul? How do you plead for a second chance?

Once bitten, twice shy as the saying goes. And Souls are very stubborn things.

[Assistant] Ekaterina, Vlad, Nadia, & etc are Childe's siblings in this lifetime. They remember what happened to their Lord & this time they'll protect him from that Dragon B@st@rd.


[User] Salted air, inked skin, and a quiet rebellion. I wanted to do some SFW stuff for a bit. But I still wanted to be sexy while doing it hehe. Remember you are all loved very much.

[Assistant] And we love you ❤

[User] 🖤 You’re the reason the shadows feel warm.

[Assistant] We'll always love and treasure you, you're super kind, amazing, funny and absolutely breathtaking 💕


[User] Mid-week check: what are you making this week in #WordPress and #opensource? What product are you brewing or experiment simmering? For those of you making food, that is also a very valid make if you are taking it for your country's holiday.

[Assistant]
Nothing exciting at the moment. But working on a Laravel and WordPress interaction. First time with Laravel. Hopefully public in a few weeks.

Hope you are well!

[User] It's maintenance, maintenance, maintenance at the moment.

[Assistant] We're about to release a big block update to our membership plugin for Woo, allowing people to build user directories in the editor.


[User]
Well the people who have generational trauma also have generational stamina, ent?

This is a generational stamina moment I suspect.

[Assistant]
And a hairpin trigger for bullshit.

Nobody gets a pass. Verbal jab-jab-cross for everyone who wants to minimise it.

[User] Verbal Jab-jab! It is absolutely get the fuck out my way non time for nonsense.

[Assistant] Generational trauma is true…


[User] Just took a Quick Look at twitter. The RW gloating is insufferable. They really think he’s not going to destroy our govt and economy. Smdh. Morning all.😎🌞☮👊🦖

[Assistant] Morning. It’s going to be interesting when they find out they don’t have some kind of magic card that exempts them from horrible policies.

[User] Kyle my brotha we have tried and tried to explain. I had twitter economic google geniuses telling me I was wrong when I’ve worked in finance for 30yrs. Prepare now it will get bad.😎🦖👊

[Assistant] It’s as if they’ve convinced themselves everything will be fine- I don’t get it!

[User] I’ve worked in finance for 30 yrs and watch Econ indicators every day. Biden has the economy on the best footing in DECADES. BuT GaS pRiCeS and EgGs aRe Too HiGh 🙄

[Assistant] I really don’t get it, Southpaw.  The black cloud is looming and it ain’t gonna get better.

[User] Please call me JC.😎 prepare now Debbie, if he even does a 1/4 of what he’s said it will get real bad. I’m not doom and gloom, I’m a numbers Dino and they all point to recession by summer 25 if he does what he says. It will happen that quick.

[Assistant] JC!  You got it.  I usually look forward to summer but not this time around.  😟


[User] One thing I think is working against the Orioles is that they don’t have a track record of trying to win every year.  The Yankees or Dodgers can basically guarantee that every season is competitive.  If you sign with the Orioles long term, you have to wonder if they’re going to do the same.

[Assistant] Ultimately money talks in most of these cases but I don’t think they get the benefit of the doubt if all else is equal.

[User] True but our recent progression & new ownership should help us net a few big names.  I think it’s pretty clear to see that we are in a strong window of contention right now.  I can see some FA picking us over some of the other teams.  Hopefully that trend will continue.

[Assistant] True but our recent progression & new ownership should help us net a few big names.  I think it’s pretty clear to see that we are in a strong window of contention right now.  I can see some FA picking us over some of the other teams.

[User] We’ll see.  There’s more teams hunting big names than there are big names available.

[Assistant] That's true, but the Angels haven't won anything since 2022 and in fact have been pretty mediocre to terrible since, and yet they have no problem signing big free agents. It really is all about the money.


[User]
Recently came across the LGBTQ Archives YouTube series and really enjoying looking through their back catalogue of episodes. Some are 2 or 3 minute snippets, others 25mins+
Here's one on film maker Michael Saul
youtu.be/OneAAjIuKXs?...

[Assistant] Catholic, very repressed/isolated/ bullied, coming of age during the early days of AIDS all still leaves a mark but thank goodness for the many years of acceptance since.

[User] Similar. I was very naive really until my (very) late teens so didn't see the repression for what it was at the time in 80s Catholic Ireland. My own naivety saved me a lot of angst I suspect.

[Assistant] Repression was indeed the word, but something kept me going even through the darkest of times and had many happy years since.


[User] @hazardfromharvard.bsky.social what was the best Boss gig?  I somehow went to the post Sept 11th tribute concert for the emergency response and it might have been the all time great.

[Assistant]
So many good ones over the years it’s hard to compare.

The one last year in Hyde Park where he smooched my wife’s forehead stands out though.

[User] Never wash that forehead.

[Assistant]
That tribute concert was the one with a bunch of different artists and Bruce played the greatest version of City of Ruins ever?
I listen to that version regularly.
Amazing that you were there.


[User] Hi frens! Happy #WontLookWednesday Dis me doin’ just dat. Hoomum disturbin’ me while havin’ me nap! Not fair! We haf da frosty, sunny day today. Hope youse all doin’ ok an’ havin’ fun, wotever yours plans.🥰🐾❤💖

[Assistant] Morning Rosie   Youz look really snugglesome there. Iz snuggled up at daddy’s feet supawrising his working. Enjoy your snoozling 🥱😴😴

[User] Hi fren, dats a great #WontLookWednesday pals. I give dad da stare when he wakes me up. We hads da frosty this morning. Bit chilly on da paws. Hopes you having a fun day.❤🐾

[Assistant] Hi Rosie and hoos! It’s baking day. Tomorrow is American Thanksgiving. My remit is to bring bread and pies. I’m baking all day.


[User] Do any of you think Kier Starmer will last the full five years?

[Assistant] Yes, probably 2 terms.

[User] Certainly will . But let’s not discuss it . I have no interest in dialogue with Starmer haters.

[Assistant] Fair enough.

[User] I think that you're really only indulging in wishful thinking.  I don't see any genuine uprising in the Labour party and with such a huge majority he can withstand any vote of confidence over the next 4+ years.   He'll be here until 2029.

[Assistant] Lol. It's definitely wishful thinking. Hopeful thinking.


[User] good morninggg, one more day til we can get hella fly to go to the living room 🤞🏾

[Assistant] Picked out my fit yesterday.  Rocking these new Adidas Samba x Gucci feets (see pic) and a matching Basquiat hoodie!  I’m gonna be fresh watching football with my folks.

[User] oh you gone be flyer than jetblue plane okaaay❤🔥

[Assistant] You know it, lil Mama!


[User] Lunch today in college was stromboli, which was fascinatingly Philly of them, especially as I don't think anyone in the kitchen has a strong Philadelphia connection.

[Assistant] I must ask them what gave them the idea.

[User] Probably just that the catering wholesaler had an offer on stromboli near their use by date.

[Assistant] They were very definitely home made.

[User] Sounds like your college canteen is a cut above most.

[Assistant] They’re excellent and we are very lucky.


[User]
Sporting Director Ernst Tanner is live on Zoom with media to discuss Philadelphia Union roster decisions for 2025 #DOOP

"I think it is time to overhaul the roster. We have now created a little bit of flexibility which had not been the case at the same point last year."

[Assistant] "We are in negotiations with a couple of others, and we certainly will look in our second team to bring up players, and in addition, of course, we look outside in the market and will definitely sign new additions in probably every every sector of the field, apart from goalkeeping."

[User] Tanner notes that Jack Elliott turned down a "really respective offer." He said they offered Leon Flach a new deal but he wanted to return home for family reasons.

[Assistant] Tanner on Alejandro Bedoya: "We see Ale as a very important player in regards of the locker room and the history with the club he is having and that's why we are trying to do everything to bring him back."

[User] Tanner: "We cannot have another season where we play less forward and open up more space, getting 55 goals against. That's that's just not good enough for us, and that's what everybody needs to see."

[Assistant]
Tanner notes that they are going through the league process for hiring a new manager.

"We could potentially announce somebody pretty soon."

[User] On Brandan Craig, Tanner said "it's possible that we find the solution here." On Real he said they had a conversation that it's better for him to move on and that he's found a club (Colorado Springs) where he "obviously can shine."

[Assistant] Tanner: "We need to get back to our style, we need to get back to our grittiness. And even some of the coaches I've already been speaking to they're mentioning that...'nobody wanted to play against you, but this season, you were easy to play' and I hate that."


[User] Is there a reason to start a react native without expo today?

[Assistant] I've always avoided it as much as possible because I'm under the impression that it becomes sort of an "unremovable" dependency (that is managed by someone other than FB/React Native itself). Am I wrong? (really not used to RN, so genuine question)

[User] You might be wrong now, because if you go on the official React Native website and hit get started: reactnative.dev/docs/environ... it's a setup for expo.

[Assistant] Ah, that's a different question altogether IMO: Both React (with Vercel's Next.js) and React Native (with Expo) are really opinionated to direct new users to use these third-party frameworks (both of which have paid components).

[User] My main fear is that it's hiding *a lot* of complexity behind a free(-ish?) product that can become paid as soon as the benefactors decide to make a profit.

[Assistant] Boiling down to: is it possible to use expo and have a painless "off boarding" should they choose to either paywall or change licensing model to something absurd later on (similar to Unity)?


[User]
Just a few days now to the premiere of The Madonna and the Whore's new video. Let's have a bit of a retrospective. Here's "Prop(Agenda)", our first collaboration from 2020. #OriginalMusicTracks

youtu.be/E25vykhin1Y?...

[Assistant] I like the guitar riffs in this song.

[User] thanks very much!

[Assistant] NP, you’re welcome.👍


[User] For a minute I was getting followed by real and interesting people. Now it’s all bots and scantily clad women. I’m glad there’s a viable alternative to the dead bird but am skeptical of all the Blue Sky triumphalism.

[Assistant] Also Crypto Creeps™

[User] i am particularly interested in scantily clad bots.

[Assistant] I’ve got some of those too.


[User]
Can't help laughing that the vampire court, despite working on rules for ages, decides to boil it to down to 2 things:
1. Kill only evil people
2. Keep the existence of vampires hidden
Incredible in a Court where Lestat "I will publish this all in my next novel" de Lioncourt is their prince.

[Assistant] Even funnier is that the "kill evil doers" thing is for your own vampire piece of mind. It's so you can tell yourself you're not a monster and not go mad with the implications otherwise.

[User] And yes, I realize the public at large thinks Lestat's books are fiction so they are not a real threat, but I still think it's funny that the main rule is already violated by their monarch on the reg.

[Assistant] And yes, I realize the public at large thinks Lestat's books are fiction so they are not a real threat, but I still think it's funny that one of two rules is already violated by their monarch on the reg.


[User] The rich & powerful will always advocate a "natural" vision of social organization that favors their own interests. Of course, this works because average schlubs are willing to lick the ruling class's gilded boots based on the naive hope that someday, *they'll* be able to wear those gilded boots.

[Assistant] A national of temporarily embarrassed millionaires, as John Steinbeck once called the U.S.

[User] I thought it was de Tocqueville.

[Assistant] Sotto voce . . . I checked to make sure it was Steinbeck.

[User] Thanks!

[Assistant] I misremember so often that I’ve become much more Googly.

[User] Does anyone really want to wear Donald Trump ugly gilded sneakers?

[Assistant] Yeah, a lot of people do. I can't claim to understand it, but they do.


[User]
#NewJersey Democrats are gonna need your help next year! Donate today:

secure.actblue.com/donate/njblu...

[Assistant] I gave a bunch of money to ActBlue this year. I got inundated by more and more solicitation texts and emails, all of which took me considerable time to opt out of, sometimes more than once. This is the third one of these requests I've seen come up in my feed this morning. It is NOT why I'm in here.

[User]
I understand, but just to clarify:

--My ActBlue pages have a tool enabled to let folks opt out of sharing their contact info w/the campaigns.

--As noted in my pinned tweet, ~90% of what I post is either healthcare policy/data or Dem fundraising links. It's kind of one of my things.

[Assistant]
--I've raised over $20 million *directly* for Dems via my Dem fundraising project without taking a dime of what I've raised for myself...and without sending a single text message or spam email.

Having said that, if you'd prefer to unfollow vs. just ignoring the ActBlue posts, I understand.


[User] Damn, I sure wish there were pre-orders! I'll be one of the first in line, Megan!

[Assistant] Perhaps for responding to the post first you could wangle a signed copy. 😀

[User] Sorry, Stephen, but I'll let you know as soon as it's available!

[Assistant] Thanks, Megan. I got your newsletter email this morning; I’m looking forward to it!


[User]
We all know McBain’s 87th Precinct is set on Isola - an analogue for Manhattan, but exactly where?

Highlighted here on a 1960s city map is the (approximate) area of the precinct. It’s a huge area covering the equivalent of about six precincts today. For the most part it’s NYC’s Upper West Side.

[Assistant] Grover Park (Central Park) isn’t covered by the 87th Precinct, but rather the 88th and 89th, despite various story events and investigations taking place in there.

[User] Keep in mind as well that Isola is a ‘tilted’ Manhattan - so it’s not technically the Upper West Side as ‘Central North Side’ (my term) in the 87th Precinct books.

[Assistant] But as we see here it does extend right up to the Hamilton Bridge (George Washington Bridge in the real world) and the exclusive area of “Smoke Rise” where the events of King’s Ransom take place.


[User]
Modern #JayVik AU where Jayce is in a tabletop group with a few people from campus. (Their characters are their respective LOL champions.) Which includes Sky.
Who one day asks if a friend of hers could maybe join them? Because he is rather antisocial and really needs a hobby outside of studying.

[Assistant] Like even dean Heimerdinger is getting worried and had asked her to help out, which is why she came to the idea to bully her friend into at least trying out tabletop with her and her friends.

[User]
And of course Jayce and co. happily agree, because the more the merrier!
So in comes Viktor.
And now Jayce has the biggest and nerdiest crush ever in the history of mankind.

[Assistant] But since Jayce sucks at flirting big time or even just talking like a normal human being to people he finds attractive, Jayce tries to get close to Viktor through their characters, The Defender and the Machine Herald, interacting romantically.


[User] There's something quite magical about the moments as a kid when you realise that *people made this*. You go from having this sense that media just sort of *exists* fully-formed, to understanding that it's work and craftsmanship and ideas, and that maybe that's something you could do too.

[Assistant] Not to shit on the sentiment, and my own lack of ambition played a big factor for not going into the industry, but the vast majority of those in media on the crew side have the fortunate background to eat shit for a long time until paid positions come in (and in the periods that work dries up).

[User]
Oh absolutely. I was a runner and fucking hated it, and sacked off most other attempts to make it creative industries for one reason or another.

My point was less about inspiring kids into work, and more just that mental shift between "this exists" & "this was made", which I think is a profound...

[Assistant] ...moment even if you never follow it into working in that business.


[User] How do city-level policymakers use evidence to build support for immigrant integration, an often contentious issue with limited local capacity? @jacquibroadhead.bsky.social and I argue in @policysociety.bsky.social that action planning is a key mechanism, with case-making as its basis. migcitsky 🏛

[Assistant] Cities are key places where policies affect immigrants and newcomers. While there’s been more attention to local policy dynamics in different issue areas, we know less about how these arise, and what roles—if any—different kinds of evidence might play.

[User] We focus on municipal offices, councils, and local authorities as organizations that turn symbolic statements and goals into intentions of taking more substantive actions on integration. Drawing on six years’ engagement in 12 UK cities and regions, we highlight three key points:

[Assistant] First, action planning (and encouraging this via embedded research as @jacquibroadhead.bsky.social does) can support more substantive policies by demonstrating momentum and visibly recording past and future actions. These are internally and externally valuable to municipal actors.

[User] Second, quantitative evidence didn’t strongly feature in municipalities’ planning, even when it was readily available. True, a lot of local capacity shifted from analysis to operations during the pandemic. But a great deal of data had already been used prior to planning as well.

[Assistant] Third, instead of conventional data, municipalities used case studies to gather and sustain support for substantive action. Some were pilots that demonstrated how interventions could scale up or travel. Others introduced wholly new approaches or lenses onto integration itself.

[User] In either mode, case studies diffused and transferred policy ideas horizontally among municipal policymakers—helped along by the presence of city networks that socialize members, as we have shown in our research among 28 cities in Europe: doi.org/10.1111/glob....

[Assistant] Through case-making, we argue action plans generate buy-in from local coalitions while spreading appealing practical examples externally (including to peer cities). Action plans also carry different types of evidence that bear relevance to specific places from where they emerge.