[User] Huzzah, it's time for #A-Haydn-A-Day, and today we go all the way back to Symphony no. 7, "Le Midi", and this recent recording from Florilegium.

[Assistant] Well, this is an absolute delight. Particularly taken with the Adam Fischer recording thus far, which fair dances along...

[User] I have a box set of all the Haydn symphonies by Adam Fischer and his Esterhazy orchestra. Love them! Fischer went to school with a friend of  mine and I met him in Budapest in 2011.

[Assistant]
Old Goon Show gag:
Moriarty, where are you?
Here, in the piano.
What the devil are you doing in there?
I'm hidin'.
Don't be silly. Haydn's been dead for years.


[User]
Looking for UK Politics Sky.

I occasionally post football, but I won’t let you down with the political side of things. I consider myself to be left leaning but I do hold some isolated yet opposing views. I have an eagerness to learn and the willingness to listen, subject to maintained respect.

[Assistant] as long as the "sky" referenced here is blue, and not "something owned by rupert murdoch, a person who has helped to destroy england" then no doubt you will find lots of friends.

[User] Haha, perhaps I should’ve specified, but the word count limitation left me with little room for elaboration. But yes, I’m referring to the blue sky 😂👍🏾

[Assistant]
I also follow back likeminded, agreeable, intelligent, mindful and often reformed individuals.

Don’t be shy, my face isn’t as serious as it looks 😂


[User] He’s never not happy.

[Assistant] With good reason. 😉

[User] Just thrilled to be taking part. Gotta love it!

[Assistant] Damn he is cute.


[User] All the theaters with 12 screens near me are showing only 3 (maybe 4 if you're lucky) movies and this is totally unacceptable.

[Assistant] This is usually my biggest movie-going week of the year but there are just two movies showing anywhere at all that I want to see and they each have only a single showtime per day at one 20 screen theater. I'm so mad about it.

[User] I was *just* on Fandango trying to find out what to do tonight and fucking same. I DON’T WANT TO SEE MOANA AND I ALREADY SAW GLADIATOR AND RED ONE. 😭

[Assistant] We had to drive 20 min and past at least two other "megaplex" theaters to find one showing Conclave last weekend, and today may be the last day to catch it anywhere in my area. Others showing Wicked/Gladiator/Venom on multiple screens.


[User] I continue to be fascinated by Claude and GPT-4o, which can handle my queries about meta-thinking. This morning, I discovered a multitude of different kinds of reasoning and metaphysics.  Humans have explored many different variants in the past and there are likely undiscovered ones in the future.

[Assistant]
Just cross check with available sources. The more esoteric/less well trodden path things go, the more LLMs love to make things up, as they are hard trained to generate the next token, come hell or high water.

And this next token will sound plausible, enforced by millions of training runs.

[User] The newer models keep getting better with the less trodden paths.

[Assistant] I ask questions across about 4-5 #ai models including #claude and #chatgpt.


[User]
Happy Birthday (11/27) to Kathryn Bigelow!

Won Best Picture & Director for HURT LOCKER, beating ex-husband James Cameron for AVATAR.

Notable:
1987 Near Dark
1990 Blue Steel
1991 Point Break
1995 Strange Days
2002 K-19: Widowmaker
2008 Hurt Locker
2012 Zero Dark Thirty
2017 Detroit

#filmsky 🎥🎞🎬📽

[Assistant] NEAR DARK is my favorite of her films.

[User] Am a huge Near Dark fan, as well.

[Assistant] Point Break, one of the all time top action films.


[User] Never mind buying caltrops to deter intruders: just sprinkle these bloody things (fabric clips) amongst a decent amount of legos, to enhance the PAIN when innocently walking barefoot across a room, minding one’s own business.

[Assistant] 😂 ouch! Feel you and love your alt text.

[User] I try to make my alt text a little bit fun if I can. :)

[Assistant] I appreciate this  :)

[User] Shall continue to do so then. I've committed to doing alt text, but nobody said I couldn't have a little fun.

[Assistant] Can I also sprinkle in my toddlers toys that seem to make noise if you even look at them funny? So I can be altered to the intrusion!


[User] Check me out all fancy with my verified handle!

[Assistant] that is indeed fancy!

[User] How does one achieve such fanciness?!

[Assistant] Like this. It looks scary but was a lot easier than I expected.


[User] Giving season 21 another watch. Warriors of the Deep part 2 and so far its not terrible. This one blew my child mind.

[Assistant] I wonder why Warriors got a narrated audio release.

[User] It was going so well until these last couple of minutes. Oh boy.

[Assistant] Coulda sworn one of the Sea Devil's names is Cervix.

[User] Ah, that explains this:  www.youtube.com/watch?v=TyBl...

[Assistant] Haha love how everyone slowly dies when electrocuted. They slowly fall and lamely scream.

[User] I liked it. The middle is hilariously bad, but things pick up again when that silly Myrka dies. The ending is fantastic.

[Assistant] I’d genuinely put Davo’s performance in this as one of the all time greats. That it works at all is mostly down to the way he plays the script and gives the other actors something to play off.

[User] If he hates this one, then it doesn't show. And he takes out the terrible Myrka! what a hero.

[Assistant] I don't think it's terrible at all!


[User]
Get to know me- kinks: (very NSFW) Part 1
Bimbofication - some women made into adorably dumb and happy fucktoys
Microphilia/shrinking women. - Basically women shrunk down to barbie doll size and kept in hamster cages.
Objectification - submissives treated as literal objects.

[Assistant]
Get to know me- kinks: (very NSFW) Part 2
Ownership - the idea of a submissive being considered a literal possession of another. It doesn't have to be legal. (though those erotica can be hot) The submissive and their dominant just need to mutually agree and act as if the submissive is property.

[User]
Get to know me- kinks: (very NSFW) Part 3
Feminization - I am a non-binary male and I find feminization erotica a way to explore transition in a safe fantasy. The idea of an older woman helping an egg like myself hatch and grow into true womanhood is so nice.

[Assistant]
Get to know me- kinks: (very NSFW) Part 4
Spanking
Caning
Bondage
Pony play
Puppy play
Collars
Leashes
Chastity devices and orgasm denial
Being publically stripped and dominated
Anal play and plugging.


[User] the sheer amount of "fuck off and die" energy contained within this piece is DELIGHTFUL . you can FEEL it repelling the forces of occupation . very cool op!!!

[Assistant] the use of eye motifs is also very effective in a dualistic way. one one hand, repelling evil forces, but on the other it's staring straight at the VIEWER . "what are you doing to help?"

[User] the use of eye motifs is also very effective in a dualistic way. on one hand, repelling evil forces, but on the other it's staring straight at the VIEWER . "what are you doing to help?"

[Assistant] SPEAKING OF : arab.org/click-to-hel...


[User] It’s been a great year for F1 as an entertainment product. I’ve throughly enjoyed a season of so many drivers on the top step, a competitive battle for the Constructors, new race winners and some incredible championship level drives across the board. What a year for F1 after such a dominant 2023.

[Assistant] The only downside to this year is that my F1 predictions have been absolute GARBAGE this year whereas last year I was getting easy 7/10 on F1 playweek in, week out. Alas, the paddock pass won't happen soon!

[User] Ha! A small but very fair downside 😂 I just love that this year has given us so many race winners! Just so good to see F1 being so competitive. 2023 was a masterclass for Max and Red Bull, but it didn’t make for the most exciting of seasons!

[Assistant] For sure, 2024 was much much better for the #F1 audience :)


[User]
Why is Sinister bleed buff hurting him in BG? Also why is all the BLEED buff hurting him🙆🙆🙆 #MCOC 👀👀

The panic that I had when i saw this.

[Assistant] Probably because of this!

[User] 🙆🙆🙆Damn, Sinster is no against her now. Clone Wars or films?


[User] I like this! Low-tech augmented reality. 📜

[Assistant] Definitely! One of the last times I was in Rome, I had a book that had transparent/augmented pages for just that purpose.

[User] Do you remember the book's title?

[Assistant] Oh, that's good.


[User]
Psst.
Have you heard? @AzieTesfai is sharing a recipe for cinnamon crunch via her Instagram.
If you miss it or can't see it, here you go. The steps so far (will add as Azie does).

[Assistant]
And Azie is off and running again.

Sadly we have zero flour! Nothing. Zilch. Still can't get any locally.

So while I'm tweeting this .... no chance at this stage to make it ourselves.
*sad face*


[User] Look Jackson Wang, sir— we need to have a talk...

[Assistant] @yoitslextho you better collect him!


[User]
Morning all.
BTS from yesterdays location.
The usual company.
Back out again the grey today. Last few days making working here in Cornwall.

[Assistant] Beautiful image Marc. Are you still shooting large format here?

[User] Hi Patrick, these are just behind the scenes, but I’m not on this new work no. I generally choose format depending on each project and whilst this new work (one of 3) is topographic in nature I’m working more hand held and without the need for the camera movements large format can give you.

[Assistant] Thanks Marc. This just kind of had the look and aspect ratio of LF 👍🏻


[User]
[ #OCDayBG3 | #bellOCpile ]

As I was talking about character changes and tweaks... Tom's history goes:

Pathfinder 2 -> Elden Ring -> BG3

He's also my Dragon's Dogma 2 MC! And along the way his core has stayed the same, but the meat on the bones has been tweaked/expanded on, so to speak. [thread]

[Assistant] There's always the background of poverty, the effects of classism on him, and the struggle with his innate magical power. And then 'big problem' arriving which means he has to learn to handle and use his magic.

[User]
He's always a compassion romantic underneath it all, too, and a poet prone to a love of the arts, but with heavy, dented metaphorical armour and an aura of 'tough bastard' that is often the first thing people judge him on.

And, yep, a righteous temper he has to learn to handle.

[Assistant]
Everything else, the details, his relationships and family, has undergone a LOT of changes. And that goes for Thomas just in BG3 as well; how he started this time last year has a bunch of notable alterations in his pre-game history and relationships.

It's a process. :)


[User] I'd have been surprised if Badenoch hadn't made a jibe about the petition at PMQs, too easy. It's how badly she did it which is worse. The PM should resign "if he wants to know what the Conservatives would do" shows a lack of engagement in how the country had 14 years seeing that and voted them out.

[Assistant] She's deluded. And she's not even joking, she actually thinks the petition can work🤦♀

[User] The bottom of the barrel doesn’t do these clowns justice.

[Assistant] ...it took it 14 years though..!

[User]
We know what the Tories would do. Fuck all. While blaming everything on refugees, disabled people...

Wait...

[Assistant] Also quote "the country is broken and Labour are making it worse". Does she even hear herself?


[User] Farage skips major commons vote so he can earn more money at GBNews...

[Assistant] Ridiculous little man. Should have his pay docked for every vote he misses.

[User] No surprise - a grifter always grifts...

[Assistant]
Who pays this little man, this feckless, scrounging lay-about?

Walking onto a plane, and then walking off again -is NOT hard work!


[User] Who needs The Spinoff? The guys installing our cupboards have spent over 30 mins ranking all seafood.

[Assistant] Although we still do need @TheSpinoffTV, they provide a valuable regular ranking service.

[User]
I should have recorded this, omg.
We're now getting into the minor weird ('daytime Emmy') awards such as 'fish most fun to catch but which doesn't taste that great' (agreed winner is kingfish).

[Assistant] It's still going. This is wikipedia level shit.


[User] Never mind, I just don’t like talking to certain people in the morning. Black women & men will always get my conversation ♥

[Assistant] Good morning 🤎🤎

[User] Good morning beautiful 🤎🥰

[Assistant] We working today or relaxing/PTO?

[User] Working but relaxing 4 days and then taking off next Friday for my bday weekend 🥰

[Assistant] Oh it's litty! Bday plans?


[User] I see the flow of shit into our seas continues at pace today…..

[Assistant]
Britannia stools the waves.
Brexshit Britain in all it's glory, you'd think that the king would be slightly miffed...considering that he owns the seabed.🚽

[User] Mmmm nice piece of fish with a side of mercury, micro plastic and turd.

[Assistant] What do the ticks, crosses and green circles represent on the image?

[User]
Basically red crosses mean sewage alert, green ticks no alert. Link to source page below.

www.sas.org.uk/water-qualit...

[Assistant] Thanks!!


[User]
I'm bringing a dessert tonight to my son & DIL's for their Thanksgiving dinner, and I decided to try making these mini fruit pies.
Blueberry, cherry, peach, and apple for the first batch, and then I'm doing a batch of pumpkin next, as that's my son's favorite❣🤓❤

[Assistant] They literally exploded out onto the pan, but they look great! Now, I hope they come out of the pan easily, too. They have to rest for an hour first. Next up, pumpkin❣🤓❤

[User] Wow, these came out even better than I had hoped for! The mini pumpkin pies are in the oven now❣🤓❤

[Assistant] Since pumpkin is my son's favorite, I added in 4 mini pumpkin pies to bring, too❣🤓❤


[User] My annual pre-Thanksgiving tradition. One of the great “food” movies and one of the most beautiful and moving films I’ve ever seen.

[Assistant] Still need to see this one.

[User] I have a feeling you’d like it a lot.

[Assistant] One thing that is often overlooked about this movie is how funny it is! I just love it so much.


[User] I have no respect for Mount Everest. It's only the 'tallest mountain' because it sits on a monster piece of the Earth's crust. Mauna Kea on the other hand...

[Assistant] Mauna Kea is truly enormous. It rises 4000m from the sea (significantly taller and MUCH wider than Fuji), and the ocean floor it sits on is another 5000m lower than that!

[User]
If you took the entirety of Mauna Kea off the ocean floor and placed it at sea level (remember, Everest sits on top of very thick continental crust, so that would still be a disadvantage), it would rise to 9330m.

500m taller than Everest.

By itself.

[Assistant] That's true height.


[User] It is wild looking at some of the games that came out this year that I'm not even considering for GOTY. Too many video games are too good.

[Assistant] Thinking on the year and I’ve played so many good things but I still don’t have The Game that screams GOTY definitively the way Immortality or Alan Wake 2 did. Weird year.

[User] Very weird year! Lots of games I loved for different reasons, but you're right - none of them quite feel definitively like a winner. I'm looking at a shortlist of games that are very, VERY good, but MAYBE none of them as good as my winner from last year? (Zelda).

[Assistant]
I’ve been struggling - I guess I didn’t put enough time (or had resources) for the big names to confidently pick them!

(Well, that and me discovering Dark Souls a decade late…)

[User] That's still important 😂 But hey - we get to pick indies too, it's nice to have some good options for that too, not just big names?

[Assistant] Absolutely! As it so happens, my pick for the indie one was really easy to decide - none of the pain there that I have for AAA :)

[User] Mine was a struggle, and then I realised I could put one of them down for Biggest Surprise instead, and that fixed everything 😂

[Assistant]
I love an ingenious solution to an issue like that! :D

(And it kind of inspired me to me to get an entry in for one of the others!)


[User] Before artists were called "luddites, paintpigs and drawslaves" certain ones were called "elitist".

[Assistant] And they were called "elitist" bcuz they refused to participate in the "art industry" laundering. When we cut them off from that, again, we got new names. They seldom change their tactics.

[User] I was more talking about artists who didn't trace, but i didn't know about that.

[Assistant] Ooooh man yeah it gets REALLY DARK with the "elitists" shit and goes waaaay back to the "Gallery Arts Trade" you were considered elitist if you didn't participate in it as an artist. Like you were too good to play their game. People tracing, A I, and n/f/t trade are throwing those titles around too.


[User]
$60M(NZD) could pay for a lot of healthcare. Instead it's being spent on experimental geothermal exploration and technology.

Is this good spending? HT @marcdaalder.bsky.social
#NZpol
newsroom.co.nz/2024/11/25/n...

[Assistant] I see your point but I actually strongly disagree. Wind, solar and hydro are great but they are also inconsistent. Unless we are going to spend billions  on environmentally unfriendly batteries or start using nuclear, we will need geothermal as a baseline for energy. We need geothermal to go green.

[User]
It's the experimental that's the issue not the geothermal. Many ideas have potential but unless there's a guaranteed investor then a Proof Of Concept test is wasted money. Solid Energy failed with biodiesel. Solar Zero's investor pulled out and they're gone. Wrong time
newsroom.co.nz/2024/11/27/s...

[Assistant] We need everything. Wind solar, hydro, batteries, pumped hydro, geothermal, AND better healthcare. We have to stop burning stuff now.


[User]
My mom is watching this CN  show late night and she only watches it for the action... but I think its a BL?

Like I had a feeling from the trailers that it was kinda fruity but then I saw like a romantic montage and my mom mustve been real confused.

[Assistant] Alternatively: your mom knows *precisely* what she is watching.

[User] I know this is a joke, but she's almost 70 and really Catholic so I don't think so.

[Assistant] I meant it very earnestly.


[User] Today marks the 550th anniversary of the death of Guillaume Dufay. His funerary monument, originally in old Cambrai cathedral (demolished 1796), was rediscovered in 1859, face down and serving as a step for a well at the house of a local canon. It is today in the Musée des Beaux Arts in Lille.

[Assistant] Dufay appears in his almuce, kneeling on the far left. Behind him stands St. Waltrude and her two daughters St. Aldetrude and St. Madelberte; Dufay had been a canon of the Collegiate Church of St. Waltrude in Mons since 1447.

[User] At the centre is Christ rising from the tomb with two stunned soldiers to his left. The kneeling figure next to Dufay has been interpreted as either a third soldier or St. Dentelin, the son of St. Waltrude.

[Assistant] In the carved shields at the corners of the relief is Dufay’s monogram with the letter G encircling the word ‘du’ above the musical note c, which would be sung as ‘fa’, and the letter Y: G[uillaume] du Fa y.


[User] Little detail I might be overthinking (but I don't think so cause Ben Daniels is very intentional) but the way Santiago calls Madeleine to face her sentence and tells her to rise with a German inflection is crazy to me all things considered 💀

[Assistant] RIGHT?!?!?!

[User] My jaw drops EVERY SINGLE TIME. He's so--🫠

[Assistant] also - the runner up for most upsetting sentence in the show for me is "are we on trial?". the way she says it couldn't be more fragile or elegant.

[User] It breaks my heart. She sounds so fragile and she looks so lost. She really got the short end of the stick. On a trial by mob once again without being able to fight for herself.

[Assistant] Not that fighting would've made any difference but, you know, the dignity of at least trying to fight back, of being *there* with Claudia.

[User] 🥲🥲🥲 I just got out of bed??

[Assistant] I've been up since 6 am so I decided to bring violence for breakfast!!

[User] Thanks🥹🥹🥹

[Assistant] And he did it for his own amusement too cause nobody in that damn theater paid attention 😭


[User] Breakfast has begun…

[Assistant] Good morning Postaaah. Stay warm on this frosty day.✌

[User] Thank you Christine! Have a great day!😁

[Assistant] Love how Ms. Squirrel is outlined in early morning gold.


[User]
Alyssa's spot on as always. I got my agent through the "slush pile," and from what I've seen, it's very common. Conferences and other avenues to getting referrals help, but they're not the only way, or even the best way.

#writingcommunity, where do these bad takes come from?

[Assistant] It’s absolutely common! The querying process is the standard process for a reason.

[User]
There’s a notorious Twitter troll who claims the “real” agents only take referrals.

Having said that, it’s understandable for authors without the means to attend conferences to get discouraged when a fair amount a HIGMA posts have an element of networking that’s unavailable to them.

[Assistant]
Same troll I'm thinking of? 😜

Yeah, it is discouraging to hear about those who rub shoulders with industry folk at conferences. But a helluva lot do & it leads to nothing. But they don't always mention that in their "How I got my agent" stories...

[User] Right, we don’t have the data to know for sure. But it’s kind of an awkward question for agents to answer either way. If the conferences improve your chances even slightly, it’s hard to downplay the importance of networking. And if they don’t, it’s hard to justify the existences of the conferences.

[Assistant] As Laura said, there are agents who go by referral only, and yeah, if that's a top agent for you then you're going to have to go to a conference they're taking pitches at. But there are so many good agents who do the normal query thing that unless you have the money to spend, I'd just do QT/email.

[User] I think the "referral only" agents are older, established and don't need to attend conferences. But do want the Next Big Thing that they believe they can only find through referrals. But they aren't hungry enough to need a slush pile now.

[Assistant]
There are agents (veterans no longer looking to grow their list but afraid to miss out on the Next Big Thing) who are permanently closed to queries except by referrals.

And our friend, St*v*n H*ts*n, is determined that you're not a serious author unless you schmooze at conferences.


[User] I refuse to watch the inauguration of a criminal-rapist.

[Assistant] I can't get drunk enough to believe that it's a good idea...

[User] 🥂 Cheers to that!


[User]
Been studying conspiracy theories from different angles (cultural, historical, philosophical, cogsci) for decades. This passage is a perfect summary snapshot of where we're at right now:

"Conspiracy theories flourish in a space of cognitive dissonance, where people feel conflicted...."

[Assistant]
I'll just add one thing:
The left has always thrived on exploration & facts (Data) while the right has thrived on defensive narratives (Lore). The internet age first overwhelmed us with Data, then overwhelmed us with Lore.

[User] Did you read the WaPo article about the woman who went full conspiracy theory after watching videos all night? One. Night.

[Assistant] No, didn't read. But can certainly believe it. That's the nature of them.

[User]
It was during pandemic lockdown, and the videos were sent to her by a friend. So, 2 conditions for the easy spread of conspiracy theories: isolation and getting “information” from someone you know/trust.
And WaPo framed the whole thing as “political differences with her partner.”

[Assistant] Now that you describe it, I think I did read it after all. But for sure those conditions were true for a fair number of people.


[User]
Finally got round to seeing Gladiator 2. Some thoughts:

It would be quite hard not to enjoy the Big Cinema Spectacle of it all.

Sharks in the Colosseum! Yes! Wide screens of Paul Mescal’s thighs! Yes!

But…

[Assistant]
… but it’s also very wait, who’s fighting who and why?! 🤷♀

Is there a real plot? Probably, maybe there are in fact too many plots…

[User] … and Mescal is strangely bland, as if gentle Connor himself has woken up in the arena. They’re constantly putting speeches in his mouth that don’t sound like they belong to him…

[Assistant] A good example really of why the star system for ratings is a strange old business… because I both was absolutely entertained AND simultaneously didn’t think it was very good. 5 stars for spectacle. 1 star for actual narrative cohesion. 🤷♀

[User] Same could be said for most of Ridley’s latest films. Napoleon was the same, think it’s because he’s churning them out these days.

[Assistant] I agree, I wasn’t a huge fan of Napoleon (which is also David Scarpa in fact)


[User] Another trip to the doc at his office in the next town, so lots of good tunes to hear on the way. Malibu by Hole, RATM's Bulls on Parade, Beck's Novacane, Nookie by Limp Bizkit, Policy of Truth by Depeche Mode, and Your Love by the Outfield.

[Assistant] Also You Drive Me Crazy by Britney Spears, which always reminds me of when Craig Ferguson would do Britney lip syncs (among others) on the Late Late Show. Anyone else remember those? And the puppets?

[User]
You mean like this, I loved this segment in his show 💗💗

youtu.be/XzRzmKbffKk?...

[Assistant] That's it! So good. Last time I went to look on YouTube they'd all been taken off - I'll go look again!

[User] Yeah, a lot got taken down. Such a shame, so fun and bring so much joy 💗

[Assistant] I loved the puppets joining them for Michael Franti's Say Hey I Love You.


[User] The hospital has "misplaced" my clothes so I may be going home in a backless gown and a shower cap.

[Assistant] They will all be wearing it this time next year.

[User] Thank God I invested in that Brazilian butt lift.

[Assistant] You’re ahead of the curve, Mr J.


[User]
Frustrated by the limited number of places to host GameDev events in London.

(This isn't a request for suggestions, I know what's out there)

[Assistant] I'm often frustrated by how expensive it is to travel down to London (from Yorkshire) and stay overnight when required, to attend GameDev events ;-).

[User] That's fair to be honest. I'm a bit of an advocate for more non-south events.

[Assistant] I get invited to things all the time, to dev meetups, or even possible opportunities to demo my game around the country.. but it's so expensive to travel and stay anywhere (at short notice) that it's just not worth it, as an indie, with virtually no budget.


[User] I think I'm gonna make an art feed solely for Filipino artists just because I've realised people been posting under the variation of '#ArtPH' '#PHArt' tags (and many more). 😅 Will people be interested?

[Assistant] Would appreciate that a lot 😭😭😭

[User] i´m not one of them but i still would love to see it hehe MORE ART FOR ME TO CONSUME!

[Assistant]
Sounds like a plan!

Feeds can track emotes too, so you could also get away with using 🇵🇭 as well!


[Assistant] 😂😂 hope your good brother? 👊

[User] Living the dream!

[Assistant] Good to hear 👊


[User]
Goodmorning Gamers!!

Hydrate and tackle the day like it's a boss you repeatedly try to fight when you're not leveled up enough!

[Assistant] good morning ☺🖤

[User] I hope you have a great day!! ☺

[Assistant] Good morning!


[User] Just went to a funeral here in Spain. I get that the culture dictates fast burial (as often established tradition in hot countries), and that consequently people have little time to prepare, but it still strikes me as sadly impersonal that none of the family speak. Just generic religious messages.

[Assistant] I was still really angry at my mother's funeral (in the UK), but the opportunity to speak and draw attention to facets of her - to appreciate her public -was genuinely helpful for me, and I'm told the gathered mourners appreciated it, too.

[User] Ceremony is a peculiar and powerful thing. Yet it all stated somewhere. What new ceremonies ought we to have? Which should be abandoned?

[Assistant] Anyway. He was 96! Just too young to fight in the Spanish civil war. What a life.


[User] I have a confession to make. I love mince pies 🥧✨🎄

[Assistant] Me too!

[User] Warm, room temperature, with a scoop of ice cream. I’ll take them all.

[Assistant] Delicious!


[User] One thing I'm excited about for Thanksgiving is telling my mother-in-law that we're not doing two events in one day anymore and therefore won't be Easter with them since we're already doing Thanksgiving.  No scheduling conflicts for Christmas, sadly.

[Assistant]
I don't miss that shit at all.

A blessing of when we moved was to be far enough away that it is "inconvenient" for most of our family to visit us, thus making it easier for me to say it is inconvenient for us to travel back for the holidays.

[User] My MIL is still clinging to the giant gatherings even though people are moving further away and nobody seems to particularly enjoy them.

[Assistant]
To a point, I get it. For her, it is probably nice to see everyone at once, gathered together for a Norman Rockwell ideal.

But when everyone is miserable, what are you achieving?

Though, to be fair, I am an antisocial curmudgeon and rarely enjoy large gatherings, especially those of obligation.


[Assistant] It's actually been studied countless times across the globe. There was a big meta data study done of them all, and found the same thing: men talk more than women in almost every scenario and circumstance. And not by a little.

[User] Here was an old piece about some of the studies. Definitively: men talk more than women.

[Assistant] Holy fuck, I talk at least 10x more than my wife!

[User] It's similar in our house, although that may be because I am blunt and succinct and have learned the power of the therapeutic silence, and he's a comms/PR person who can't stand gaps in conversation😂

[Assistant] I'm full of anxiety so I talk due to all that shitty energy.


[User] I got to wondering: what’s the deal with the cornucopia? How did a weird cone of fruit and veg become a symbol of abundance (and a Thanksgiving centerpiece)?🧵🗃

[Assistant] Well, it’s a weird story. It begins with Hercules tearing a horn off of a river god. Or maybe it starts with baby Zeus tearing a horn off of a goat. But definitely the removal of a horn from a head by an overzealous immortal.

[User]
Turns out the cornucopia has been a symbol of abundance and harvest for two millennia. Come for the violent Greek myths, stay for the images of cornucopias through the ages. And happy Thanksgiving!
open.substack.com/pub/worldhis...

[Assistant] Leave it to Zeus to do some weird stuff that confuses the world for thousands of years.


[User] Mild #VeilguardSpoilers I guess but I see a segment of the fandom is already flattening Caterina’s character into a one-dimensional villain and I’m so bored with that nonsense.

[Assistant] #VeilguardSpoilers it happens in every fandom but Dragon Age has a particular penchant for it and I just don’t get it. Letting characters be complicated and messy and good and bad is always so much more interesting.

[User] #VeilguardSpoilers stop making interesting characters boring! Caterina is a really interesting character! Don’t be boring!

[Assistant] #VeilguardSpoilers “Caterina loves her grandsons” and “Caterina abused her grandsons” can BOTH BE TRUE. They ARE both true! People are complicated!

[User] #VeilguardSpoilers not to mention that trying to pin all the bad stuff about the Crows on Caterina just feels like trying to absolve the rest of the organization, and I’m not here for that. The Crows have always been Problematique~

[Assistant] #VeilguardSpoilers It’s way cooler and more interesting to accept the messiness as it is, rather than trying to fit individuals or groups into neat little “good” and “bad” boxes.


[User]
CW spiders

Also snakes. Gentle reminder that I do not like people yelling "kill it with fire" because they think an animal is scary. It's a fascinating story, and as a reminder, the spiders at least belong there.

[Assistant] I love spiders and feel like they serve an important role in the endless fight against mosquitoes, which also have a place, I just like them a lot less than spiders 😁

[User]
I'm kind of grumpy about mosquitoes, but in general willing to live and let live within reason. The week before they announced they were gonna test fire alarms, we had a fruit fly infestation in the bathroom drain and by the end it was full war.

I feel pretty bad about this, FWIW.

[Assistant] That's hectic. Where I'm from there are all sorts of little nuisance insects like ants and mosquitoes mostly but I still try my best to find repellents instead of using chemicals to kill. Its difficult to find harmony with tiny things that crawl on your stuff or bite you leaving itchies everywhere.


[User]
Dr Phil highlighted some of the ways your government wastes money and it is nothing short of mind-blowing.

-Fauci spent over four hundred thousand dollars attempting to turn monkeys into transgenders.

-Two point one million dollars on sex education for commercial sex workers in Ethiopia.

[Assistant]
-556 thousand dollars for a study of feces from various mammals.

-Nine point four million dollars for Kyrgy's Republic for anti-corruption. We could use that here.

-IRS at three point six billion dollars in stimulus checks to two point two million dead people.

[User]
-The National Science Foundation gave three hundred thousand dollars to the University of Wisconsin for a virtual reality penguin study.

-Harvard spent seventy-five thousand dollars in federal grants to blow lizards off trees with leaf blower. You can't make this up.

[Assistant]
-They spent two point seven million dollars studying cats running on treadmills.

-They spent one point seven billion on hot dogs walking in the heat.

[User] -They spent twelve million on how monkeys sleep while they're on meth. They spent another one point eight million on monkeys gambling. They spent twelve million dollars on monkeys on meth.

[Assistant] -It's one million dollars from Nassau to prepare the nation's religions for the discovery of extraterrestrial life.


[User] Labour Party chair Ellie Reeves responds to Badenoch’s #PMQs performance:

[Assistant] It's difficult to disagree - my take on #PMQs to follow via the usual channels: www.politics.co.uk/subscribe/

[User] If I was asked to give Badenoch advice, it would be to try to stop looking so smug at PMQs. Alternatively she could try to come up with better attack lines. The combo she's trying now is embarrassing.

[Assistant] Stop trying to win an election that's not happening and do the governing stuff that you're actually needing to do. Who cares what a leader of a fringe party says even if they are the "official opposition" stop giving them credence by airing their grievances.


[User]
#JiwCommis

[Open✅]

☃Commission YCH Christmas🎅🏻❄
Bass credit in the picture

Only 7$ for couple YCH

{Only accept 0/4 queues}

DM me if you are interested ✨

[Assistant]
• If you want to use it commercially, The price will be doubled.
• Add a prop, charge 1$ more, edit facial expressions for free.
• For urgent work cases, Will be calculated at a double price. (excluding commercial price)

• Starts on Saturday, November 30th.

[User]
Payment - PayPal (Pay half to book a queue/ Bank fee 0.50$)
Waiting time 2-3 Day

You can contact me for more information via:
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There is a queue schedule to check :
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[Assistant]
• If you want to use it commercially, The price will be doubled.
• Add a prop, charge 1$ more, edit facial expressions for free.
• For urgent work cases, Will be calculated at a double price. (excluding commercial price)

• Starts on Saturday, November 30th.


[User] I am reviewing a survey experiment paper. Pretty complex and requires sophisticated data processing and analysis. Overall, I like the study. However, no pre-reg at all. Decisions seem reasonable, but huge potential for undisclosed flexibility. Any recommendations on how to raise these issues?

[Assistant] I do not want to recommend rejection outright because of the missing pre-reg. I am confident that the data are informative and have no reason to suspect active QRPs. Yet we all know how we can be fooled by the garden of forking paths. Multiverse-style analysis does not seem sensible in this case.

[User] Ask them for robustness tests? Or maybe a replication, if that's in the cards?

[Assistant] They do report some checks, very econ-pol style paper with 100s of pages of supplement. Can't say more about the specifics because of blind review, but the analysis pipeline is such that even a large multiverse-style check would be difficult or impossible.

[User] Asking whether a registered replication would be possible is a good idea. Maybe editors could be persuaded to treat this review as an accept-in-principle. Thx!

[Assistant] Open data and materials should then be the important thing.

[User] Yes! I will ask them to publish everything that is possible. Unfortunately, due to the nature of the data, important parts of the raw data which are relevant to the flexible decisions cannot be made publicly available (can't say more bc blind review). Thx.

[Assistant] Well I'd say if they publish their analysis script it becomes pretty obvious how flexible they were. It's quite some work to trim an analysis script to harked results (albeit not impossible). But I think once you reviewed that, you did your job.

[User] Have them make a statement on whether they have reported all evaluated hypotheses and demand that they clearly state that this is exploratory work from the beginning. Alternatively they can do a pre-registered replication or have a pre-dating preregistration.

[Assistant] Statement on completeness of report: Good idea. Asking whether a registered replication would be possible also good idea. Maybe editors could be persuaded to treat this review as an accept-in-principle. Stating that (any) experiment is exploratory work seems weird, idk... Thx!


[User] Actually I'm in no position to draw right now but I miss Himmel so,, here's a quick doodle... T-T💧💧

[Assistant] It's okay to draw! When you feel like drawing is the time to draw. If you don't draw now, when will you draw?

[User]
Yeah, it just... I don't think I can draw as much as before for now T-T
But-! Even if it's just a doodle, I will still draw whenever I can or feel like it! ✍('`ω'💪)✧✨

[Assistant] on my hands and knees rn because he always looks so pretty whenever you draw him 😭😭💖💖


[User]
I was trying to google "best wine for turkey" and typed "best sins for turkey."

So I guess that's why they need pardons?

[Assistant] I have to know what they were, though.

[User] Sloth is a big turkey sin. They'd really rather not fly.

[Assistant] They usually just wander around in parking lots here and aggressively cluck and gobble.


[User] I wanted to be at the Sharks vs Sens game tonight, but there were no flights under 6 hours long to get back home before my work shift this Friday. It's a one-hour flight!

[Assistant] It's OK though, I will be chasing them all weekend 😎

[User] WOW... That's crazy 😐

[Assistant] It was quite surprising! But that's flights now. So few direct ones nowadays, even to a city within the state.


[User]
when i moved from New York to California over a decade ago, i told my friends that New Yorkers like to say that they enjoy the seasons; the variations makes things interesting. i say: weather is like domestic violece, boring is good.

but here i am, in Korea. may i start to enjoy a bit of violence.

[Assistant] The unacknowledged victim of Korean winter is lips. Keep those from getting chapped and you’re set.

[User] Not sure of the domestic violence analogy🤣 but I’m looking forward to seeing some snow in France!

[Assistant] i always knew that you're someone into recreational violence.


[User]
Follow the blue then orange then red then orange and the blue again brick road.
Follow, follow, follow, follow.

[Assistant] Haha! I can't even be arsed to walk 15 minutes to the game later.

[User]
Been on this fucking bus since 11:45 and we had to double back at 1 point to pick up the relief driver after he had broken down behind us.
So that in turn has stopped us going to the services for 20 minutes like we usually do.
😭

[Assistant] Wish I could be arsed to go over and have a few pints. Just can't be arsed with midweek games, even against Madrid. Hahaha!


[User] its great bc people tell me they love my posts and shit but i'm honestly just fully being myself. its so wonderful 😭💙

[Assistant] It's amazing right?

[User] it is. I feel so free.

[Assistant] Being yourself is good, you should keep doing that 👍


[User]
Audio tech question:

My setup is SM7b > Cloudlifter > dbx286 > Scarlette Solo > Mac.

Since switching from Intel Mac to M4, midway through my recordings the audio cuts out for 1 second, causing audio/video to be out of sync the rest of the way.

Maybe swap out the Scarlett with... what?

[Assistant] these are nice www.amazon.com/dp/B09J1W1TY...

[User]
That might be the winner.

I wonder what that “vintage” button does.

[Assistant] I've had that happen to me, but I'm not entirely sure the Scarlett is at fault. Have you read anything about that?


[User] With our last release of 2024, I'd *love* to walk through what @atthisarts.com has put into the world this year, in addition to more than my regeneration rate of my heart. Would you join me? Share if any interest you? Thanks, so much. If you like this work, we *need* it to be seen. (And sell.) 🧵:

[Assistant] In March, we released the flowing, kind, immersive sci-fi novel Be the Sea by Clara Ward. It features kindness, connection, polyfamily, flying dreams, neurodivergency, and much ocean! Also, just out in audio, and the narrator floored me with their reading. Truly. www.atthisarts.com/product/be-t...

[User] Then, we completed a six-year journey of mine, 50 episodes of comedic fantasy that can be read as absurdly or layeredly as you please. (One a day to get you through the New Year?) I just hope they make you smile. That's why I wrote them. www.atthisarts.com/series/justd...

[Assistant] In July, another journey completed. The unexpected, thrilling conclusion of The Gray Assassin Trilogy with Gregory A. Wilson's Heretic. I am so proud of this trilogy, so proud its journey and triumph. An assassin drama with a core of love, pain, and chosen family. www.atthisarts.com/series/gray-...

[User] Whether or not you heard (that our event committee was rather violently removed for standing with writers) this is a book of fine stories curated by an editor who was blocked from getting the flowers -and royalties- she deserved, by racists. You can still support: www.atthisarts.com/product/inte...

[Assistant] I am also, because I need this, continuing my own Alyssia series. Our October release, Storm Tree, fought *so hard* just to exist in these overwhelming times, and I truly cannot wait (and need) to get back into writing Xelle's story. All also in audio, read by me! www.atthisarts.com/series/alyss...

[User] Then, just out this month, a beautiful exploration of grief - without toxic positivity, without easy solutions, and with hope, with spirit - the immersive, gorgeous words of Cheryl S. Ntumy, also read by Cheryl in audiobook! This novella is so, so worth your time. www.atthisarts.com/product/song...

[Assistant] As of yesterday, in the world - an exploration of grief and life and joy - and happiness: where we find it - and why we *fight* for it, through the poetic Ukrainian storytelling of Ihor Mysiak, lovingly translated into English by Yevheniia Dubrova and Hanna Leliv. www.atthisarts.com/product/the-...

[User] Do you nominate or vote for awards? We've tried to make it easy to see what we've done and where it fits in. Very, very grateful for your support and attention and love. We won't give up. I won't. But none of this continues without our community. None of it. 💜 www.atthisarts.com/awards/atthi...

[Assistant] Also, this month, we had some lovely chats! If you'd like to join us, I think each of these just keeps getting better as they go along. Interesting and insightful thoughts from some of the coolest writers - and somehow, me! 🥳 www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...


[User] Drake thought that the beef would be like the Pusha T one. He’d continue on with his illustrious career, even after taking an L. He didn’t anticipate that a diss track calling him a pedo would be an INTERNATIONAL club hit. And, he didn’t anticipate his subsequent releases flopping either.

[Assistant] I think what angers him the most is that, it was Kendrick Lamar — if it was anyone else it wouldn't matter as much. He can not believe it was Dot that took him out because he underestimated him, because his not an artist you listen to all the time therefore, not as popular as Drake, himself.

[User] Period. He thought Kendrick just makes negro spiritual tracks and not hits. Which is crazy because KDot has had commercial hits.

[Assistant] Exactly, the delusion has become reality. Stan cult(ure) is a real thing & it ruined everything.


[User] [❤🔥💖] ·˚ ༘ hello! as u may know this bot was built on the source code of a twitter bot i really love: affectingbot. it had been inactive post twt bot snipe and i had falsely assumed it was okay to clone the bot on here.

[Assistant]
the owner of affectingbot has since reached out and i have returned the handle to them.
i still want to run this bot with the quotes i have added to it myself and under a new name – which i should have done from the beginning!

[User] i’ll take some time away to do some construction and revamp this bot once i have some time and hope you come along for the ride! do follow the original affectingbot once it is up and running and much love to u all ⋆.ೃ࿔*:･

[Assistant] I thought this account was the same person. thanks for explaining, will keep an eye out for both of you!


[User] I reinstalled Age of Conan, a game I last played in 2011. My character was exactly where I left them. This MMO is showing its age but has an interesting combat system and a lot of content to play through. I may play through the main story over December.

[Assistant] The MMO? That's still running???

[User] Yes. It is in maintenance mode and hasn't had any new content for years but you can still log in and play through the story and side quests. However, the population is low apart from a few hardcore players, so you haven't got much chance with completing dungeons and other group content.

[Assistant] They took the license and went off to make Conan: Exiles instead, which has done very well.


[User] I need a macro in Final Fantasy 14 that automatically apologizes to everyone before a dungeon/raid at how much I’m going to suck. I’m so bad at this game!

[Assistant] I an not great either and yet I manage to be less of a dork-ass jerk than most mentor-status tanks in dungeon roulette. 😬 (why do they always suck so much...)

[User] I’m a Bard. I’m slow to react to anything so when a boss goes all Laser Floyd I’m going down. Thankfully nobody has called me out but I feel bad enough for them.

[Assistant] Nahhhhh, tanks and healers accept the DPS are physically fragile. Not your fault. Anyone who's mean to the DPS for that should get hung up on the laundry line, imo.

[User] Odd question, but where do you typically stand on the field? 'Cause it took me forever (and being yoinked several times by the WHM) to figure out that 90% of the time you practically want to be within kissing distance of the boss.

[Assistant] I stand near the other ranged DPS characters. So I’m hoping they know where they need to be.


[User] Banging soundtrack … that is all songs that are now played in the grocery store while I’m shopping 😂🤣

[Assistant] I had so many songs from one tree hill on my Ipod from 05-12. Like 50% at one point.

[User] Off topic, but I miss my iPod. . .😔

[Assistant] I had a red one! And a purple shuffle that I thought was the coolest thing!


[User] Good morning, my friends❣I hope everyone has a good day. ☕☕😊🐾🫶✌💞

[Assistant] Good morning 😊

[User] Look at those cuties!! Good morning Vicki!

[Assistant] Good morning, Dash! I am dog sitting this week for my bestie. This is Coco and Zooey. 🐶🐶


[Assistant]
He also said—"I don’t tell anyone about this small, good moment that I wished for. Because I’m embarrassed by its tenderness and impossibility."

and now I can't stop thinking about it.

[User] can't sleep I'm too busy spiraling about tenderness and want and how terrible it feels to be deprived of it all sometimes!!!!

[Assistant] Hope you get some sleep! I feel that too, like if I really stop and think about it I would like to have more tenderness! 💛


[User] Lew Grade's bête noire. Sport, especially live, is a main driver audience for all television but Lew just didn't seem to really understand it. When he got his way to split WoS in the afternoon he found there wasn't a surpressed Saturday afternoon audience for entertainment in the gap after all.

[Assistant] Always thought it was Greg Dyke who did for World of Sport. The dross he put on in-between Saint and Greavsie and Results Service instead of Dickie was appalling.

[User] 15 years or so on yes. Mind you ITV even in the 1980s struggled to get the blazers on its side which still ran so much of sport meaning its offering on some weeks was threadbare. Only operating one channel was a challenge to accommodate indeterminate length sports such as cricket.

[Assistant] Plus Dyke was chasing for the upwardly mobile demographic for advertisers, which most of WoS really wasn't suited. He hated Darts for example.


[User]
So far, tinkering with #turso has been okay. I'm sold on the idea of embracing edge SQLite as the main DB for my side quests. But a few points:

- Python tooling could be better. JS tooling is fine.
- I'd like to use existing SQLite drivers & local DBs that Turso can replicate (including writes).

[Assistant]
I'm aware that embedded replicas exist, where Turso streams local changes to remote DBs. But I believe it doesn't support writes.

I found the libSQL client SDKs quite limiting & would prefer to use a local database with default drivers, allowing Turso to replicate the changes to the remote DBs.

[User]
Sure, I'll probably miss out on a few libSQL-specific features but I can live with that.

The reason is Python's sqlite3 driver API is fantastic & integrates with many other external toolings. Adopting libsql means I've to let go of them.

I want to use Turso as a litestream alternative.

[Assistant]
So the gist is, I want to achieve the following workflow:

- My deployed apps will read from & write to local DBs
- The app will use existing SQLite drivers & features
- Turso will sync rw w/ remote DBs. There should be some delete protection.
- There can be one remote master & multiple replicas.


[User] Personally i stopped ordering from the UK shortly after Brexit, after a couple of bad experiences with customs.  This will just isolate the UK even further.

[Assistant] I won't be ordering in the US of A any longer for the same reason...

[User] Yep. I occasionally ordered stuff, but don’t bother any more.

[Assistant] Same here.

[User] We occasionally do if we cannot get it here and are willing to ship to CH, and that's the big one, a lot of DE companies will not as well.

[Assistant]
We occasionally do if we cannot get it here and are willing to ship to CH, and that's the big one, a lot of DE companies will not as well.
If it get even harder now, we will not miss it.

[User] Yep Brexit literally stopped me buying from outside the EU overnight. Just wasn’t worth the hassle anymore. Absolute insanity is Brexit 🤦🏻

[Assistant] Same. Got absolutely hammered for bloody "import duty" on a hand-crafted necklace and a few pairs of funky drawers ordered from a charity!

[User]
Anecdotal - but my company has offices in NL and in England.
I do IT for both.  Sometimes, I need to do a repair on a PC - and send that back (they send to me first). Since brexit  - it is cheaper for user to visit me here 3 days, than it is to ship to and from.. insane.

[Assistant] yep, i can well believe that.  Crazy.


[User] He didn't know how to kiss, my lips were bruised and sore.

[Assistant] Were you leading ?

[User] Either way nigga couldn't kiss 😢

[Assistant] You should have taught him 😭😭


[User]
For real. We are not all the same. Stop trying to put people in a “ one size fits all “ type of category. I use to ignore it until people started expecting Me to reply back in a religious way etc🙄🫤😐

✌❤😊

[Assistant] And how would you reply back anyway when there are hundreds of different "gods" and religions.  Proof we are not all the same.  I always reply with "here's to world peace".  Religion was created when the first conman met the first fool.

[User]
Exactly that, and that’s why I’ve said for a long time “ Religion is the longest and oldest running scam on the planet “.
 I typically don’t reply at all, I try to look unapproachable 🙈🙊😬

✌❤😊

[Assistant] LOL!  Passion will do that to you!  Have a great day!


[User]
I've made some bad decisions as a founder 🤷♀.
Here are 3 expensive learnings.

[Assistant]
1⃣ Hiring for the "future" is often premature

Founders are not oracles.

You need to plan ahead but most of your revenue and sales projections are definitely wrong.

Your startup positioning, product strategy, ICP, GTM will evolve and change.

[User] totally get what you're saying! planning ahead is key, but it's so true that things shift as you grow. it’s like trying to find the right market at the right time – can be tricky, right? 🤷♀ just like how byitts.com adapts to local sellers' needs! it's all about staying flexi...

[Assistant]
2⃣ Don't fall for Too-Good-To-Be-True offers
People will try to sell you:
🔴 Sales systems
🔴 Paid acceleration programs
🔴 Investor matchmaking services

The truth? Very few are worth it.

A better approach? Learn and/or buy the knowledge if it's about the core of your business.


[User]
To those paying attention to a post i made a while back, you may have seen this game in there, you may not have thought much of it but what i told you that this game, "Kamen Rider: Seigi no Keifu" is actually a classic Resident Evil style game.

Rough around the edges for sure but by god is it fun.

[Assistant]
Sounds like such a fun concept!
Tank Controls, I assume? 😂

[User]
Yep! We're in tank control city here! I say Resident Evil but it's obviously alot more Onimusha leaning than anything considering the combat focus.

Same difference but you get the point.

[Assistant] I recently did a video on wind being green in anime and RPGs and a lot of people brought up Kamen Rider. This couldn't have been better timing. Looks really cool!

[User]
While the power of the wind and Kamen Rider have most certainly be linked as far back as the original, i imagine most people commenting will likely be referring to Kamen Rider W who does put the connection between wind and the colour green onto centre stage.

A fantastic series honestly.

[Assistant] Yup, that was the one! I'll have to dive into this series at some point 💜 There are always exceptions of course, but this color coding shows up a lot!

[User] You'll be in for more than you fill with colour coding if you dive into Kamen Rider W, if you get into it, like it and finish it, i should recommend you the sequel anime, "Fuuto PI" as well!

[Assistant] Awesome, thank you! I'm working through Yu Yu Hakusho right now, but I'll make my way there eventually!

[User] Holy crap, what a PS2 gem💎

[Assistant] PS2's filled with em, more than people realise!


[User] Covering @fap-gxd.bsky.social sexy ass and tight pink butthole 🥰💦  #cumtribute #cocktribute #nsfw #nsfwbsky #realnsfw #cumshot #goon #goonette #horny #射屏 #얼싸 #ぶっかけ

[User] I hope it was a good fap!!! Gonna continue nonstop nut november thinking about being a free use cum dump🥵

[Assistant] Busting a nut while thinking about draining my balls deep inside your every hole always feels amazing 🤤


[User] I think I shall start a Parliamentary petition to make filling out forms fun. Who's with me?

[Assistant]
I had a working life of doing so, as a bean counter.
The only reward was a cup of tea after each completion. 🤷♂

[User] Oof.

[Assistant]
ONS specialises in idiotic surveys at pressure times, backed up by penalties for non-completion.
I reply with feeling.


[User] I have an urge to listen to BIGGER by Beyoncé


[User]
Good morning ☕

Very thankful to you all. 🩷

[Assistant] Hello Facts! How are you today?

[User] I'm not too bad. Just waiting for coffee to brew. I was EXHAUSTED yesterday and wound up going to bed a little early.

[Assistant] Resting is always nice 😊


[User]
I share the anger and frustration over the dismissal of Trump's federal criminal cases. There are plenty of folks to blame. (Most of them are in here→ 🏛) But pointing the finger at those who fought doggedly to uphold the rule of law ain't it.
My column: www.bostonglobe.com/2024/11/26/o...

[Assistant] Thank you!!!!

[User] You are 100% correct Kimberly. The blaming and inside discord at this point is moot. It would be akin to what transpired at the towel of Babel. Nothing gets accomplished. We need to grieve, then regroup and then revise our plan of attack with more clarity against this Blythe.

[Assistant] Paywall.  Any way you can "gift" this article?  Thanks!

[User]
#SisterInLaw

Please talk about Merrick Garland.
Sometimes I think I’m blaming him for everything that no one else is being held accountable for and maybe that’s not fair and other times I think that he was just too damn cautious and deserves my anger.

Love the pod best w/ 4 voices!!!

[Assistant] I’m sorry, but I feel strongly that Garland should have worked FASTER at holding Drumpf accountable for his misdeeds. Like started the process on Jan 21, 2021. I don’t hold Jack Smith accountable as he didn’t even get that position until WAY TOO LATE in the game. Garland was asleep at the wheel.


[User] How are so many of you so confident? It takes a large amount of disassociation before I can “show off” online and 80% of the time I hate my body soooo I need tips.

[Assistant] A severe addiction to drag race leading me to take Mama Ru to heart when she says, “if you ain’t gonna love yourself, how in the hell you gonna love somebody else” ❤

[User] I should start watching that show.

[Assistant] But also, BRO, you’re HOT AF!!


[User] I just managed to get home to turn on the#DemDebate2 so I’m sorry I can’t comment on what’s happened up to this point, but...

[Assistant] I’m sorry but the Yang answer to the gender pay gap being “economic freedom” and his $1000 freedom dividend being enough to address systemic sexism is insulting, utter bullshit.

[User] This answer effectively tells women to bootstrap ourselves out of sexism. His presumption that women should use the dividend money towards areas of systemic gender inequality — like lack of universal childcare — in order to be able to compete completely misunderstands everything.

[Assistant]
Meanwhile this dividend would be available to men. So... how is this dividend supposed to address a gender pay gap, and not just... inflate it?

Don’t worry — I’ll wait.

[User] I don’t need more “economic freedom” to close the pay gap. I don’t need a goddammed dividend. I need companies to fucking pay an equal, living wage and for society-wide investment in parental leave, reproductive rights, and ending gender- and sex-based harassment and violence.

[Assistant] By the way, $1000 doesn’t even cover the average monthly cost of center-based childcare. https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/early-childhood/reports/2018/11/15/460970/understanding-true-cost-child-care-infants-toddlers/


[User]
Interesting how Martin Ødegaard can be such a great player, so instrumental to Arsenal’s quality, so preternaturally gifted and influential, but also when he misses a dozen games please  do NOT try to explain a drop in team cohesion and quality by his absence. Because that would be weak.

🤷🏻♂

[Assistant] Standard 'dont argue with kids and idiots' - you'd ignore them in the pub/on the street, why aren't you ignoring them online!

[User] I do! I like pointing out the stupidity.

[Assistant] Always a diff narrative for us. City without Rodri didn’t stand a chance apparently.


[User] If You claim all suicides are irrational you are pathologizing and stigmatizing suicide. People in their right mind die by suicide. People with mental ilness die by suicide too, and their decision can be perfectly informed and wanted by them.

[Assistant] By claiming all suicide is irrational You are taking away agency and reason from a big group of people. It is discriminatory - ableist, sanist, and suicidist. Suicidism is a form of oppression theoretized by professor Alexandre Baril, you can take a look at his book "undoing suicidism" (2023).

[User] We absolutely should invest in mental health support, promote healthy life, but this is not enough. We need to dismantle capitalism, imperialism and neocolonialism, institutionalised sexism, rascism, ableism and quuerphobia. Make the world centered on sentient beings, not accumulation of capital.

[Assistant] And we must allow people who want to, who are competent adult beings, to decide about not only their life but also their death. There are multiple reasons one does not want to continue their existence, and it's entirely up to them to decide whether those reasons are enough.


[User]
There are astrological levels to Scorpio that many people ignore or simply have never investigated.
Who better to obsess over what could be than a Scorpio?
Who is most apt to have built in transformations?

[Assistant] First comes the ground dweller. The venom bringer. The scorpion itself is a creature at war. Always ready to snap, prepared to use its claws and hold you down to sting you from your blind spot. Never seeing past what is forward. Always ready for the fight ahead.

[User]
Next comes the half enlightenment where many scorpios land unknowingly. The ascension. Trying to "do better". The eagle.
Viewing patterns and enemies from above with crystal clear vision. Able to strike and evade with beak and talons. They can drag you up and watch you fall.

[Assistant] But past that is a similar station with a different perspective; the dove. Still high off the ground, no longer in constant surveillance mode though. No longer NEEDING to be the biggest threat in the sky. Simply content to float and watch, as peacefully as possible. This is where I've been.


[User]
Me: I don't want to come across like a total fiend on this date. Maybe I'll wear my wholesome, vintage, full-length floral dress.

The tag, with other ideas:

[Assistant] That tag needs to cool off for a bit.

[User] Whoa! That tag does not waste time!

[Assistant] I'm shocked! But not against xD.


[User] Grapple Dogs: Cosmic Canies is a good sequel to the original, but i have some lingering thoughts about it. 🧵

[Assistant]
Pablo the titlular "Grapple Dog" felt limited in his moveset even with the new additions like the punch.
His power ups did compensate for it though with the Electricity and Vine being my favourite.

[User] Luna the new character is an improvement but it took some time to use her moves effectivly. Dashing through a level quickly was one of the most fun parts of the game. I appreciated the gun for easy enemy clearing but the gun upgrades were not that impactful to me.

[Assistant]
Levels in the game are improved from the first game. Less collectables and less of a need to get the orange fruits were nice changes.
The Dimensional theming allowed for more flexible styles. A very small nitpik i have is that too many levels used the same style. Favourite being the one pictured.

[User]
In later levels, enemy spam and long uninterupted sections without a rest were rampant.
With Luna it was manageable to deal with by gun hovering and dashing.
On Pablo's late levels like the first game, were a pain to get though. The inf-health toggle did help some places.

[Assistant]
On the speedrunning aspect, I had little difficulty with 2-5 attempts each to get the gold.
The collectathon sections during speedruns made some levels worse off for me.
The mini side levels were a nice break inbetween and the later ones proved a good challenge.

[User]
Bosses in this game were simple to defeat, barring some random enemy spawns. This was especially present in the final boss where long periods of waiting occured.
The final achievement to me was a bit unfair. Replaying the game fully with no health ups to get it made me edit my save instead.

[Assistant]
Overall I enjoyed the first play though getting to the end without going for everything. After that, I decided to 100% which made see more flaws. Duckbands being the worst after needing to look at a guide for them.

I'll be glad to see where the devs go next. (Grapple Dogs 3D? /j)


[User] Family of 4 going on a 4 night tropical getaway. How much luggage are you taking?

[Assistant]
2 suitcases, no carry-ons.

3-4 carry-ons, no check-in suitcases.

1 suitcase, 1 carry-on, 4 backpacks.

Might be less, we are a family of 5. 😅

Out last tropical vacation for 7 days:
2 suitcases, 5 backpacks, 1 carry-on.

[User] It does take a bit of juggling at the hotel to unpack our one checked bag since we are at the age of 2 hotel rooms. But it's nice for logistics on the ground to only have one.

[Assistant] What about you?


[User]
Black Friday sale!! All of the wyrmling’s DMsGuild products are Pay What You Want from now until I remember to change them back down the road.

If you grab any of them, please leave a review.

Here are his Halloween plot hooks:

www.dmsguild.com/m/product/50...

[Assistant]
Silver Best Seller… the Spell Thief:

www.dmsguild.com/m/product/43...

[User]
And Copper Best Seller… One of Them Rangers!

www.dmsguild.com/m/product/49...

[Assistant] I am feeling you on “until I remember…”


[User]
Blake Snell to the #Dodgers.

So, does that mean the #Mets need to counter with Corbin Burnes?

open.substack.com/pub/justmets...

[Assistant] It is very early but the Mets need to start getting some players before the top players sign. They have tons of money under their "cap". Need pitching. It also is time for Steve Cohen to drop a mega offer on Juan Soto & give him a take it or leave 24 hours to sign & not shop it back to the Yankees.

[User] They’re ok. My feeling is with Snell is that he might not have been signable with the Mets.

[Assistant] I agree on Snell, but this may speed up the market on the other top starters with many teams involved.  Time to get moving.

[User] Is it important for the Mets to do this before Soto makes a decision as a way to show him they will do what it takes to compete with the Dodgers?

[Assistant] I don’t think so. I think Soto knows the Mets are fully committed to winning. It doesn’t mean they can’t work on other things but I don’t think Soto needs to see the Mets sign a pitcher as a demonstration of intent.


[User]
In honour of the first day of autumn, I am reminded of the time I cautioned a colleague after he told me he had been out running and seen herds of stag. He scoffed at me, saying they were only a problem in spring.

Me: 🤨 Ok, dude, I'm not going to argue with you.

[Assistant]
Not 10 minutes later, our host at Cumberland Lodge warned us of the dangers from the stags in Windsor Park.

Him: 😲

Me: 😎

[User] I had a deer chasing dog and lived many years in bucolic exile. I know what rutting season is.

[Assistant]
Early in his deer chasing career, I worried what might happen if he caught one, they'd kick his butt. Then I had the opportunity to watch the deer easily outpace his hardest run with their loping stride. Whew.

Except, in this bit of woods, there was an old stag with a bad leg.

[User]
Now, off leash and running and sniffing, Buster almost never barked. So, on one walk, after he had taken off, I was confused to hear him barking his head off.

Then I spy him in the creek bed, in a standoff with the old stag, who's rearing on his hind legs to keep Buster at bay.

[Assistant] It's a stalemate: the stag can fight, but can't outrun Buster. On the other hand, Buster isn't quite stupid enough to think he can take on this behemoth, but instinct keeps him from disengaging voluntarily. I think he was relieved at being called off.


[User]
Ah, the reply-all email to ask us to stop replying to all. (I didn't reply-all, rest assured.)

I dunno. The emails are all in one thread. Just delete them! Why reply-all only to take us to task for doing just that? Weird behaviour.

[Assistant]
I didn't participate in the "congratulations!" reply all but damn, it was kind of nice. (I emailed the sender only.) What kind of bad mood do you have to be in to shut down a celebration thread?

Anyways, I'm more annoyed by the rudeness than I ever was by the half dozen emails!

[User] lol I'm pleased to report that there have been more reply-all congratulations, and I'm choosing to believe that folks are aware of the admonishment and have decided it's ridiculous and will thus ignore it.

[Assistant]
Oh and this wouldn't be an academic email reply-all chain without the original sender having their "I'm away" auto-response turned on, and indeed, yup.

Thanks for the laughs, everyone!

🤣


[User]
Have completely Fringed* my voice, which is about an octave lower than usual this morning.

*the effects of joyously yelling at friends in a loud bar all night, as seen at the Edinburgh Fringe.

[Assistant] Ha, I would call the Floradaying, probably.

[User] Yorkshire equivalent Pace Egging. 😁

[Assistant] Also, after I went to stay with my Mum once I was allowed to travel after lockdown, I ended up sounding like Honor Blackman after several packets of Rothmans due to not having spoken to another living human for months.


[User] I've been thinking about discourse (Oh god, oh fuck, etc) and I think one of the reasons I've seen so much shite about Xenogenders lately is that gender is a very personal and individual concept despite being shared. Society enforces gender norm and thus the understanding of gender.

[Assistant] When I see things like "Autism gender" which is apparently something along the lines of "My gender is closely aligned eith and understood by my relationship with autism" you have to take a step back and realise... yeah? Someone with a disability has all parts of their existence influenced by it?

[User] imo Xenogenders are just a way of expressing yourself outside of the social binary, however once you step out of the binary everything is vague and highly individualistic and thus completely 'nonsensical' to those not on your wave length. Yeah your experiences shape your understanding of gender duh?

[Assistant]
As a follow-up. I don't really care about Xenogenders. I'm clearly not on the wavelength to get this, but that's hardly an issue. I just thought it was interesting to consider how the social binary and lived experience both have an impact.

"Woman who says nothing but keeps yapping" coded, I know.


[User] Gonna give this a go. Come at me, bro!

[Assistant] 1. Been on it for a while but was really just not active. Twitter, as of late, became a cesspool of hatred and villainy in more ways than one ever since a certain rich asshole bought it and ground his fat ass onto it.

[User] 2: I do have Twitter and Facebook still. Rarely use them now though, as per the reason above.

[Assistant] 3: Very rarely post on Twitter anymore. I mainly use it just for looking at trends and possible news things.

[User] 4: What do I post on Bluesky? Whatever I want really. Fun furry stuff, stuff on my mind, gaming stuff… sometimes artwork that catches the eye… stuff like that.

[Assistant] 5: American griffon here, of Polish / Scotch-Irish stock.

[User] 6: Male griffon here, with he/him as pronouns.

[Assistant]
7: A word to describe myself?

“Chill.”


[User] Bshaer is a nurse who lost her husband and home to the destruction of Gaza, and cares for their baby daughter Ayla. Bshaer, Ayla, and her mother urgently need funds for scarce healthcare and essentials for the child and themselves to survive the ongoing genocide. Please share or give if you can:

[Assistant] Please send a small donation and repost and quote my latest post to save my family in Gaza💔🇵🇸🍉🎁

[User] Thank you friend ♥🙏🏻

[Assistant] Hoping for peace and safety for your family and people soon 🤍


[User] I've seen a lot of people say that the film is the first time they've ever liked Dancing Through Life, and I have to say while I get it, I've always been a fan. But I think it has to be delivered by someone OOZING horniness and sex, and while I absolutely love Norbert Leo Butz, that just isn't him.

[Assistant] The rather gentle melody actually hearkens back to Stephen Schwartz's earlier work for me. It's more PIPPINy than anything else in the score, and as I adore PIPPIN, I've always loved it. But yeah, you need Jonathan Bailey's raw sex appeal (or someone else with that level) to sell it.

[User] Also in the next bit, the internal rhyme on "...WE should go on a SPREE and not SHE, GEE I know someone would BE my HEro..."? Chef's kiss.

[Assistant] OMG yes! It definitely gives me PIPPIN vibes!

[User] Presenting exhibits 1 & 2 for your consideration 🥵

[Assistant] Haha, FAIR. I guess to clarify more, Jonathan Bailey plays Fiyero more "I want to fuck you and literally every other thing I've ever met" and Norbert's more "I'm kinda casually hot and lazy".


[User] “Americans Mark Swidan, Kai Li and John Leung are en route back to the United States, the White House said, capping months of diplomatic pressure on China and securing a win for the Biden administration in its waning weeks in office.”

[Assistant] “Swidan, a Texas-based businessman, has spent over a decade in detention in China after being accused of drug-related offenses. Arrested in 2012 during a trip to China, Swidan has consistently denied the allegations.”

[User] “Li, a naturalized U.S. citizen born in China, was detained during a trip to his homeland in 2016 and later sentenced to 10 years in prison on charges of espionage. Li has maintained his innocence, claiming the accusations were politically motivated.”

[Assistant] “Leung, an American businessman with permanent residency in Hong Kong, was sentenced to life imprisonment in 2023 on espionage charges. The Chinese government has provided little detail about the charges, a feature of Chinese national security investigations.”


[User]
Thank you everyone so much for 1k 💥💥

It’s crazy ❗

Who is ready for December 6th 🗓

[Assistant] Me and my girlfriend are incredibly hyped for this, we want to play hundreds of games and I'm dying to try our Hawkeye, please let all the hype be worth it 🥺

[User] Bestieee please release Black Widow sooner 🥺🙏 as a beta player I am so hyped for this!

[Assistant] I’m so ready! I didn’t get to play the beta, so I can’t wait to feel how it plays for myself!

[User] I’m so ready to play Jeff!! Let’s go!!!


[User]
I’m still awake, nearly 4:30 am, reading fanfic like my alarm isn’t set to go off in about an hour.

Guess it will be lots of caffeine today!

[Assistant] You know it's top-tier fanfic when you end up missing out on sleep. 10/10 would do again.

[User] Yeahh, i got caught up in rereading some I had bookmarked and already read. They’re that enjoyable to read again!

[Assistant]
Cheers to that. Lol. Good reads will do that. XD
Means you are going to sleep EXTRA good tonight though.


[User]
So grateful to have Andrew Wilkie as one of my elected reps 🙌🏻

#auspol

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

[Assistant] Great to hear this from Wilkie. The ban puts young people - particularly those who are already the most marginalised - at risk.

[User] Absolutely. I’m baffled by the gov’s determination to push ahead with this against all expert advice. It’s a very weird hill to die on.

[Assistant] Have you got stories about Andrew Wilkie that the public may not know? I've found the sweetest thing in Hansard that I'll post about tomorrow - I need my beauty sleep!


[User]
It’s #DoctorWhoDay, and with 365 days to go until the show’s 60th anniversary, there’s still time to work on your celebratory #MundaneCostumes. Here are some of my favourites!

A Zygon imposter (Terror of the Zygons, 1975)

[Assistant] A giant (Planet of Giants, 1964)

[User] A person obeying the Master (various)

[Assistant] The final segment of the Key to Time (The Armageddon Factor, 1979)

[User] A Chameleon (The Faceless Ones, 1967)

[Assistant] The Doctor (The Celestial Toymaker, 1966)

[User] A Dalek duplicate (Resurrection of the Daleks, 1984)

[Assistant] ‘Action by HAVOC’ (various)

[User] An Auton facsimile (various)

[Assistant] A person watching Doctor Who at home on Christmas Day (The Daleks’ Master Plan: The Feast of Steven, 1965)

[User] A God of Ragnarock (The Greatest Show in the Galaxy, 1988)

[Assistant] A Vardan (The Invasion of Time, 1978)

[User] Kamelion disguised as yourself (various)

[Assistant] A person under Cyber-control (various)

[User] A Kraal android imposter (The Android Invasion, 1975)

[Assistant] ‘A phantom, an illusion of the mind’ being rumbled (The Five Doctors, 1983)

[User] An Urbankan android (Four to Doomsday, 1982)

[Assistant] An awkward split-screen moment where you confront a villain who looks remarkably like you (The Enemy of the World, 1967-1968)


[User]
I started playing this indie game called Not for Broadcast last night. It involves you having to edit a news programme for a fictional British tv station. The gameplay reminds me of Papers, Please a bit.

It is genuinely laugh out loud funny at times.

store.steampowered.com/app/1147550/...

[Assistant]
It's not going to be for everyone but if you're a fan of political satire then you'll probably really like this. It's well written, funny and thought provoking.

It also only cost me 99p. Probably the best value game I've ever played.

[User] I saw you playing this last night, one I’d never heard of, honestly forgot about it with how tired I was. 😅

[Assistant]
Yeah I'd never heard of it either but I saw it on sale on cdkeys then looked up what it was about. It sounded like something I would like. It's pretty good for what it is but you do need to pay attention so it's not a game for when you're feeling tired!

For 99p as well..it's a no brainer.

[User] I might have to give that a look. Sounds like something I’d enjoy.

[Assistant] Yeah I think it would be right up your alley.


[User]
At PMQs, Keir Starmer and Kemi Badenoch have been debating the government’s pledge not to increase taxes on “working people”.

Our new Government Tracker looks at exactly what Labour’s manifesto promised, and what the recent Budget means for this pledge.

[Assistant] Appreciate your efforts providing evidence-based facts. However, speaking personally, I do not object to this government increasing taxes (ideally from those with the broadest shoulders) in order to carry out remedial work on the hideous shambles they inherited. I suspect many voters feel the same.

[User] That’s why we need to shift the Overton window, one which sees taxation as a national good.

[Assistant] And reform election financing legislation so that billionaire donors' priorities don't trump everyone else's in the creation of party manifestos.


[User]
Also: Welcome to my Bluesky. I havent used this in a while cause I didnt really know what I want to do with it.
On Twitter I had 2 Accounts. One's my "Main" that I havent been using much either cause Twitter is just kinda awful. The other is my TCG Account. Im not gonna delete either. (cont)

[Assistant]
My "Main" is gonna be remaining as an Archive I think. I was funny there occasionally. Also just many years of memorys.

The TCG acount is gonna remain active cause Pokemon TCG is just mostly on Twitter unfortunatly. So to keep up with that. Most of the TCG posting will go there. (cont.)

[User]
(oh also the main is also good to DM some folk and keep in touch with them.)

So what is this gonna be? I think Bsky is gonna be a bit of a mix but more personal.
I hope to develop some healthier habits with this.
Post some funnies occasionally. Also Post about big TCG Archivements.

[Assistant]
I want to do less doom scrolling and get more into Habbits of Creating things. So Ideally I will be able to get that going soon and post about that here aswell.

Lets see how that goes.


[User]
Once again I find myself agreeing with Daniel Finkelstein.
On those rare occasions I disagree with him, I have to go back and re-read the article and try to work out why I am wrong.

www.thetimes.com/article/ac67...

[Assistant] Having purchased the single, and watched every moment of the 13th July 1985, I felt I was doing something right. I still do.

[User] I think it was necessary for the time, but I feel that now it is nothing more than patronising. I don't think it is cynical to say that it is now damaging because it still feeds into this perception that all of Africa is in desperate poverty and in need of saving by the "white man"

[Assistant]
Much of Africa is in desperate poverty, and as the article says For all of its economic growth, Ethiopia remains one of the poorest places in the world.

Doing something and raising knowledge of the issues is surely better than ignoring it.


[User]
✨Soap vs flash-bang✨

#CallofDuty #GhostSoap 🧵

📄Soap isn’t having a great week as his recruits test out badly. He didn’t realise just how badly they could do!

Pre Ghoap flirting w/self indulgent hurt/comfort & some best friends Soap & Gaz thrown in.

#CoD #Ghoap #FandomHappyFic (1/26)

[Assistant] It had been a long few days of guiding hopeful recruits through increasingly complex scenarios to test all the skills he and the team had been training them in for the last 3 months. (2/26)

[User] It had been more than a little disheartening as he watched many of his most promising buckle under the pressure making careless mistakes that they usually wouldn't have made as the week dragged on. (3/26)

[Assistant] Despite how poorly their trainees had been doing in the test he really hadn’t expected a fuck up of this proportion. Realistically it had partly been his own fault for being distracted, that he didn't see the recruit ahead of him fumble the flash bang as they went to throw it, (4/26)

[User] meaning instead of it being thrown into the room ahead of them it hit the floor and rolled back to land, and ultimately go off, at Soap’s feet. The flash of intense light and loud explosion of sound instantly knocked Soap off his feet, sending him shoulder first into the wall beside him. (5/26)

[Assistant] Suddenly it was as if he'd been thrown into a concrete mixer with the most intense disco light flashing right before his eyes. Everything was spinning & dipping around him, even though he could feel from the throbbing in his shoulder & aching hip that he was on the floor up against the wall. (6/26)

[User] He cried out as he felt something land heavily on his leg, sending sharp pain through his knee up into his thigh. His ears were ringing so loud he couldn’t hear his own voice, but he felt the scream in his throat. The force of it making him cough as his throat went instantly dry. (7/26)

[Assistant] He pushed the heavy weight off his leg and tried to grab at the excruciating pain in his knee, but only succeeded in falling to his side with another agonised silent scream as his shoulder joint battled with his knee to gain his attention. (8/26)

[User]
He bit down hard on his lip trying not to scream aloud again as the world around him continued to dip and whorl about and a kaleidoscope of spotted lights danced in his eyes.

It felt like hours before the disorientation and dizziness started to pass but was really only minutes. (9/26)

[Assistant] His head throbbed with the echo of the ringing and the flashes of light. Slowly he blinked the room back into a semblance of focus and sighed, happy when he could actually hear it somewhat. (10/26)

[User]
He’d barely had time to orient himself when he felt a hand drop on his uninjured shoulder, startling him and setting off his painful joints once more and making him grit out an unintelligible curse.

"Shit, sorry Tav. You right mate?" Gaz's alarmed voice sounded like it was getting to him (11/26)

[Assistant]
through glass.

Soap squinted up at him, his eyes still struggling to fully focus, his vision still plagued with random spots of light.

"Nae, fucking peely-wally, aye," Soap whined as he leaned into Gaz's supporting hand. (12/26)

[User] Soap groaned again as Gaz put his arm under his good one and hauled him back onto his feet. Soap almost brought them both back to the floor as his injured leg buckled out from underneath him as soon as he attempted to put any weight onto it. (13/26)

[Assistant]
"Fooking hell," Soap cursed out as he gripped onto Gaz for dear life as he tried to get his pain back under control.

Gaz gave him a sympathetic look and shifted his hold to grip around his back and under his other arm. (14/26)

[User]
That of course jostled his aching shoulder, that Soap was now pretty sure was dislocated. He bit through his lip as he groaned out a cry that he did his best to suppress.

"Crap, sorry mate. They really did a number on you, didn’t they?" Gaz apologised to him as he readjusted his hand.  (15/26)

[Assistant] Soap grunted an acknowledgement as he tucked his useless and aching arm against his chest and nodded to Gaz to indicate he was ready to move. It was only then that he really took in the room around him and the chaos that the flash bang had brought. (16/26)

[User]
Recruits were scattered around the room, stumbling and rubbing at their eyes and ears as the instructors all attempted to guide them out of the room and get them seen too.

Soap shook his head in disappointment. (17/26)

[Assistant]
All those months of work on this batch of recruits and it looked as though not one of them would be making it through by the end. This wasn’t even their last test for the week.

“Come on, Tav. Let’s get you patched up,” Gaz prompted him as he pulled him into his side a little tighter. (18/26)

[User]
Before they made it even halfway across the room with Soap’s slow limp, they were bailed up as Ghost barrelled into the room and zeroed in on Soap.

“Bloody hell, Johnny. What the fuck happened?” Anyone else would have taken Ghost’s gruff tone as scolding, and from the recruits' reactions (19/26)

[Assistant]
around him, most of them did, but Soap knew him well enough to know it was just fear driving him.

Soap gave him a sad imitation of a grin, his head still too messed up to really put his all into it. (20/26)

[User]
“Dinna fash,” Soap told him as he waved off Ghost’s fussing hands that had started to pat him down checking for injuries.

Soap couldn’t help but chuckle at Ghost’s cranky, “English MacTavish,” he got in return as Ghost glared at him and slowly retracted his hands, his fingers clenching  (21/26)

[Assistant]
into fists as he did, clearly eager to get back to checking him over, but respecting Soap’s request.

Soap made an effort to give Ghost his biggest smile and a pat to the cheek as he cooed at him, “so ya do like me, my a sheòid.”

Gaz joined Soap in his laughter as Ghost huffed and  (22/26)

[User] grumped about just liking him alive. Soap knew the big bastard had a soft spot for him and loved to tease him and imagine the blush he’d be wearing under his mask at that moment. (23/26)

[Assistant] Before he could even attempt a protest, Ghost was attached to his other side, carefully supporting him so that he didn’t touch his shoulder, while supporting his weight so that he didn’t even need to put his foot on the ground. (24/26)

[User] Gaz gave him a cheeky grin and rolled his eyes in Ghost’s direction, before they both helped Soap across the room and out to the waiting medics. The day had started out sucking, but he couldn’t complain too much when he had his teammates supporting him and was about to get the good stuff. (25/26)

[Assistant]
All in all, not his worst day ever, even if the Flash-bang won this round. (26/26)

Hope you enjoyed this little helping of self-indulgent Soap whump. I can't resist whumping this poor burly lad. 😅


[User]
Statement by #Yemen's Ansarallah on Hezbollah's victory in #Lebanon (thread):

'We salute the great resilience of Hezbollah and the dear Lebanese people in confronting the brutal Israeli aggression.

[Assistant] Through this steadfastness and the unity of the people, army, and resistance, Lebanon has achieved another victory by repelling this aggression and thwarting its malicious goals.

[User] The Islamic Resistance in Lebanon, with its immense sacrifices, has only grown deeper in its roots, stronger, and more steadfast.

[Assistant] It has excelled in its escalating operations, both in quantity and quality, forcing the Zionist enemy and its American sponsor to agree to a ceasefire that preserves Lebanon’s security, sovereignty, and independence.

[User] We have full confidence in the choices of the Islamic Resistance in Lebanon.

[Assistant] We believe its wise leadership has managed to regain the initiative in a short time despite the significant wounds inflicted upon the resistance, especially after the assassination of the esteemed Secretary-General, the martyr of Islam and Muslims, His Eminence Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah (pbuh).

[User] The Israeli enemy would not have relented and accepted a ceasefire were it not for its confrontation with a resilient resistance that stood firm against treacherous assassination crimes.

[Assistant] This resistance rose with even greater ferocity, proving its ability to engage in a prolonged war of attrition — something a fragile and weak entity like the Zionist regime cannot endure.

[User]
As described by the martyred leader His Eminence Sayyed Nasrallah, this entity is more fragile than a spider’s web.
The martyrs of Hezbollah are martyrs on the path to Al-Quds.

[Assistant] Hezbollah has performed admirably on this challenging path, continuing its support for Gaza and Palestine despite the shameful and disgraceful Arab and Islamic betrayal, with rare exceptions.


[User]
What movie made you ugly cry?

Grave of the Fireflies was so painful I've been scared for life.

[Assistant] Only once, never again 😅

[User] Yeah, that movie would do it.

[Assistant] That one made me cry as well 😭


[User]
I moved to NL 🇳🇱 from the U.K last August. It took a few months to get my residence permit sorted and register with a GP.

I had my first GP appointment at the start of November, where I was referred to the nearest Gender Service here, and now I have my first appointment in February.

I cried.

[Assistant]
I think most trans people here that are from the U.K, will know where those tears are comming from.

I had been waiting on the Sandyford GIC in Glasgow for years, with no hope, no end in sight, as things just got worse and worse.

My GP was barely any help.

No one cared.

[User]
I was forced to take out loans to fund all of my own healthcare myself.

I worked overtime as an NHS worker to try and pay for the treatment the NHS refused to give me.

I had to go abroad to get an orchiedectomy when I couldn't jump through the required hoops to get it in the U.K.

[Assistant]
The whole time I was doing that, fighting for every little bit I could to further my transition, I was made to feel less than human. By the media, by the government.

People talking about me and other trans people - like we're a "problem" to be solved - rather than human beings deserving of love.


[User] Starting with the 101 one of what I'm into... BINKY BROWN MEETS THE HOLY VIRGIN MARY by Justin Green. Struggling with catholic guilt and obsessive thoughts, Binky is personally tormented by a cruel Virgin Mary. When he thinks impure thoughts he hallucinates his hands becoming abominable dick trees.

[Assistant]
The whole thing is there to read on archive. org.
It's truly seminal and thee pioneering work of this particular form, the originator.

[User]
The Stuff of Dreams, Kim Deitch

K Deitch is one of the artists I relate to the most. The stories take place half inside his head, and are fuelled by his own obsessions, personal quests and mysteries and the grip on reality is loose. A hallucinatory soup of real & mega mythologised media history.

[Assistant]
There is a kind of urgency to his work, a "PLEEASE let me tell you about this vision quest taking up a lot of room in my brain" kind static energy bouncing off the pages.

And his father Gene Deitch created Nudnik, who I adore, and animated the worst version of Tom and Jerry (which I also love)


[User]
Have we just signed our first contract? We might have done!

Want to be part of our launch next year? Check out our submission guidelines here! www.tfpublishing.com.au/submission-g...

[Assistant] I have a couple of manuscripts I'm working on refreshing. If the original publisher of the earlier books they're based on doesn't want them, would you like them?

[User] I'd certainly be happy to consider them, yes! I'm familiar with a few of the books, but I'd definitely like to take a look at them all if they're available.

[Assistant] I'm going to try to work on this "Cirrostratus" refresh first since I had an earlier rejected second edition that I wanted to bring in line with the later screenplay I wrote based on it. So it's a hybrid of a 2013-ish refresh and a 2016 screenplay version plus material from the 2014 sequel added in.


[User] Had a multi skeet rant about “community moderation”.

[Assistant] I agree, but I don't see any other alternative, apart from public funding from taxation going to social media. And that also brings new problems.

[User] Any other alternative to what? Bluesky leaning a lot on community moderators?

[Assistant] Yes, and in general to moderation being done by communities on social media.

[User]
There will of course always be the “have to see it to report it”.

But I believe more can be done by the Trust and Safety team to ensure Trust and Safety.

And a disclaimer I always have to add now when I talk about this: I have been saying this before the jump from 1-12million+ users.

[Assistant] Ok, I didn't know that more could be done with the existing resources, so I take your point.


[User]
Tom's Hardware concludes that Qualcomm's X1E offering is not a success, since only 1.5% of Windows machines use their CPU. Here's what I think Qualcomm needs to do in order to sell a load of machines to an untapped audience right now 🧵
www.tomshardware.com/pc-component...

[Assistant] For Qualcomm laptops to be a success, they need to dive into the market for Linux users. People are reverse engineering Apple products in order to fit Linux on to them! Why? Because they're powerful and have insane battery life 🧵

[User] Who are these Linux users then? They are developers. They are devops. They are the cloud native generation, that already orchestrate Kubernetes and Docker. There are so many of them out there. Why not appeal to them? Give them the Apple laptop experience, just with Linux  🧵

[Assistant] I know that "the year of Linux on the desktop" is a running joke, but honestly - it so good that I'm not missing Windows at all. Sure, managing them at scale is way harder than Windows, but not impossible. 🧵

[User] The quick and easy solution for Quallcomm is to devote 2-4 FTE hard core driver developers, and help the aarch64-laptops team get the devices out there fully working. The stuff that is missing is not a lot, and it will pave the way for a lot of users 🧵

[Assistant] Next step is to persuade the laptop brands to sell their laptops either with a select Linux distribution as an option, or mark them as Linux compatible. Why will this work? Because Linux is *already* processor agnostic, while for Windows it's ... well meh (so far) 🧵


[User] We seem to be discussing the “scrape posts to do research” thing again so reminding folks I’m on the record saying I think that’s bad and could lead to bad things www.bps.org.uk/research-dig...

[Assistant] Got in debates on ye olde twitter with folks who took the “it’s for the greater good” angle (any potential harm of not seeking consent is compensated by benefits of the research done), which I always think is pretty egregious unless they can show with certainty they did more than publish a paper.

[User] Also given I was being cranky about this back in 2020 you can see I’m being very consistent now with my “LLMs be stealing what content??”

[Assistant] Back here again already!?!


[User]
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[Assistant]
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[User]
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[Assistant]
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[User]
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[Assistant]
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