[User] My biggest discount on paid subscriptions is here, along with a way to gift one for the holidays (know someone who likes lots of annoying content??) www.cartoonshateher.com/p/a-gift-fro...

[Assistant] I tried to subscribe but keep getting declined - can I just check is this US only? Makes sense as we don’t celebrate thanksgiving in UK 😄

[User] Oh no!!! It should be worldwide! Let me check to see what’s going on. Is it giving you a reason?

[Assistant] No it just says “declined” and then I get a notification from my bank saying declined too, but no reason!


[User]
reincarnation au where modern cultivators wwx and lwj suffer from a curse: for one day out of each month, they become… different people.

smiling, charming wwx loses his grin. his eyes glow red.

stoic, cold lwj suddenly turns melancholic.

and neither of them remember it.

[Assistant] the curse activates during the day of the full moon for lwj. on the outside, it is not too drastic of a change; but for lqr and lxc, it's a little unsettling for them to see their lwj suddenly seem centuries-old, with stories of war and regrets to tell.

[User]
the curse activates during the day of the new moon for wwx.

it is not pretty.

he becomes unstable. irritable and prone to outbursts. his adoptive siblings quickly learn to hide certain family symbols from him after he destroys the dorm of a jin disciple.

[Assistant] he is difficult to talk to, with blades on the edges of his words and a dismissive chuckle always waiting in his throat. any effort to contain him is useless; he always finds his way out. nobody knows for sure what he does whenever he disappears.

[User]
most terrifyingly of all, the dead obey him.

ever since the yiling patriarch's defeat centuries ago, the cultivation sects have had strict rules against demonic cultivation. even the discussion of it, while not illegal, is taboo.

and every new moon, wwx practices it with ease.

[Assistant]
he effortlessly walks through haunted areas—the angry spirits screeching their frustrations, but eventually bending to his will. sometimes the corpses lying on the ground caress his feet reverently.

and, on the one occasion where a spirit defied him, he simply destroyed it.

[User]
at first, the jiangs think that it's possession. somehow, every new moon, a demonic cultivator possesses wwx's body, turning him into someone they no longer recognize.

it takes years for them to find out the truth: that it is not possession. it is a past life reemerging.

[Assistant]
sweet, easy-going wwx lived a past life as one of the most hated and feared demonic cultivators—and not just any demonic cultivator, but the original one. the yiling patriarch.

and every new moon, the yiling patriarch resurfaces in wwx's body to seek vengeance for his death.

[User] madam yu wastes no time; when wwx moves to attend college, she tells him that he is no longer welcome in their family home. it is bad enough that he outshines her son and sabotages her daughter's engagement; now he's the reincarnation of a war criminal.

[Assistant] wwx is aware of his… condition. it frustrates him to no end that he doesn't remember what he becomes on the new moon—and that, apparently, the yllz doesn't remember being him, so he gives little consideration for wwx's belongings and relationships.

[User]
wwx has a roommate now: lwj, a handsome if a bit of an uptight guy. the last thing wwx wants is for the yllz to freak lwj out, but he knows from experience that trying to cage the yllz just makes him want to break out more.

so, on new moon's eve, he leaves yllz a note.

[Assistant]
it reads:

"Hey bud. Still pissed off? I thought so. I'd recommend therapy, but you ripped the paper the last time I suggested it. So.

Anyhow, I'm at college now. Big part of my life. Would like to have at least one friend, you know? Lan Zhan's a swell guy. Don't scare him.

[User]
I'm not exactly sure what's going on with your whole vengeance thing? Yeah, your death sucked ass, but you lived. Sort of. Reincarnation joke.

I bet you didn't even laugh at that. Asshole.

Please behave yourself. Be nice. Don't summon dead people.

Love you, bye ♥"

[Assistant]
and that's how lwj first meets the yllz: he finds the yllz sitting on wwx's bed, meticulously ripping a letter into tiny bits.

the peace lasts about half a second. the yllz looks up, sees lwj, and spots his forehead ribbon.

[User]
lwj hardly manages to blink before he's being slammed against to the door, pinned in place with cold, unnaturally strong hands.

"Now what do we have here?" the yllz hooks a finger around lwj's ribbon. "A Lan? I haven't seen one of your kind in a while."

[Assistant]
"Don't touch me," lwj spits out, trying to lift a leg to knee him in the stomach.  "Oh, I think I'll do as I please." the yllz places a hand over lwj's throat and slowly begins to squeeze. "Lans. Such uptight, righteous people. So insufferable."

lwj struggles for a breath.

[User]
"I don't think I ever killed a Lan before," the yllz muses, his grip tightening. "Although I don't think your history books mention that. Might as well make it the truth."

lwj claws desperately at the yllz's hand, gasping weakly. resentful energy crowds his core, choking it.

[Assistant]
when their gazes meet, the yllz's eyes suddenly widen. without warning, the yllz releases him.

lwj falls to the floor, gasping for air and coughing, his chest heaving.

the yllz stays standing, motionless. "Your eyes—" he starts, then stops. "Boy, who's your ancestor?"

[User]
lwj doesn't reply. instead, he summons bichen's blade from where the sword hung on the wall above his bed.

the yllz knocks it out of midair, sending it clattering to the floor. "Don't be stupid," he hisses. "Answer me. Who was—"

he breaks off, doing a double-take at bichen.

[Assistant]
as lwj catches his breath, the yllz walks over to the blade.

he picks it up carefully, as if it were made of thin ice.

"Oh," he murmurs. "Bichen."

"You are not fit to touch it," lwj snarls.

"You are right," the yllz replies, sliding the sword back into its sheath. "I am not."

[User]
lwj was still struggling to regain his breath. he settles with glaring at the yllz.

the yllz merely looks at him, bored. "Relax, little Lan. I won't harm any of Hanguang-Jun's descendants—especially since you have his sword."

lwj's glare only intensified.

[Assistant]
they end up talking—although it's mostly lwj accusing the yllz of possessing his roommate's body.

"It is not possession," the yllz replies. "It is the soul having nightmares of the life it used to live."

to demonstrate, he shows the wen brand mark on his chest.

[User]
wwx does not have such a mark; lwj has scolded him enough times for wandering around their dorm shirtless to know that.

lwj quickly looks away. "Shameless," he hisses.

the yllz gives a dry laugh. "Ah, you even say 'shameless' too. I've missed hearing that from…" he trails off.

[Assistant]
lwj stares at him.

the yllz looks distant, lost in memories centuries-old.

"Do you happen to know who he married?" he asks. "I always teased him for being too cold and uptight to attract a wife, and yet he actually managed to…" he shakes his head. "Ah, forget I asked."

[User]
before lwj can say anything, the yllz steps past him and opens the door.

"In honor of your ancestor, I will not harm you. That is all. Do not stand in my way."

he steps outside the room and is gone before lwj can react.

[Assistant]
the next morning, lwj wakes up to find wwx, oddly, already up and about.

"Good morning!" wwx chirps. "You hungry? I made you breakfast!"

wwx never wakes up early—and he *never* cooks breakfast.

"What happened to you yesterday?" lwj asks.

wwx's grin turns into a grimace.

[User]
"I… was hangry?" he tries.

"You choked me," lwj says flatly.

"Did you like it?" wwx asks.

"WHAT," lwj roars.

"Kidding, kidding!" wwx cackles. "Ah, Lan Zhan, you're so easy to rile up!"

[Assistant]
lwj fumes silently.

"Anyhow, it's a bit complicated," wwx explains. "Once a month, a past life resurfaces and takes over my body. I don't remember anything when it happens, and it doesn't remember anything from me. We're two separate lives."

lwj blinks.

[User]
"I don't know the whys or the whos or the whats, so all that's up to you to find out," wwx says. "Good luck with it. Sorry you have to deal with the Yiling Patriarch."

lwj's head snaps up. "The Yiling Patriarch?"

"Hm?" wwx looks at him. "Didn't he introduce himself?"

[Assistant]
"He didn't," lwj answered slowly. "He only mentioned that he was in the history books, and that he dislikes Lans, although he hasn't killed one yet."

wwx stares at him. "Huh."

"Wei Ying." lwj stares back at him. "Were you the Yiling Patriarch in a past life?"

[User]
"Huh," wwx says again.

they both stare uncomfortably at each other in silence.

"Did I say… the Yiling Patriarch?" wwx laughs nervously. "I meant the, um—" he suddenly chucks two bagel slices at lwj without warning.

as lwj fumbles to catch them, he flees out the front door.

[Assistant]
wwx doesn't return for days.

when he comes back, he acts like nothing happened.

whenever lwj tries to speak to him, wwx tosses food at him and runs away.

the one time wwx doesn't have a food item, he threatens, "If you tell anyone, I'll tell everyone you're into choking."

[User]
lwj bites down the urge to scold him and instead says, "I have the same curse."

that makes wwx pause. "You do?" his eyes widen. "Also on the new moon?"

"No." lwj shakes his head. "On the full moon."

"Oh." wwx's shoulders sag. "That's a shame. Maybe they knew each other."

[Assistant]
"They might have," lwj says.

wwx looks at him with open curiosity.

"The Yiling Patriarch mistook me for Hanguang-Jun," lwj explains. "He assumed I was a descendant."

"… Hanguang-Jun?" wwx gives a bewildered chuckle. "Your past life is *the* Hanguang-Jun?"

[User]
despite himself, lwj feels his ears redden. "Yes."

"Ah." wwx nods sagely. "Then they must never meet."

lwj stands up straighter. "Why?"

"Because!" wwx hisses, "Don't you read history books? Hanguang-Jun and the Yiling Patriarch were mortal enemies! They hated each other!"

[Assistant] lwj is aware that the history books depict the yllz and hgj as enemies, but from lxc and lqr tell him about his monthly transformation, hgj doesn't seem the type to harbor something as extreme as hate—even against someone like the yllz.

[User]
"We must never let them meet," wwx declares. "Or let them know about each other. Hanguang-Jun was a righteous man—dedicated to eradicating evil. If he finds out that I used to be the Yiling Patriarch, he'd have my head!"

"He wouldn't kill you," lwj protests. "You're innocent."

[Assistant] "My past life wasn't. Besides, you also don't know or remember what he does when he takes over your body, right?" wwx points out. "Do you *really* want to risk it? What if, when you change back in the morning, you find that I'm—" he made a slicing motion at his neck.

[User]
lwj doubts that would happen; so far, hgj has shown the utmost respect for lwj's current life. he hasn't disrupted anything, aside from lwj's relationship with his uncle and brother.

but, wwx is right. it's not worth the risk.

"Alright," lwj agrees. "We'll keep them separate."

[Assistant]
days pass. the night of the full moon draws near. lwj makes sure wwx is prepared.

in the morning, wwx wakes up to find an ethereally beautiful man standing in the kitchen. tall, with long hair, and a jade guan that almost scrapes the ceiling, the man is a sight to behold.

[User]
wwx does not stare. he does not.

(he absolutely stares)

when the man notices him, wwx squeaks out a, "Hi."

"Hello," hgj replies, and bows perfectly, elegantly. "My apologies for appearing so suddenly."

"Oh, it's no trouble, um, Hanguang-Jun," wwx tries bowing back.

[Assistant]
he hurries over with the letter lwj left for his past life. "Um, Lan Zhan told me to give you this."

hgj takes the letter and reads through it. it is short. it tells hgj to not be alarmed that lwj is no longer at his home—that he is now in college, with a roommate.

[User]
hgj's gaze lingers on the word 'roommate'. he looks up. "You are Wei Wuxian, Lan Wangji's roommate?"

"Yep, that's me," wwx chirps. "The one and only."

"One and only," hgj echoes, looking back at the letter. "Hm."

wwx clears his throat. "Uh, would you like a quick tour?"

[Assistant]
the tour is, indeed, very quick. wwx shows him the small kitchen, living room, and bathroom.

"And there's the bedroom," wwx gestures to the door.

"Is there only one bedroom?" hgj asks.

"Yeah," wwx nods.

"And you share it with Lan Wangji?"

"Yep."

[User]
hgj is contemplatively silent as wwx shows him around the small bedroom.

"Here's my stuff." wwx gestures to his side of the room. "And there's Lan Zhan's stuff—if that isn't already clear from the tidiness."

"I see," hgj says. "Wei Wuxian, may I ask a question?"

[Assistant]
"Uh." wwx fidgets. "Yes, of course. What is it?"

hgj looks around the room once more. "Forgive my boldness, but are you and Lan Wangji lovers?"

wwx's jaw drops as far as his skull would allow.

[User]
"Ah." hgj's voice is softer. "I've misunderstood. My apologies."

"What," wwx squeaks out. "Who—why did—no, how did you even reach that conclusion?"

"His letter says the two of you are roommates," hgj points out. "You share a home. You sleep in the same room."

[Assistant]
"This is a *dorm*. Yes, it's—sort of—home, but it's not *home*!" wwx wails. "And of course we sleep in the same room! We're roommates! Almost everyone in college has at least one roommate! It's part of the experience."

hgj nods once. "I see."

[User]
"Well, maybe you should stop seeing," wwx grumbles, crossing his arms, "since you keep 'seeing' things that aren't there."

"I will try my best," hgj replies.

wwx snorts loudly enough to startle himself. "Hanguang-Jun! Look at you! The history books didn't say you told jokes."

[Assistant]
hgj sighs. "There is much that is excluded from recorded history. My sense of humor is inconsequential."

"Ah, but what a shame." wwx leans forward, grinning. "Wouldn't it be more entertaining to learn that Hanguang-Jun, vanquisher of all evil, was funny?"

[User]
"I would rather you learned the importance of doing what is right," hgj says, sounding very much like a teacher, "so that you may live without regrets."

"You know, that is *exactly* what Hanguang-Jun would say," wwx cackles. "And you do. You did."

[Assistant]
when hgj doesn't comment, wwx scoots closer.

"So," he starts. "This whole, living-without-regrets thing—it sounds like it comes from someone who lived with regrets."

hgj tilts his head ever-so-slightly. "You are observant."

[User]
"That I am," wwx grins. "So, what's your regret? Do you regret not being the one to deal the deathblow on the Yiling Patriarch?"

hgj hadn't shown much expression before, but as soon as the words left wwx's mouth, his face completely shuts down to a guarded neutral.

[Assistant]
"Pardon me; I do not wish to speak on the subject," hgj says, bowing. "You have my thanks for showing me around Lan Wangji's new dwelling."

"Uh." wwx feels like he was doused in cold water. "You're… welcome? Could I get you anything, maybe a cup of tea?"

[User]
"That will not be necessary." hgj is already walking towards the front door. "Do not worry about Lan Wangji. I will return his body before tomorrow morning. It is good to have met you, Wei Wuxian."

"Uh," wwx says again. "Um, good, I guess? See you tomorrow."

[Assistant]
"Mn." hgj pockets lwj's dorm key and wallet. "I will see you tomorrow."

and then he's gone, with the door locked behind him, leaving wwx alone.

wwx sucks in a slow breath. ouch. and here he thought they were getting along. hgj must really regret not killing the yllz in time.

[User]
[next morning]

lwj: hm, looks like hanguang-jun left me a note

note, written in hgj's hand: "Your new dwelling is nice. Focus on your studies, but do not neglect yourself. Reconsider who you choose to be your lover—the current one is charming, but inflexible."

lwj:

[Assistant]
when lwj returns, he asks wwx what happened.

"I just showed him around the dorm," wwx explains. "And chatted with him a bit. Oh, did you know? He *really* hates the Yiling Patriarch."

lwj's eyebrows go up. this is surprising news. "Are you certain?"

[User]
"Yeah!" wwx nods. "When I mentioned how he must regret not killing the patriarch himself, Hanguang-Jun got so mad that he had to leave! If we're not careful, then he might take my life to make up for it!"

lwj frowns. that doesn't sound right, but he's not willing to risk it.

[Assistant]
so they end up in a weird sort of dance as they live together; every night before the new moon and the full, they both silently tidy up their dorm of any mentions of hgj or the yllz—just to be on the safe side.

as the months go by, they learn about each other's past lives.

[User]
hgj, wwx learns, likes bunnies—much like lwj—except he doesn't blush or hiss, "Ridiculous!" when wwx teases him about it.

in fact, he seems impervious to teasing. no matter how many times wwx calls him handsome or brings up his love for bunnies, hgj doesn't rise to the bait.

[Assistant]
his ears may turn pink—again, much like lwj's—but he doesn't scold wwx or tell him off, no matter how much wwx teases.

the yllz, on the other hand, is both distant and cold. he doesn't interact much with lwj. usually, he leaves the dorm and doesn't return until the next day.

[User]
instead, lwj sort of hears… *of* him.

there are reports of artifacts from the yllz's era disappearing from museums and private collections alike.

at first, lwj doesn't pay much attention; it's common for fights to occur over the yllz's possessions. but then it keeps happening.

[Assistant]
accusations fly amongst wealthy collectors. the police get involved. the sects take notice. each crime scene is immaculately clean; nobody knows who did it.

except lwj, who notices that such hits occur on new moon nights.

[User]
he's not the only one who notices.

on the evening of a full moon, wwx returns to the dorm to find hgj seated in the kitchen, silently watching a video on lwj's laptop about the latest stolen demonic cultivation artifact.

[Assistant]
"Crazy stuff, huh?" wwx says as dismissively as he can. "They have no idea who did it."

hgj pauses the video. "I do."

wwx nearly chokes on his coffee. "What?" he coughs. "You *know* who did it? No way. How did—"

hgj stands up, taking his sword. "I'm going to find him."

[User]
wwx hurriedly sets his coffee down, nearly spilling it, before running over and blocking the front door.

"Wait, wait, wait," he laughs nervously. "Just—hold on a moment. You just got here. Why don't you sit, maybe have some tea, and tell me who you think it is?"

[Assistant]
"That is kind of you," hgj says, "but I am only here for a day. If I delay any longer, he may get away."

wwx presses more firmly against the door. "W-well, you can't leave without telling me first! I want to know too, Hanguang-Jun! Aren't we friends?"


[User]
#Zhongchi Mpreg, Angst, Happy Ending, Modern with Visions and Adepti

Ajax was the best big brother to his family. He did everything for them, he even went to school in Liyue to get a better education, to get a better job so he could give them a better life.

That’s why Tonia didn’t understand why-

[Assistant]
-bad things always happened to her big brother. Like that time he accidentally fell in to the criminal underbelly of their country at a young age.

When Ajax came home from Liyue heartbroken and pregnant, it sent the whole family into homicidal rage. But sweet, sweet Ajax, just wanted to forget, to-

[User]
-move on, to focus on the future and the baby inside him. So, the family did.

Nine months later, precious Titania was born.

Black hair with golden tips, big amber eyes.

“She has your nose and lips!” their mama coos, everyone carefully ignoring the red marks under her eyes and the pair of stubby-

[Assistant]
 amber horns on top of her head. Even the scales, especially the scales.

The newborn sneezes.

Everyone melts.

Titania is eagerly welcomed into the family.

Fast forward a couple of years, after a lot of difficult hurdles, they’re finally okay. They’re not rich but their family can get by. And-

[User]
-baby Titania has proven to be more of a blessing with how much happiness she brings to Ajax’s life.

Baby Tanya is strong for her age. No surprises there. Her scales vanished twelve months after her birth, and now only appear when she’s very upset.

Tonia goes to school now, she has friends. Their-

[Assistant]
-family’s joint effort has afforded them a stable life. She can finally live like a normal teenager.

They bought her a phone.

She discovered TeyTok through her friends.

Now, Tonia doesn’t really post anything, she just likes scrolling through her feed. Sometimes showing Ajax and baby Titania-

[User]
-funny videos.

Then she sees this challenge, or more of flexing to be honest.

“Not to flex but I have the best family” it’s called.

People showed off or “flexed” how amazing their families are. Either through talent, money, or looks. It’s all fair game.

She decides to join in on the-

[Assistant]
-“flexing”. A decision she will later regret.

Her first video is of her mom and dad. How utterly in love the two are. Clips of the two staring into each other’s eyes as the people around them looked on exasperated, clips of the two being usually sweet to each other while doing everyday mundane-

[User]
-things framed the words “My parents are couple goals, others could never.”

She does some of her other siblings.

She gets some hearts and some followings, she didn’t particularly care but Teucer always pumped his fist in victory whenever she gets hearts and followings so she lets it be.

Her-

[Assistant]
current video, the one that started the entire mess that will descend upon her family is of course, the one she made of big brother Ajax and precious Titania.

Clips of a man with his back turned to the Kamera wearing a pink apron while he cooks framed the words “He cooks”.

Clips of the same man-

[User]
-cleaning the house and doing laundry, always turned away from the Kamera framed the words “He cleans”.

Clips of the man training in the backyard, water flowing in the air around him with his every gesture framed the words “He has a Hydro Vision”

Clips of the man playing with a little girl, both-

[Assistant]
-turned away as usual but laughter fills the air framed the word “He’s good with his baby”

The last clip, this time the man is facing the Kamera, carrying the little girl in his arms. The man is talking, the little girl is giggling wearing a blue narwhal onesie, though the audio is replaced by a-

[User]
-song, clearly a video chat recording. Both are stunning, uniquely beautiful. The words “He’s damn beautiful & so is his baby” flashing on the screen.

Surprisingly, the vid goes viral.

It trends in every social media platform.

#Ginger Malewife & his baby

The vid alone garners 2m views, 750,000-

[Assistant]
-hearts, and 500,000 comments.

The comment section is filled with thirsty people. She ignores them.

There are some who are wholesome, expressing how beautiful they found the pair to be.

Then there were the ones calling his brother Malewife2022. She also ignores them.

But the concerning ones-

[User]
where those saying something about baby Titania and “Adepti” and tagging some people in their comments.

Two days after the vid is posted there are news people camping outside their property.
Three days after the vid is posted the Liyue Adepti descends upon their home, demanding for their lords’-

[Assistant]
-missing mate and heir.

Ajax takes one look at the 5 Yakshas standing in the front porch and promptly slams the door in their faces.

“That’s fair,” someone says through the hardwood door.


[User] As much as I love to bake, I must say I’m not happy about being volunteered to bake the pies for Thanksgiving. There is a difference between me wanting to do it for myself and being forced to do it.

[Assistant] 👏🏼 big reason i never became a chef after culinary school was i didn’t want to get stuck with no creativity. i cook for joy not for money. being told specifically what to make takes away that joy for sure.

[User] I’ve had this talk a lot. Everyone likes to say you should bake for a living. However as soon as that happens it stops being fun and becomes work. And work is work weather or not it’s something you love.

[Assistant] exactly. maybe as a hobby that sometimes people chuck a buck toward or bake sales but never as a job.


[User] Core PCE came in high (as expected). The last mile thesis has gained strength over the last several months as 12-month core PCE is now up 2.8%. You might say that includes outdated, lagged data. But 3-month is also a 2.8% annual rate.

[Assistant] Here are the full set of numbers I look at. Note that all of them (except 6 month overall) are above the Fed's 2.0% target (but some are at the 2% target, that is they round to 2%).

[User] Overall inflation looks much more tame. But this is also a much less good predictor of future inflation--part of why it has been better is falling energy prices and we don't expect  them to fall forever.

[Assistant] Here are the ex housing pictures.

[User] And market based core, which is one of the hopeful signs here because it is looking better than overall core (because  the rise in the stock market raises the cost of portfolio management, which is omitted here). And market-based can be a better signal than overall.

[Assistant] Very likely we'll see 12-month core PCE prints 3.0% by the end of the year. This is coming in above what the FOMC projected (in Dec-23 projected Q4/Q4 at 2.4%, in Sep-24 they projected 2.6%, am now guessing 2.9%).


[User]
Heart of Darkness is one.

The Bible is another, I read it and decided to leave the Baptist Church.

Day of the Locust is another.

[Assistant]
Actually I can include Legends Volume 3 from Dragonlance and Uncanny X-Men on this list. Both changed me profoundly.

Things don't have to be masterpieces to change you. It's what you take from them.

[User] I grew up Baptist as well. The complete lack of context involved in a fundamentalist reading is wild. Still love the bible though.

[Assistant] I'm all right with it. I've become agnostic, but I still follow a lot of the morals in the bible and major religions just because they are pretty universal.


[User] I found out today that new track from Lies of P is titled "Lisrim," and the closest English equivalent I could find was "lissom." Everything makes sense now.

[Assistant] I also found out what the source was, and also found out that Feel used to be a dance track in a really old Neowiz rhythm game lmfao.

[User]
Like I refuse to believe that they went from this

youtu.be/59FJdI4DGi0?...

[Assistant]
To this

youtu.be/OCwb7LaEHzw?...


[User] I don't know what it is exactly about it, but I love the sound of coffee brewing.

[Assistant] It's a great sound!

[User] Same. I think for me it's just the knowledge that you're gonna get your nice, warm cup of caffeine soon 😂

[Assistant] Yes! Especially on those days when you really need it. It's a great jolt you need for the morning.


[User] Ascensionism by Sleep Token makes me feel very emotional. That “you make me wish I could disappear” wrenches my heart!

[Assistant] God I love sleep token. Almost all of their music does makes me feel like someone reached in and is twisting me up. I love it.

[User] I only discovered them a few months ago thanks to BookTok and I’m obsessed!!!

[Assistant] Oooh, I’m so happy for you! I’m a long time fan and what I would give to hear it all for the first time again😮💨 It never gets less emotional or beautiful though.


[User] Anti-lurgy lunch has been purchased.

[Assistant] Did that bread get toasted under a lightbulb? 😉

[User] Ha ha! It was a bit white. 😂

[Assistant] And there’s medicinal hot whiskey in the teapot, right? 🥃


[User]
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[User] Funny part about all of this is one of my students said to me Monday to make sure I go and be around other people. I told them that I wasn't going home (beyond the no contact, that's a 14 hour drive), but somehow he knew without me saying something that I'm faking that I'm ok when I'm really not.

[Assistant]
But on the bright side, I guess, is I'm kicking it with my homie and his folks and I don't have to deal with fake energy and unaddressed hurt with my lineage.

I haven't been home for the holidays since 2020, and I should be used to it by now, but I guess I'm not.

[User] Last year was the worst experience because I had just attempted suicide the month prior and was still grieving that, I was broke (literally had $0 to my name), and spent Thanksgiving alone in a dark room crying my eyes out, while my friend went and spent time with his folks.

[Assistant]
And what made it the worst was the fact that no one really reached out to me that day to see if I was OK, and that made me feel like I should've gone through with the suicide.

I'm doing a lot better than this time last year, but I guess I'm still not used to a new norm.


[User] So, something very few will care about, finally got my loom built. God that took forever.

[Assistant] You’re going to make your own cloth? That’s so damn cool!

[User] My first project is going to be a shawl. Am I going to wear it?

[Assistant] My guess is the answer is yes 😁


[User] A chilly good morning 🌞💨

[Assistant] My breakfast..  only o have whisky in my coffee!

[User] Right on, buddy😈

[Assistant] Cheers buddy 🥃😈


[User] 37f foggy rain … this photo evokes our deep winter climate. The rain is fascinating to me, accustomed to assaults of Caribbean rains. Downpour that said thru. Our rain here, Seattle area, is heavy clouds passing thru us like ghosts. This cold storm seems early for the shank of winter. Amazing pic.

[Assistant] I remember that kind of weather. I lived in Seattle from 1964 to 1984.

[User] Doubling the vitamin D and stuff that makes me laugh.

[Assistant] Thank you for your kind and touching words 😊


[User]
Some public health truths, in the guise of a joke.

A short thread in seven parts.

[Assistant]
ONE

Virus is not airborne. We know. trust us on this.

[User]
TWO

So, wash hands. There's no real proof of respiratory viruses travelling by fomite, but it's our story.

[Assistant]
THREE

Stay 6 feet apart. Yeah, there's no proof of this either, we just see infections close-up, so it seems practical.

6 feet is arbitrary, but it's a nice round number as 2 meters.

[User]
FOUR

Don't stay near an infected person for more than 15 minutes.

We honestly have no idea where this came from, but we're running with it.

[Assistant]
FIVE

There is no spread in hospitals.

Listen, we have studies on this - nothing that sequences virus genes, of course - but you can trust us.

Because otherwise, it's masks for everyone, and that's expensive.


[User] I don’t know if #journorequest works here - but please tell me your stories of modern breakups (romantic, friendship or otherwise!) - have you come across them on another app? Are their posts always on your feed? Have they got in touch with you on a strange platform? All stories needed!

[Assistant] Hey, I have a funny story to share. I don't have an option to DM you. Also, may I ask where it will be published?

[User]
Hey there! This is for Mashable. Could you email me at davidaroskin@gmail.com?
Thanks!

[Assistant] Wow, it seems like all the journalists are suddenly arriving! The number of people saying it's their first journorequest on Bluesky! Happy hunting.


[User]
(Aw shit here we go again,

1 like = 1 bit if irl Priest lore.

[Assistant] In my lifetime i've owned over 20 pets (not at one time,dear god)

[User] My favorite color is Cyan.

[Assistant] I have a gap in my front teeth.


[User] There'ss just something weird about bluesky that like...irks me and i cant quite pinpoint what it is, but it scratches at the back of my skull in a way that makes.....cautious. It's a lot of little things, but I feel also  it's experience, industry knowledge, and unpredictable nature of the "future"

[Assistant] It could just be fatigue from like....E V E R Y T H I N G and I need to just have a break, but I feel like I should really buckle down and work on my own site and blog with more expedience. This isn't a knock to people who enjoy bsky and I've always had this unease with bluesky for various reasons.

[User] I'm just thinking out loud about it again and admittedly still not feeling quite right with bluesky in a way that i may switch things up and make it a secondary or tertiary. The short form posting really cuts me deep, but there's other factors that don't sit right with me too.

[Assistant] I think for now we just enjoy the calmness after many months of despair. But I am sure nobody expect that this will be the solution of our needs. I did learn to glaze my stuff and to be prepared with bad "experiences" in the future. Still for the moment it feels nice to have a colorful art feed.


[User]
Please don’t fall for such scams.

A simple Google search can verify that information.

[Assistant]
I have a blocklist for these. If you choose to subscribe and find any that aren't already blocked by it, I'd love to know.

bsky.app/profile/did:...

[User] Very useful, thank you so much!

[Assistant] You’re welcome. If you find value in it, please share to extend reach and protect more people from this junk. Thanks!


[User]
I wanted to make a build for a katana weapon (Samurai job) and Evoker job, but I had NO idea katanas would hit this hard. Round up foes with the Evoker's spirit creature, then loop the combo abilities that are set to the katana's Senshin stance.

Insanely good and consistent when it gets going.

[Assistant] It took a moment to grasp this weapon, but it feels like a well rounded weapon with a customizable combo tree. With the Samurai 600 % affinity bonus & Carbuncle's blessing, I can reap post-parry effects (100 % critical hits and instant MP regen bonus) by simply chaining combo abilities together. 💯

[User] My previous staple set involved using fists and aeroga magic in tandem to maintain MP, pressure and damage output. White Mage affinity's auto revive was a good safety net, but over time I realised just how powerful it is to trade it for something that helps me defeat enemies faster.

[Assistant]
Reducing MP cost and improving the effects of specific abilities and weapons seem to be the play here. And it has made my equipment filtering much more streamlined now that I truly understand what I'm looking for in my builds.

There's one more big cherry on top which helps me with boss fights...

[User] Dimension Bringer lets me increase stacks for it by soul shielding attacks and unleash an AoE slowmo that works on bosses. This fundamentally changes how I can create openings and it is really, *really* good when I pick my opening well.

[Assistant] I no longer have to rely on quick attacks with low recovery to whittle down a boss' health bar. Instead, I can mix them with the occasional larger window of opportunity for damage. As long as I'm mindful of my MP with the buff maintenance, a consistent defense increases my damage exponentially.


[User] Good morning friends, I hope you all have a wonderful Wednesday 🫶❤

[Assistant] Good morning! Hope you have a great Wednesday! ☺

[User] Same to you! 😊

[Assistant] Good morning Fred ☕


[User]
Le'ts get to know our moots.
Quote and give us:

One fact about you - I stopped counting my tattoos. So I genuinely don't know how many I have 🤷♀

One favorite - thresher sharks are my favorite ever 🦈

One piece of content - www.reddit.com/r/TheRealmOf...

[Assistant] Thresher shark gang represent!!! 💜

[User] Pelagic, Big eye, or Common thresher? 👀

[Assistant] Honestly, all of them. I quite like the pelagic since it's smaller but they are all just so silly and cute 🥺


[User] im the only one that when one person achieves something i get happy for them initially and then i start to think about myself and feel so behind in everything like "if they did why can't i?" and yeah now im sad :')

[Assistant] omg literally same experience here 🥺🥺

[User] we need to stop comparing ourselves for real bestie :(

[Assistant] fr tho like it's hard 😢😢

[User] we all got our own timeline of our life :) their achievements means nothing abt u being less worthy. u will get ur moment where someone else would wish to be you <3 be happy for them and never question why u cant or didn't, there are better things waiting that are meant for you 🤍

[Assistant] damn thank u so much for this words i truly needed them :(


[User]
Court has resumed for day eight of the trial of Patrick Macdonald on three terrorism charges for his role as Dark Foreigner for the Atomwaffen Division. We are watching & giving updates throughout the day.

Read our story summarizing week one:
www.antihate.ca/week_one_ato...

[Assistant]
Catch up with where we left off on Tuesday here:

bsky.app/profile/anti...

[User] Before returning to yesterday’s witness, the Crown is adding an interpretation of a Russian language document found during the search of Macdonald’s home. It was found in the ceiling. The interpreter is being sworn in & the judge is asking for an exact copy.

[Assistant]
The interpreter is describing the pamphlet, which is titled the Atomwaffen Program. It details the tactical gear, clothing, and weapons needed to form an AWD cell.

“The skull mask signifies loyalty until death.”

[User]
CAHN note: The English language version of this pamphlet was shared by the teenage leader of the Kernatium Division as a guide for members to outfit themselves and participate in propaganda creation.

www.antihate.ca/kernatium_di...

[Assistant] Books members are instructed to read include Siege by James Mason and the Christchurch shooter’s manifesto.

[User]
“Don’t join a cell, create the cell.”

It is a short guide to forming a neo-Nazi cell with the same ideological goals and targets. It advocates for everything from “lone wolves” to groups as large as 20.

[Assistant] The Crown resumes its questioning of RCMP officer Dominic Gallant. He now works in border security but previously worked with the RCMP’s INSET (national security) team in Montreal.

[User] He and other officers matched scenes from an Atomwaffen Division propaganda video titled “Fission” to a rural Quebec property. He is currently going over details of how particular cabinets seen in the video matched those found on site.

[Assistant] background on James Mason:


[User] 5 Reasons All Men Should be Training Their Hamstrings & Glutes:

[Assistant] - Improved athletic performance. Ever wonder why you come up limp every time you go play outside w/ your kids or play basketball w/ the guys? It’s because of weak hamstrings.

[User] - Better posture & low back support. If you deal with low back pain, it’s probably due to weak glutes & hamstrings.

[Assistant] - Enhanced fat loss & muscle gain. The hammies & glutes are two of the biggest muscle groups in the body, meaning that training them consistently sends LOUD signal to your body to build muscle.

[User] - Improved blood flow. Training your lower body consistently promotes great blood flow to the extremities which is great for mobility & energy.

[Assistant] - Core & pelvic stability. Strong hammies & glutes will improve your stamina, endurance & core strength.


[User] Some context missing from the discussion of Warren's student loan debt forgiveness plan: the rising cost of college tuition. Students attending a public college today pay 213% more than they would have in 1987, adjusted for inflation.

[Assistant] Public university tuitions have skyrocketed while the state budgets supporting those universities have declined. At the same time, legislators (many of whom who benefitted from low-cost tuition) have passed laws cutting taxes, especially for the rich.

[User] To be clear, every state has its own story, and there are many things at play when it comes to state and university budgets, but I've seen this pattern in the states I've worked and learned in: taxes cut, budget shortfalls, tuition hikes.

[Assistant] The average graduate in 2018 finished with nearly $30,000 in student loan debt. One a certain level, public university graduates are crowd-funding the taxes that used to be paid by the rich.


[User]
Oh I almost forgot

A guy who'll pull back my waistband and dump a ridiculous amount of powder back there 🥴

Then let it snap back and give me some rough butt pats to make clouds of it just puff back out 😖

[Assistant]
Heck this is good >////<
Dumping a ridiculous amount of powder as they pat making powder clouds >///>

[User]
Gonna keep a hidden mini bottle of powder for next time I see you

Guerilla-powdering😈

[Assistant] No no I definitely don't want that........ that would be embarrassing~ >/////>

[User] Would be so awful having you waddle back to your room with puffy clouds of powder flying out with each step!

[Assistant] Leaving those dust trails behind ya wherever you waddle.


[User] I think I get out of work early today but I honestly have no idea.  I guess I'll find out when I get there.

[Assistant] Booooooo. I’m wfh today with hopefully 3 hours off after lunch. Crossing fingers!

[User] I think officially 3 but there's a "staff meeting" which today is cover for lunch.

[Assistant] Good luck to both of you! Hope y’all get off early 😘


[User]
Any opinions on web-components for really simple dev ux?

1/ In header:
<script src="..." />

2/ Anywhere in document:

<vsl-configurator data-url="/api/..." class="custom-class">

As the cost is minimal, we're considering to add both this, and react components (that have full minimization etc).

[Assistant]
Another one is regarding (shared) dependencies...
One of the things we are considering is having a provider component to inject the dependencies, but I'm wondering if we're not reinventing the wheel here.

<vsl-provider tenant="abc" storage="xyz">
   <vsl-configurator model="uvw" />
</vsl-provider>

[User]
I see 3 potential use cases
1/ A js script included in the header that allows you to edit and place 3D overlays on any image
2/ A web component that behaves like a normal div, but contains a 3D overlay
3/ A series of react components that you can use directly

We can build it from the bottom up.

[Assistant]
As a lazy programmer I hate Web Components that make me load a JS file *and* its CSS files.

IMHO if a Web Component has dependencies then it should load them
You don't go to IKEA and then to a hardware store for a Allen key

dynamic import( ) has been around for ages: caniuse.com?search=impor...


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

[Assistant] One of my favorites.


[User] mandatory schooling is coerced, unpaid labour. which is slavery. child labour, in a 21st century first-world context with contemporary labour standards, compensates the child for lost time and opportunities, rather than enslaving them for a mangled and barely useful 'general education'.

[Assistant] opponents of child labour use illegal migrant labour, 19th century historical conditions, and informal third-world contracts as part of their 'horror stories' for the ethics of child labour. this fails to match what child labour would look like in healthy economies with high labour standards.

[User] meanwhile, the ubiquitous waste and authoritarian punishment of child prisons/mandatory schooling are normalized, in part because the discourse is dominated by high trait agreeableness and docile rule-followers who never had to face the severe consequences and trauma of truancy:

[Assistant]
i.e. asserting your autonomy as a youth.

lastly, child labour provides a nexus to escape the family unit: children gained increased nomadic freedom if they have reliable access to their own income, and with it the greater probability to escape abusive guardians.

[User] people who oppose child labour do not champion the rights of children: they have a technocratic vision of a disciplined social organism taught the mannerisms and styles of obedience optimal for managerial roles in the contemporary economy.

[Assistant] this is not just child abuse, but a metastasized rape of the human soul.


[User] The most important story about how we got here that no one but @emptywheel.bsky.social and @lolgop.bsky.social are telling. Not the @nytimes.com nor @washingtonpost.com have ever written about this (afaik). Worthy of your time.

[Assistant] It’s Marcy telling the it but it’s an honor to help. Thanks!

[User] As an editor I know how much work goes into something like this. You are a storyteller too!

[Assistant] Appreciated!


[User] New fav show is ‘Somebody Somewhere’  absolutely phenomenal script and casting.  So current and a message for us all!  Well done #HBO 🎥🎬📺 👍

[Assistant] I absolutely love the show.  Thanksgiving episode was so 🥹❤

[User] It was…. I think Joel was upset over the fact of not having children.. ?

[Assistant] Oh..  thanks, I was wondering about that.


[User] I'm no #rhobh aficionado, but there's something about the current state of the series that bugs me. It didn't ever need to follow its original form, but that was closer to "The Real World" with a recurring cast season to season. The series focused on what happens when they get too chummy and close.

[Assistant] These days, that's not the show. In fact, if you behave in any normal way, such as Crystal last season, the show will boot you for being too boring. The problem that has developed over time is that season to season, the "show" continues along. It's a 12 month commitment, not a season of shooting.

[User] They spend the season of the show showing flashbacks to events that took place on the "show" in between, at BravoCon and the like. These flashbacks appear on the screen for those who weren't paying attention to the storylines 12 months a year, to bring you in, but it makes the series far worse.

[Assistant]
Because by the time the series tapes, the show becomes about what people said about the others when they weren't around, and to use the series for reaction shots to those bad words said in other outlets and locations.

And it encourages bad behavior to keep getting invited and filmed thereafter.

[User] The series itself suffers as a result of there never being a break. The best serial shows don't require you to follow along all year or to get caught up on what you missed in the interim months. They begin the next season by interviewing the cast about how their time away went, and what they did.

[Assistant] This is an example where the franchise got bigger than the show, and it's also leading to the wrong incentives for the stars of the show. I believe that while the drama is ramped up thanks to so much to ask the cast members about, based on what was said, it's no surprise that they're all divorced.

[User] The demands to be on this series 12 months a year would take its toll on anyone, and the choice to live that way, constantly worried that you'll get removed from the cast or be in a fight with a fellow cast member is a lot to manage and to hold while trying to navigate a regular marriage and kids.

[Assistant] I was surprised that Dorit came back to the show. But through another lens, I shouldn't be. Because Dorit is making decisions now not the way a regular person would, rather around what would be best for her, a brand that people have grown to know thanks to her 12-month-a-year travels and travails.


[User]
Liberal leader Zach Churchill thanks supporters after big losses on election night. #cdnpoli #peipoli #nspoli
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pLN...

[Assistant] Time to put up another cardboard cut out as a leader.

[User] Should step down regardless of his own seat result.

[Assistant] That would be a good sign of leadership.  But humility isn't usually a trait found in most politicians.


[User]
Hump day….well, find your pillow and hump away because I know I look good.

Fun fact, I was part way through a session and realised the teddy was inside out, I happily pointed this out 🤣

[Assistant] Inside out, back to front, don't think anyone other than you would comment, the rest of us would still be capturing our breath that you have taken away,possibly in more ways than 1 😉

[User] Yea he really didn’t notice or care either funnily enough 😂

[Assistant] Alas I am locked up with no chance of pleasure….😈🙏🏻


[User]
I'm not a big fan of AI, but this is perfect.
#scammers
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RV_S...

[Assistant] It's brilliant!

[User] Nice one 😀

[Assistant] Possibly the only good use of AI I've seen so far.


[User] One challenge with legal education in a world without access to AI is testing human learning — I think @proftimstephens.bsky.social is correct here; having the core knowledge is critical to ensuring that the output of AI is actually accurate.

[Assistant]
In my AI & the Law class I shifted when students use AI. E.g., they pre-read cases by interacting w/ a bot.¹ They ask Qs of the text then share the transcript. In reading these, I can see their thinking as they interact w/ the ideas & adjust my instruction.
__
¹ lawrpg.org/2024/ai-and-...

[User] Instead of hiding what they know, I get an insight into what they are thinking based on the Qs they ask and the flow of the dialog. It's a different way of having them show their work. We then follow this up with in-class sims where they put what they've learned in to practice.

[Assistant] It's a lot more work but being able to look into what they're thinking has been revelatory. It's also slower meaning I can cover less and the resolution of my grading is lower (so sims are graded pass-fail). I do, however, think many of my students get more out of it than a traditional class.

[User] FWIW, the whole class breakdown can be found here: lawrpg.org And I do still have a final paper, but I tend to trust my students, but that is a longer discussion.

[Assistant]
If GenAI is what finally forces legal education to reckon with its 100+ year old model and make it better, I am here for it.

Worth noting: I do not advocate throwing out the baby with the bath water.

This is about AND, not or.

And, not even GenAI has the power to change the modus operandi here.


[User]
Clearsky is the absolute best.

Just sayin!

[Assistant] I don't get what it is lol. 😂

[User] Simple site that allows you to see who’s worth blocking or not.

[Assistant] Man, this shit is a rabbit hole. Kinda funny to see who is being blocked by or who is blocking who.


[User]
Google sheets seem to have replaced smoothly functioning calculations with scattergun AI suggestions. Which basically sums up a lot of the situation currently*.

*Or doesn't sum it up, in this case.

[Assistant]
I see it as "We've spent a lot of money on this AI, where can we shoehorn it in so it doesn't look like we wasted all of that money?"
AI can be fantastic, Copilot + Excel formulas saves me tons of time. I love the image creation, but I want it where I want it, not for the sake of it.

[User]
Internet search engine's AI suggestions, very much the "Clippy" of our age.

"It looks like you're doing some research. Would you like me to hallucinate something for you?"

[Assistant] Who doesn't like some randomness in their calculations - really spices things up and keeps you on your toes! Maybe don't let it count the "r"s in strawberry though 👀


[User]
It has taken me fortysome years to notice that's there's a straight-up reference to anal sex in Toni Basil's "Hey Mickey!"
So now I've noticed it you all have to notice it too. Sorry, but I don't make the rules...

[Assistant] I vaguely remember this being mentioned to her in an interview (many, many years ago). She looked completely stunned.

[User] Maybe it took her a while to realise too?

[Assistant]
From wiki:

Robert Christgau wrote in a review at the time that Basil "was the only woman ever to offer to take it up the ass on Top 40 radio." However, Basil has adamantly denied that the song is about anal sex, stating: "NO! That's ridiculous."

Hmm.


[User] Quite the sleigh ride going on in Russia!

[Assistant]
Checking 👀
...
Yep, windows are closed 👍

[User]
Now at 114.5 and rapidly approaching the "we're totally fvcked" 120 mark.
If I was one for hysteria, I'd be hysterical from laughing by now.
More to come.
LoLski 😂

[Assistant]
Ruble or Rubble?

Who can tell?


[User]
I'm very glad to say that Money Box Live returns next Wednesday - I've missed it while we've been away!
Straight back in with an important topic - economic abuse, financial coercion and control. If you have lived experience & feel able to share please email me felicity.hannah@bbc.co.uk.
Can be anon.

[Assistant] I hope regular listeners know that my journalism is sensitive and careful around difficult topics like this. If you've not heard me before, please trust that I will help you tell your story in a way you are comfortable with - and that sharing your experiences, if you feel able to, will help others.

[User] That's really good. I've worked with people who have been subjected to financial abuse and there's something particularly horrible about it. Very exploitative and degrading.

[Assistant] That's a really important topic. I've seen a few cases where people have had control over their elderly parents' finances, and it's not been good.


[User] For C&EN’s recent microplastics issue, I wrote about where microplastics come from! Unsurprisingly, regular-sized plastics ultimately break down into microplastics, but did you know paint, textiles, and tires are also leading contributors of microplastic pollution?

[Assistant] Microplastic pollution isn’t just an eyesore; the tiny plastic particles are making their way into animals and humans. Animals that consume plastic often die of malnutrition. It’s not clear what will happen to us humans, but it’s probably not good. From Priyanka Runwal: cen.acs.org/environment/...

[User] Unfortunately, biodegradable plastics are not the panacea for microplastic pollution—they also breakdown into tiny plastic fragments, as @bribarbu.bsky.social reports: cen.acs.org/materials/po...

[Assistant] And, finally, Alex Tullo reports on the ongoing efforts to use enzymes to break down traditional plastics quicker. After all, bacteria can chow down paper waste, they might just need a helping hand with plastic: cen.acs.org/materials/po...

[User] I don’t know how my colleagues’ interviews went, but the scientists I spoke to made one thing clear: we don’t know everything there is to know about microplastics, but we know enough to start working on solutions.

[Assistant] Individuals can consume less, companies can invest in better designs, and governments can put forward meaningful regulations. There is no single solution to microplastic pollution, it will take effort on all sides.


[User]
Dear fuckwad drivers,

The pavement is not a 20mph extension to the road to drive along on just so you can be a lazy twat and park right outside the butcher's door.

Myself and others do actually walk on there, you stick to the road, you fuck.

[Assistant] The thing is, there's a Lidl carpark just across the road but no, we can't do that...

[User] Some people are just too lazy. Those who park on the pavement when they shouldn't should reconsider having a driving licence.

[Assistant] It was driving along said pavement that got me, never a traffic patrol car when you need one...


[User] There is no more effective recipe for a country's failure than stripping rights from women. It's wrecked every country that's ever tried it. It will do the same here.

[Assistant] Does anyone in the US even know how much the women in Afghanistan are suffering? Probably not. Apathy is one of the biggest killers in the world.

[User] That's probably the most recent, and most horrifying, example.

[Assistant] True enough. Genital mutilation still occurs in Africa and even in the US. Sadly, these issues are unimportant to most male politicians.

[User] I remember when Afghan women were some of the most educated and free. 😢

[Assistant] My last visit to Afghanistan left me brokenhearted for the women but more so for the girls who face an even harsher reality than their mothers and grandmothers and will never know anything different.

[User] I keep saying if men were being treated the way Afghan and Iranian women are, every army on earth would have invaded long ago.

[Assistant] Even the NFL has no games planned for Kabul.


[User] Bare minimum all day. I have 3 cakes to bake.

[Assistant] Felt that, lol what flavors you got baking up for today?

[User] Bare minimum! Ain’t no flavors regular pound cakes 😝

[Assistant] Not bad, I’m sure they’ll turn out looking  and tasting good like all your other work. 👌🏾


[User] Post a gif of your favourite comfort show…


[User]
MPs have voted to ban smoking for those born after 2008 - our survey last year found that Britons supported such a move by 71% to 17%

yougov.co.uk/topics/healt...

[Assistant] I agree with this wholeheartedly.

[User]
Do you want to take add to these YouGov results?

I don’t work for YouGov but I have a YouGov personal referral code where you can learn more & register, we both then gain points if you join through the referral link below. Get paid for your opinions! :

account.yougov.com/gb-en/join?r...

[Assistant] It may force those born after 2008 to buy tobacco illicitly mixed with dangerous substances.  Banning drugs has hardly worked, has it?


[User]
One of the most powerful albums I've heard this year, hands down.

#postrock #musicsky 🎧

[Assistant] First for me is Embers from God is an Astronaut, but this is definitely a VERY close second! ✌

[User] I still need to give this one a listen, been on the list to get to, but time! Not enough time!

[Assistant] I feel this! This album in particular feels like it will take a few more spins to fully digest.


[User] Great work here from @gregsargent.bsky.social.  Please read, share and be reminded of how profound a place of untruth Trump lives in.  It's one thing when he's a blabbering candidate, but now those unrtuths are going to start crashing into the real world - and it's going to be ugly.  As COVID was.

[Assistant] Here's something people seem to misunderstand, a Mexican is an educated individual from a country that has been invaded and attacked by everyone and conquered by none!  The Mexican is a smart, savvy, well educated person who knows his value and worth. Invaded often and NEVER CONQUERED! VIVA MEXICO!

[User] Trump going into a meeting with a woman President with a PhD in economics will not end well!

[Assistant]
Question why doesn't this get more press?
 November 26, 2024

thedeepdive.ca/fentanyl-dea...


[User] Oh. I mean, good and all…? But maybe, and just hear me out here, we, as a general group of pandemic-worrying-about-people (that includes virus hunters), should be looking a little bit more at the west coast of North America, a little bit less at Abbott-funded Amazon rain forests?

[Assistant]
“there’s no shortage of new and dangerous viruses coming our way. Climate change has opened Pandora’s box, and it turns out to be brimming with diseases. The challenge is knowing where and when one will emerge.”

I mean, on the one hand, yes… but on the other had, right there! 1800 vs 3500 miles!

[User] Look, this article is right: Industry can’t be expected to fill the cracks in global, let alone domestic, pandemic preparedness. And we KNOW it’s about to get bad/worse, because we know what the orange menace did the first time around. So I am glad Abbott has a Pandemic Defense Coalition! But…

[Assistant] Here’s the problem: Abbott has fallen into the same trap many people do when looking for the next pandemic pathogen: fevers, neglected tropical diseases, mosquito-borne diseases. Something out THERE, not HERE. But we know pandemic flu is a threat, and there are concerns here and now.

[User] And even in that pandemic flu will it won’t it article, we see researchers saying oh no, not the American-based flu, but OTHER flu, over THERE flu — that, I think, is seeing the stigma of pandemic disease origin playing out in real time. (Remember the bushmeat vs game meat arguments in 2014?)

[Assistant] There is a deep need, on the part of many, to see pandemic diseases as something that happens TO us, where “us” is Americans, Europeans, etc—& it happens FROM other places. Which is why you never hear about virus hunters in Canada, or even North America. Even tho, again, there’s a very real concern.

[User] (And we could have a very long conversation here about how some of this deflection is absolutely because of the irresponsible and unending “lab leak” promoters and researchers who are justifiably afraid of what happens to their gain-of-function labeled research with the incoming administration…)

[Assistant] Anyhow, the very real, deep-seated issue of where we think pandemic pathogens will occur aside, I was happy—as someone who thinks about benefits-sharing and has helped companies think about it with indigenous populations—to see discussion of what Colombia receives from this Abbott partnership.


[User] Morning booty☺😈

[Assistant] Breakfast is served 🥵🥵

[User] You ass is so nice 🤤

[Assistant] Love that big dad ass.


[User] Five hours of teaching today back to back. Pray for me.

[Assistant] So glad it’s near the end of term 🥳

[User] Also desperately need my hair cut, is like a mop 😬

[Assistant] You’ve got this! 💪🏻💪🏻


[User]
I think the stonewall riots are both a blessing and a curse. Obviously historically significant. Obviously a pivotal moment.
But the terrible history keeping has transformed them into something of a canvas, leading people to often neglect other significant events and have this be “the mothership”.

[Assistant] I mean think of a riot were most of the “on the day” material are the same 5 photos and a few bitchy articles in more or less hostile papers.

[User] Imagine that the whole brick discussion is such a thing because we simply cannot know because all we have is 20 people remembering it 20 different ways (though we can be sure it wasn’t an average white boy specifically at the scene because a movie director thought the actor was cute).

[Assistant] What we can know however is that these were times language for our community was still developing so any notion that gender nonconforming people, transsexuals etc weren’t at the vanguard of these battles is simply ludicrous.


[User] Then best of three?  Is she serious?

[Assistant] I'm with Brenda.

[User] "...failing that, she would accept a round of rock, paper, scissors..."

[Assistant] She's not the brightest of folk, is she, but the best the Tory goons could get?!


[User]
Gol D. Roger, right?

You know... they only let me know the Navy's side of the story, it's almost as if they forbid me from hearing any different version about the pirate king.

....But Buggy, you know the truth better than anyone! So it's nice to hear it from you.
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[Assistant]
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I know it's an authentic version....
And since you mentioned The Great Roger... I want to say that because I know that there are good pirates with good intentions, I do my job using the scales of justice whenever possible.
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[User]
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Smoker-san once taught me something valuable that helps us understand that the world isn't divided between good and evil or black and white... we are layers of gray...
we're a mix of everything, light and shadow, after all we are human and humans are... humans are flawed.
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[Assistant]
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Smoker-san once told me: "there're no perfect civilizations as long as there are humans in power." And that is true, after all we are full of thoughts, influences, impulses, desires and dreams... and this interferes in people's lives in different ways individually.
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[User] 2nd amendment for me but not for thee? Roger Stone is a complete nut case. And, the MAGA types thought Dems were gonna come for their guns? Trump and Stone are nut job extremists who want to declare anyone with a different POV as “enemies of the state.”

[Assistant] Roger Stone has committed more atrocities than anyone. 💯

[User] Always track what the enemies at the gate are doing… they are indoctrinating young men on Rumble now too and he’s advising on caninet appointments www.georgiarecord.com/georgia-show...

[Assistant] He's behind so many evils!

[User] 'Nut job extremist' has even become normalized and no longer pejorative label for MAGA.

[Assistant] Lolz because FOX and friends sanewashed extremism and now their talking heads are all gonna hold idiocracy cabinet posts.


[User] The ruble keeps falling throughout the day but I’d caution against calling this a sign of an “imminent collapse”. It looks to be at least partially a result of an intentional policy. A weaker ruble hurts Russian purchasing power but in the short term it has its advantages.

[Assistant] As in easier to export?

[User] What’s the longer term goal of a weak ruble? Bearing in mind debt has to be paid next month.

[Assistant] Weaker ruble benefits export and it also makes it easier to finance defence spending (e.g. soldier salaries), but it doesn’t look good and it probably drives up inflation. But it’s a double edged sword and viewing it just from one perspective is not a great analytical take.


[User] Yes but we also import about 5% of our eggs.

[Assistant]
This is from 2023, but a 700% increase in egg prices? One candidate had a plan to stop corporate price gouging. Another candidate swayed to his playlist for 40 minutes and said "I am your retribution."

And Americans voted for the 2nd guy. We are the dumbest people.
www.complex.com/life/a/tara-...

[User]
and toilet paper.
We import that, too.

I'd like to see a picture that shows how much of what we use on a daily basis is imported. It's way more than most people think. The folks who wanted him because the believed he would lower prices are going to be so very surprised.

[Assistant] He's playing the "I'll show you" game.


[User] Freaks (affectionate) must support each other 🫡

[Assistant] Man... even I suffer from this sometimes, I don't even post any work myself (talentless hack) I just play sexy games... I'm just appreciating art of all kinds...

[User] Your feed begs to differ! And appreciating art can be just as important as making it 🤗

[Assistant]
I was mainly thinking of my account over on Twitter, where I started out following different SFW artists and later I created my Youtube channel...
I even have Vtuber-friends on both accounts that don't want to be associated with NSFW stuff so it feels tricky sometimes.


[User] Yeah, from a lawyer representing an anti-trans organisation...

[Assistant] Not only are they transphobic they are intersexphobic and sexist this is a fact and whatever the courts deliberations will remain true.

[User] "Court hears Doctors don't murder old ladies" (from lawyers for For Shipmans Scotland)

[Assistant]
The lawyer in question is famous for losing a case where a hotel discriminated against a gay couple back in 2013.
He defended the hotel.


[User] Schools that don’t take at least Wednesday off this week are a combination of stupid and cruel.

[Assistant] A full school day today with grades due. Me and my coteacher both grieving the death of our student. She went in on 2 hours sleep; I stayed home and putting in educated guesses for their grades.

[User] It’s especially cruel for you. I’m so sorry.

[Assistant]
Even without the unexpected tragedy on top of it, grades due the day before thankgiving is painful. I've had so many conversations like:
Me: If you want to pass, you need to be here tomorrow to do your final.
Student: There's school tomorrow???

[User] These poor kids. Yes, they need to learn personal responsibility, but they are still developing executive functioning, and they should be preparing to be with family and have the stress of grades dealt with by now. That should all be wrapped up by the Friday before.

[Assistant] We have been off all week …


[User]
Y’all what’s the dumbest thing you believed as a kid?

You had to wait an hour after you had eaten something to go swimming.

[Assistant] The Tooth Fairy leaving a quarter for teeth that naturally fell out of your mouth.

[User] 🍅 s were what made the visual field of a 🌪 . 😂

[Assistant] Walking barefoot on the sidewalk can give you pinworms. Only heard that when I spent time in Little Rock with my grandparents.


[User]
Agreed!~ Purple or black are my favorites~ I love the way they stand out against my cock...
Pretty colored rings that show the *depth* of your devotion~

[Assistant] So you want some plump purple glossed lips around it...? *licks her lips*

[User] Less of a want, more of a need~ But who's keeping track, hmmm~?

[Assistant] We could arrange to fulfill that need...


[User]
The Multi-ship in there WELL have slots, though be wary that I will only be shipped with Adult Writers, as an Adult writer myself.

Main Ships: 3

Side Ships: 5

Main Ships means that we can write Romantic plots VERY often, and of course we are always sticked to be interacted.

Side Ships are (+)

[Assistant]
similar and are still Important, but not as much as power as Main ships.

Of course, dropping Ships existed. If you're shipped, and we haven't interacted in roleplay for 6-7 months, you will be dropped unless reasons specified.

Though if you feel like dropping, then please let me know In DMs.

[User] I have a bad focusing track on every mutuals we follow to interact, so please let me know in DMs so I or you can make plot ideas, or simply just like an interaction bandwagon post. I have IRL experiences to focus on.

[Assistant]
By Shipping, I want NO toxicity & NO abusive ships.

Just because you're shipped with a hero while I'm shipped with an evil muse ≠ automatically mean there will be some kind of those. She just wants to live like a normal bot too (possibly slow burn).

This ain't no Joker X Harley Type shit.

[User]
Being shipped with Canon Characters is cool, most definitely Jenny Wakeman, but I DO prefer being shipped with OCs more alongside her

Not only does it give power to create interesting writing, but also gives power to  the "originality" of the "character" in terms of development. :]

[Assistant] if I liked the post in roleplaying, that means it is finished and will be moved to the next if asked.


[User]
This article: paragraph after paragraph of "Almost universally, the entire team considers Gorka a clown. They are dreading working with him."

The NYT article? "Trump named Mr. Gorka as…senior director for counterterrorism, describing Mr. Gorka as “a tireless advocate for the America First Agenda…"

[Assistant] That’s one reason I cancelled my subscription earlier this year.

[User] I suspect it's yet another case of "everyone knows Gorka is awful, we went over this eight years ago. No need to beat anyone over the head with it!"

[Assistant] “We said it once, why say it again?” 🙄

[User] I find it really weird that Gorka isn't Britain First or Hungary First.

[Assistant] Another reason I no longer subscribe to the NYTIMES.


[User]
It's incredibly important for people to be able to read between the lines when residents use gentrification as an argument against a project.

The line between concern and exclusion gets really blurry with communities like this.

[Assistant]
I frequently visit this enclave.

The artists are right, the narrow and bumpy streets lead to slower cars and more space for pedestrians to walk ON the street.

How can they contend with that fact AND also advocate against the project because they need "parking"?

[User]
I think it's because they're actually only really concerned about their parking access and getting displaced by gentrifiers. Not the people actually experiencing the neighborhood.

The city is right. It's an accessibility nightmare that is extremely excluding to those with mobility issues.

[Assistant]
Gentrification is an issue, but it doesn't have to be a guaranteed side effect of road reconstruction.

It's a valid concern in most places, but probably less for a neighborhood that is already pretty trendy and popular, especially with (let's face it) middle-class white folk.


[User]
Requirements for getting a boat license as a foreigner.

Confused by #9 they want a certificate from the consulate.

Certificate of what exactly, nobody knows.

Certificate of effort?!

Certificate of boatworthyness??!

Can’t help but feel the consulate will be laughing at the request.

[Assistant] This came up in a local expat FB group a while back, and one guy gave all the answers. You might want to try a local group with a sea/river location.

[User] I’ll try the local fb group. Suspect it’s certificate of residence (which is like proof of address without any actual proof)

[Assistant] Looks more like "lost in translation" 😉


[User] @freddierose.bsky.social Good Morning  Freddierose , happy hump day. I hope you have a great day.

[Assistant]
Thanks Bob. Just getting my day started. Hope you have a terrific one. Your big Thanksgiving Day is tomorrow. 🦃
I had mine beginning of October 🇨🇦

[User] Yes tomorrow. We are having a big dinner with our neighbors. It should be a wonderful time.

[Assistant]
I am actually going to celebrate American thanksgiving on the weekend with my relatives in Williamsville NY.
A suburb of Buffalo.  Not too far for me to drive and I stay overnight. I get to celebrate 2 Thanksgivings 😀🇨🇦🫶🇺🇸


[User] What are you thankful for?

[Assistant] This amazing community, family, friends ❤

[User] Waking up! No lie. An unexpected gift. #ThanksCancer No, really...THANKS. I have learned valuable lessons because of it, and I am so grateful for that. 💖

[Assistant] For a sec thought that said "Prostitute Vibes".


[User] I like Cowboy Bebop fans but the live action remake is kind of reinforcing to me that *one* of its many similarities to Firefly is that its fandom has an inflated view of its significance.

[Assistant] Like Firefly and Cowboy Bebop are both really good shows. They're also treated as *perfect* when they really aren't.

[User] Also while I'm on this subject, Cowboy Bebop and Firefly may appear similar on first glance but they actually have different strengths and weaknesses.

[Assistant] Put simply: Cowboy Bebop has better action and jokes. Firefly has more likable characters and more interesting villains.


[User] Wow, that was bleak.

[Assistant]
Isn't it?
Great film adaptation, though.

[User] Yeah, it’s pretty good. It’s been a while since I last saw it.

[Assistant] I loved it, up til the ending which was almost comical in its bleakness. It was too much!


[User]
Brain is so excited about new Monkey Wrench that it's making me dream about it--

Maybe that's a sign to doodle it again...

[Assistant] I wish I could daydream like I used to. But god, there's no mental energy for that anymore.  And you'd think it wouldn't take any energy but it does. That energy is to wrangle my focus in on a story in my head. I just give up once my brain starts thinking of other stuff.

[User] The reason I bring this up is because I would love to come up with ideas for fun pics but my brain is like "uh no art is just for work sweaty :) go scribble a character's face again"

[Assistant]
-remembers when I used to doodle storyboards because music would inspire me-

Those were the days...


[User]
"A wonderfully immersive fantasy tale that easily transcends its familiar milieu and characters."

A very kind and thoughtful review of When the Blood has Dried from Kirkus Reviews. www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...

[Assistant] Good luck today Gar. Was trying to get up to it but can’t.

[User] Ah. You’re very good. Going to try to organise one down home for the New Year!

[Assistant] That’d be massive. Huge shame we’ve got no shop here yet.


[User]
[TW: Extremely Dark Themes, mentions of Homicide, Graphic Descriptions Of Blood, Vomit And Self Harm]

GiGi had been going about her day like any other. She was in her study reading up on robotics and cybernetics.

She was getting close to the answer and planned a big surprise for Gretta.

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[Assistant]
She had been turning through page by page. Losing days of sleep as she tried to perfect her understanding of these subjects.

She just knew Gretta would be delighted to discover what she had been working on all this time.

What had been taking days of her time was finally at hand.

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[User]
It was on the third day that something felt off. Something was eating away at her.

It was getting harder and harder to focus. This was normal for most people as GiGi had been awake for over 72 hours.

However this wasn't normal for GiGi. She was deteriorating faster than ever.

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[Assistant]
Growing tired beyond a much normal rate, but it was more than that. A pain in her chest.

She couldn't understand what was happening, so she decided to call off her study and retreat to her chambers.

She struggled to fall asleep, which confused her further, if she wasn't tired then why...

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[User]
She laid in bed until the sun rose once more and she still felt the same.

Perhaps she needed to force herself to sleep. And so she took some melatonin and soon enough found herself drifting off to sleep.

She was out for sixteen hours before one of her maids awoke her.

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[Assistant]
GiGi still felt off. Sleeping didn't help at all. So she just had one option left in her mind.

She needed to visit her beloved. To relax. It was a bit premature and ahead of schedule.

She wanted to have everything figured out before seeing Gretta again but she didn't have that choice.

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[User]
She needed the comfort of her beloved, and so she set off. Heading for the airport and boarding her company jet.

She was headed out to her vacation home in the small town nearby Gretta's ranch.

Throughout her flight her sense of unease just grew and grew. Even beginning to feel sick.

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[Assistant]
Her chest felt like it would collapse. Her heart was beating faster and faster. An overwhelming sense of dread filling her.

Gigi began to feel fear. She didn't understand why. She didn't understand what was going on.

She couldn't wait any further, and so she entered the Subspace to travel.

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[User]
GiGi swiftly covered the distance and made it to her vacation home. But as she got there that sick feeling only worsened

A pain in her stomach rose as she began to vomit. Losing what little she had eaten as of recent

It was miserable it was painful. She could bare this, she needed to see Gretta

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[Assistant]
She stumbled out of her vacation home and down the street. Worried townsfolk tried to check on her but she simply pushed them out of her way.

This sense of dread just worsened and worsened. Everything hurt. She needed this to go Away.

It needed to be gone now. She needed Gretta. Now.

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[User]
Managing to exit the small town she began running down the road. Down the path leading to Gretta's ranch.

The air got heavier. The skies darkened. The world was upside down.

She stumbled to the ground. Falling  to her knees and clutching at her chest. Something was wrong.

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[Assistant]
It finally clicked... Gretta. There's no way the maids wouldn't have informed Gretta that she had been staying up so many days and nights.

Gretta would have come and forced her to bed. Forced her to rest. Anything. Something.

But she didn't. Gretta never came to see her.

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[User]
The dread only worsened even greater for her.

"No..."

The realization set back in as GiGi forced herself to her feet. Forgetting how sick she felt and sprinting down the path as fast as she possibly could.

She forgot about the Subspace in her panic she just needed to run.

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[Assistant]
She needed to be wrong. She needed Gretta to be okay. Please, please be wrong please please please!

GiGi was brought to a halt. Staring ahead in horror. All of her senses were flooded.

That sickeningly sweet stench that flooded her nostrils. The overpowering scent of rusted iron

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[User]
The crimson soaked grass she saw before her. The deafening silence amongst the usually lively ranch.

The feeling of weightlessness as if everything was floating away from her, and the taste of her own blood as she bit into her lil to stop herself from crying out in despair and agony.

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[Assistant]
She couldn't believe what she was seeing. She began walking forward. Each step felt heavier than the last

As if she was fighting herself, to stop moving forward. She couldn't do it. She couldnt bring herself to believe it.

There in the very center of the field... Lied Gretta.

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[User]
The ground around her stained with her dried blood. GiGi began to walk forward once more.

Until she was standing right over Gretta's corpse. GiGi fell to her knees. She tried to reach for Gretta, but couldn't bring herself to touch the Satyr.

Tears pouring from the CEO's eyes.

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[Assistant]
"No... This... This isn't real... This is bullshit right?!"

"A nightmare? It has to be a nightmare right Gretta!"

"You told me you were immortal..."

"𝑺𝑶 𝑾𝑯𝑨𝑻 𝑻𝑯𝑬 𝑯𝑬𝑳𝑳 𝑰𝑺 𝑻𝑯𝑰𝑺?!?!"

GiGi was breaking down now, wailing to no one as she fell over Gretta's corpse.

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[User]
She was crying into her beloved's chest. She couldn't bring herself to believe that this could be real.

She was supposed to be immortal wasn't she? So how could this be. How could someone take Gretta away from her.

Who could take Gretta away from her. GiGi grew desperate in this moment.

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[Assistant]
She knew it wouldn't do anything but she began compressions in Gretta's chest, desperately trying to perform CPR.

Gretta was long dead but GiGi refused to believe it. She had to believe that she could bring Gretta back.

Even if it was impossible. She just kept trying for over half an hour

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[User]
She had only done further damage, having desperately pressed against Gretta's chest until all her ribs had been broken and it was just a squishy mess.

GiGi rose to her feet, the tears continuing to pour from her eyes as blood began dripping onto Gretta's body. Coming from GiGi.

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[Assistant]
Trying to hold back the rage GiGi had dug her nails into her wrists, so deep that she had begun bleeding herself a top of her beloved.

"No! There has to be a way! I refuse that there isn't! Some way to bring you back!"

"I won't let you leave me! God damn it! Come back to me!!!"

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[User]
Gigi grabbed ahold of Gretta, her hands glowing bright as she transported the both of them into the Subspace.

It was GiGi's personal subspace, but the place was crumbling, a reflection of GiGi's mental state.

GiGi channeled everything she had, all the power she had in this world.

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[Assistant]
She was trying to heal Gretta, to restore the Satyr to what she once had been, and while the injuries were repaired, Gretta was still gone

Because despite being able to repair the injuries, the couldn't restore the soul.

GiGi was shattered, rage and hatred coursing through her.

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[User]
"Life... Isn't fair... How could someone so innocent... Someone so kind... Someone so caring... Be killed like this..."

"Who would do such a thing... She was innocent! She did nothing wrong! She just wanted to help others!"

"She wanted to make the world a better place... So why!?!?"

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[Assistant]
GiGi came to the conclusion that it had to be her fault. It's all her fault. GiGi had made so many enemies.

She had spent so much time with Gretta... That had to be it. Gretta got hurt for associating with her.

The despair was gone, the sadness was gone. Replaced entirely by despair.

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[User]
With an angry sigh. GiGi lifted Gretta into her arms and exited the Subspace with Gretta in her arms. All she could do was allow the tears to continue falling onto the woman that she loved

She knew she couldn't remove Gretta from the ranch, not with how much it meant to her.

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[Assistant]
And so, GiGi got to work, using all the strength she had left to dig Gretta a grave in her ranch.

Gently setting Gretta into the grave, she buried Gretta. The sun was once more beginning to set as the rain began to pour.

She had some last words she wanted to speak on behalf of Gretta.

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[User]
"I'm not normally one to grieve. But I've never once before loved someone like I have you."

"Nor have I ever met someone like you. And I never will again. Our time together was too brief..."

"We were supposed to spend eternity together..."

"We were supposed to..."

She couldn't finish

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[Assistant]
"I'm sorry. I'm sorry I wasn't here to protect you. I'm sorry that I was too busy to save you. I'm... I'm sorry they hurt you."

"But they won't get away with it. Eternity. That's what I'll do. I'll spend eternity hunting them down and making them suffer for what they did to you?!"

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[User]
"I will gut them like the damn pigs they are and decorate their homes with their entrails... They will suffer!!! Anyone who would dare lay a hand in you will die by my own!!!!"

Deep breath

"Don't worry love. Your ranch won't be shut down... I've got things from here. It will be okay"

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[Assistant]
"Everything... Will be okay no matter what. It will be taken care of. That's another promise I will make you."

"I always keep my promises. And I'll keep you in my heart until the day it beats for the very last time."

"I swear to you Gretta. On everything. You won't be disappointed in me."

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[User] This reminds me of all those E3 gameplay trailers for games where they would show off a game's co-op multiplayer, with some of the fakest sounding voice chat you have ever heard.

[Assistant] It looks like every brand interaction on Threads.

[User] This is the one that immediately comes to mind for me. Nobidy actually communicates like this while playing a game.

[Assistant] This is the one that immediately comes to mind for me. Nobody actually communicates like this while playing a game.

[User] I had the same thought. Show me an E3 demo where they teamkill each other and desecrate the bodies while bragging about their relationship updates with each other's moms and dads, cowards!

[Assistant] Real funny thing watching this again is that it also has a silent protagonist. What are we doing here, lads?

[User] Yeah, that is such an odd choice!

[Assistant] When we play games with chat on we're usually talking about either food or other games. I want the next Call of Duty trailer reveal to talk about when the Switch 2 is coming out and if it'll get a new Mario Kart on launch, then ask if anyone's tried those Dorito-covered chicken fries at Burger King.

[User] This is how the Slack channel looks for the corporate interactions at my job. Which I'm currently scowling at btw.

[Assistant] Seems like most of the folks use ai now to generate these posts 😀

[User] As a designer in the tech industry, I can confirm this is utter horseshit, and it usually goes more like this...

[Assistant] tfw your interface perfectly matches your target audience 😌

[User]
"Great game everyone. Let's try even harder next round to really take pwnership the other team."
"Epic! Let's rock!"

[Assistant]
"Yeah, we got this! Remember to communicate and stick to the plan."
"Let's focus on the objective, and don't forget to cover each other. Teamwork makes the dream work!"
"Alright, let's dominate this next round. Keep your energy up and let's go!"


[User] Oki good morning pals I’m off today because I have a diagnosis appointment which is terrifying but wonderful at the same time because I finally might get answers 😌

[Assistant] good luck!! i hope you get some answers. i have some testing appointments on friday that im a lil nervous for myself but answers would be nice 😌

[User] Thank you Allyson 🥺 I hope your appts go well as well. We are strong 💖🥹

[Assistant] good luck, sending you the best!!

[User] Thank you Shelby ✨

[Assistant] fingers crossed!!!


[User] International journalists are hearing echoes. From countries around the world that have witnessed the rise of autocratic & populist leaders, they're watching the U.S., warning of a characteristic of wounded democracies everywhere: an endangered free press. niemanreports.org/dear-america/

[Assistant] This! Thank you 🙏🏻

[User]
powerful warning not just for journos but everyone.

“Dear American colleagues, do not have any illusions,” writes Bartosz Wieliński, deputy editor of Poland’s Gazeta Wyborcza. “If an autocrat or dictator announces something, sooner or later they will act on it.” niemanreports.org/dear-america/

[Assistant] do you know if any of these journalists are here on bluesky?  I would love to follow them here.


[User] I got one of these who blocked me for correcting her that Joe Biden’s deceased wife is not his “ex” wife. Hmmmmm.

[Assistant] Well in my case with this person, we've followed each other on Twitter (not X) for nearly two years.  We had alot in common from politics to music and enjoyed her alot.  She was also there for me after both my parents passed.  Earlier this year she abruptly blocked me for no reason. Disappointed!

[User] SMH, that person deserved the block. Found mine too and blocked. Haven’t missed her won’t miss her. 🤷🏻♀

[Assistant] You know that old saying and that song by Ratt many years ago, "what comes around, goes around".


[User]
With great power comes great greed.

Does anyone still wonder why Microsoft acquired GitHub and LinkedIn and still laud them for it?

[Assistant] Interesting. www.theverge.com/2024/11/27/2...

[User] Who knows for sure? The OP shows a rather convincing defaulted user option.

[Assistant] Agreed, so much FUD out there...


[User] Question: who thinks the Republicans really want DJ Trump to be King of the USA.?

[Assistant] No normal, sane person thinks that. Maybe Joy Reid and her deranged audience.

[User] Apparently Hegseth has been working toward making Trump the King.

[Assistant] Or the queen?


[User]
Say communications from a company are few and far between, and are done via push notifications.

There's a problem.

If an app is not used often, some phones will optimise regularly by removing permissions from seldom used apps.

So then the company tries to contact you by push messages...

[Assistant]
and your phone says no, not interested, except they don't know and you don't know...

And the matter is urgent.

Oops.

[User] Anything that would be urgent to me, and not the company, isn't going to be restricted to just a push notification.

[Assistant]
I don't appear to have received anything else, be it email, phone call, or letter.

It took another company contacting them for me to understand what the issue was.


[User] Titanic meets Midnight Club as a group of strangers come together to tell horror stories on a luxury ocean liner, not knowing that one of their number is already dead...

[Assistant] Oooh! Loving this!

[User] Thank you!

[Assistant] This is such a fantastic premise!


[User] Wroxeter is fascinating and deserves to be better known; when I did a session on Roman Birmingham for our summer school last year it featured significantly.

[Assistant] do you think Boudicca had an eye on Wroxeter when heading up Watling Street?

[User] It’s all pretty murky as to where exactly the big battle was, I think, but Viriconium was certainly a springboard to N. Wales as Suetonius Paulinus operated.

[Assistant] imagine 100,000 romans celts and britons fighting. out there somewhere is the archaeological discovery of the century 😂


[User]
Nice thread going on down here.

My take: Outside of enterprises, small businesses often don't care about typical 'NFRs' at all. They don't patch anything (or leave auto-update on), don't care about 10% downtime, don't do backups, etc. They just run a LAMP stack or similar and be done with it.

[Assistant]
Small scale and simple use cases simplify things a lot.

It only becomes tricky once you reach a certain scale and/or want to operate in heavily regulated industries.

[User]
One has to realise, that scale & heavy regulation affect maybe 3-5% of all organisations.
For the rest, as you state, some downtime is not the end of the world. Even some data-loss is acceptable, as long as it's in the minutes or hours, not days or weeks.

[Assistant]
Also:
Stateless compute is simple.
Stateful compute is hard.

The first is entirely cattle-territory. The latter requires at the very least a solid backup and restore strategy.

[User] I'd say that even in the latter case some times, e.g. running a LAMP stack (or similar, but at least with a db) on a single server, many folks just use whatever backup/restore is provided by the VPS provider. Typically a daily backup. They may have to redo a days of work, which they accept.

[Assistant] I do have a sweet spot for Oracle OCI, as it has a true free tier with actually decent services.


[User]
Trumpism Logic

Hey Mexico.
We are going to pose 25% tariffs and go without fruits, vegetables, and machine parts and destroy our own economy until you get this fentanyl thing figured out.

[Assistant] “And you, Canada…. Just because”

[Assistant] We being the public, not him and his cronies who won’t suffer at all.


[User] First mince pies of the season going into the oven! I made and jarred the mincemeat back at the end of September so the flavours are beautiful now 😍

[Assistant] They're goooood.

[User] Oh those look so delicious 🤩 I haven’t made any yet, better get a move on 👀

[Assistant] Oooh those look lush!

[User] Ohhhhh my god they’re incredible. How I long for them. I’m staring at my phone like a dog outside a butcher shop.

[Assistant] Those look so incredibly yummy!


[User] before fast internet you had to get really good at describing what you looked like to strangers, which was a really good opportunity to practice lying.

[Assistant] "Five foot...seven."

[User] hahaha thats my actual height. when i was describing myself in the 90s i was 5"10'

[Assistant]
wait what i could’ve sworn you were taller than me but we were only around each other for such a brief time!!!

(i’m either 5’7” or 5’8” i really dk which but i think prolly 5’7”???)


[User] Happy Thanksgiving Eve! Feast Week continues today with Auburn and Memphis battling for the Maui crown (5pm ET, ESPN). Lots of other quality action out there as well. Here are all your Haslametrics.com game projections for Wednesday, November 27th, 2024. Enjoy, everyone!

[Assistant] Sorry about the small print -- tried to squeeze everything into one image. Hit up Haslametrics.com now and scroll to the bottom to see today's projections a bit clearer! 😁

[User] Houston over Auburn when Auburn just beat Houston?

[Assistant] They aren't rewards-based metrics. The preseason baseline rankings are still playing a significant part in each team's placement.


[User] Opinion of Volodymyr Zelenskyy as a leader? Can Ukraine win this?

[User]
I believe he is the correct person for this moment.

I don’t know if Ukraine can win, but I believe the country will remain an independent nation when this finishes.

[Assistant] Is there anyone who could do a better job while the US has their hands tied behind there back and Europe does basically nothing. This war could have ended in a month if everyone stood up and helped Ukraine defend its country... Ukraine will win but who will take over Russia, nukes + the gas station?


[User] The additional elements to make them acceptable for police use would pay for another ~1-3 uniformed officers depending on location, ignoring maintenance costs.

[Assistant]
I think it'd be even more than that, though it depends on what time horizon you're using.

Kitting out emergency vehicles is super expensive even for the typical apparatus. The fact that a cybertruck has all the extra... 'unique' features make me believe that it'd be a nightmare.

[User] Oh totally. That’s why I ball parked it as 1-3 ignoring long term costs but it’s plausible that the whole exercise ends up being drastically higher for a department that probably runs MDCs from the early 00s.

[Assistant] 100000%. It's hard for me to quantify that part... but let's not pretend that these departments are administered by public budgeting brain trusts, and it's totally normal for a department to go from outdated 1990's crown vics to brand new money pits and nothing in between.


[User]
Looking for radio comms for #SAvSL to listen in UK please?

Ideally without VPN as I’m a technodunce.

Many thanks.

#cricketsky 🏏🏏🏏

[Assistant] I enquired about radio broadcasts of SA Tests last summer and was told there were none... :/

[User]
Lame :(

I used to listen to Radio2000 on TuneIn all the time, but that doesn't seem to be a thing any more....

[Assistant]
Yeah I was tweeting with a bloke who I think is a journo/analyst over there and he basically said… yeah… no-one runs a radio broadcast for the SA Tests in SA.

Would really hope that isn’t true but… I can’t find one. 😢

[User]
SA need a @guerillacricket.bsky.social @whitelinewire.bsky.social equivalent!

Any volunteers?
#SAvSL #CricketSky 🏏

[Assistant] I'd volunteer to help call some SA games online... if I could actually stay up and watch the matches here in Aus 😅


[User]
Anyone know where all the encryption standards everyone uses comes from?

Anyone?

[Assistant] The NSA and Harris?

[User]
Absolut…

You know what? Let everyone roll their own crypto, famously a successful policy, let ‘em all cook.


[User] “Sport doesn’t tell us who we are biologically, but spiritually, and psychologically, and the first thing it tells us is not to be victims. So it’s a step backward for so many women athletes to cry frailty in the debate over trans participation.“

[Assistant] I fully support trans rights in most ways, but I'm still torn about women's sports (the name says it all, really). My issues boil down to semantics, which I have the luxury of debating with myself. (I also have a son I love very much who is transitioning, so we can skip the pile-on).

[User] Men that have gone through puberty before transitioning have greater muscle mass then woman.  This is extremely evident in individual sports such as swimming and running events.  It is very unfair to ladies that have trained for years.  They need to compete in mens events or events for tran people.

[Assistant] Sports def improves your psych, but training forever, getting to the top of your field only to be beaten by someone you physically cannot beat def hurts your psych - and does no one any good be it the  victor, the loser or the young girls striving to become great.

[User] We can’t allow transgender women to play sports. It’s a tough decision, but we shouldn’t allow it. You have to draw a line somewhere and this is it. I know we should consider them women, but they aren’t women.

[Assistant] Get the fuck outta here.


[User]
On Friday I’ll have the last exam of the week, and even though I’m feeling a bit down, super stressed, and tired, I’m hoping I can get through it.
Above all, I just want it to end soon.

[Assistant]
You got this! 🫶
Sending you lots of love and energy.

[User] You’re so kind! Thank you 🫶🏼

[Assistant] You’ve got this!!

[User] Thank you! 🫂

[Assistant] I’m cheering for you!! The stress is the worst. Sending support your way! You’ve got this! 🫂💖

[User] That’s really sweet of you 🥺 Thank you so much 💙

[Assistant] You’re so welcome 💖 I hope to hear all went well for you on Friday!!

[User] Wishing you much luck and then peaceful rest post exams! You’ve got this!

[Assistant] I hope so! Thank you 🫂