Sergio

see: https://grafana.lem.rocks/goto/gMske4jHR?orgId=1

I don’t understand everything on this chart, but it looks like sh.itjust.works lagged a bit over the past 24 hours and is now catching up.

In 1936, Nazi Germany’s Kriegsmarine (navy) commissioned a three-masted training ship and named it the Horst Wessel.[92] The ship was taken as a war prize by the United States after World War II.[92] After repairs and modifications, it was commissioned on 15 May 1946 into the United States Coast Guard as the USCGC Eagle (WIX-327) and remains in service to this day.

OMG I remember those “read-along” books, I think my brother had a couple Star Wars ones…

On second thought, it’s more like a Visual Novel: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motion_comic#Comparison_to_visual_novels

I had to leave, but just now skipped around the rest of the video, looking at how you did voices & put it all together. Pretty interesting! I look forward to seeing how you do scripts.

Interesting! I don’t have a youtube acct ready so couldn’t chat there unfortunately.

Didn’t realize that Avery was so expressive, e.g. that he has a “face” leaf.

Re what the video version is called (other than “animation”), I’ve heard the term “motion comic” for things like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6V3Pi7_uJ4

I use prepaid cards for Twitch and similar online services. It’s great because they always try to dark-pattern you into subscriptions, but then they’re all plaintive when your account runs out and they don’t have a credit card to perpetually drain. (actually, it’s more like “stages of grief”… first it’s alarmist: “your payment has failed!!!” then it’s businesslike: “remember to re-subscribe!” THEN it’s plaintive: “(name of performer) misses you on Our Moneydraining Platform!” then it’s nostalgic: “remember the good times you had on Our Moneydraining Platform? It’s not too late to re-subscribe!”) However, there’s usually a slight extra charge for the cards.

Cash irl is great but a slight downside is making sure you’re always carrying enough. Also, if you drop it somewhere it’s just gone.

Then it goes on to say that AI is just here to help, which I think is supposed to evoke sympathy for something that was unfairly demonized. Something I don’t agree with.

Yeah. I woulda liked it better if the robot in the last panel was standing in the same pose and said: “This interaction is being recorded for training purposes.”

Letting the days go by, let the water hold me down
Letting the days go by, water flowing underground
Into the blue again, into the silent water
Under the rocks and stones, there is water underground

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGofoH9RDEA

The human’s the worst of the lot.

It’s a way to help ourselves understand reactions that go beyond regular stress. Often we talk about this sort of thing when we’re trying to get a handle on addiction or self-harm or some other type of damaging behavior. Sure, there are technical terms, but the idea is to give people an easier term to remember: “I’m starting to spiral, I need to [do whatever I figured out with my therapist].”

It’s when you feel bad, then feel bad about feeling bad, then feel bad about feeling bad about feeling bad, etc.

When someone asks you questions, it’s also an opportunity to ask them questions back, to find out if you’re heading for an environment you don’t wanna be in.

• THEM: Is work/life balance important to you?
• YOU: So, obviously my family’s important to me. I always do my job, though. What kind of expectations to you have here?
• THEM: Well… (look at each other nervously. look up at the cameras monitoring them.) We’re expected to make work a priority…

This cartoon deserves a Pulitzer.

Some people are indeed that fragile. Often from trauma. I suspect that’s not the case here tho.

The ghosts are the game. The cats are game-masters. That’s why terrible things happen to us if we displease them.

You know how cats are sitting still staring at something, and you’re like “how can that cat sit still so long and stare at something?” It’s this. The entire world is a game to them.

If I’m really exhausted and feel like I’m gonna die but still have to work, I’ve found that a 15-minute nap is amazing for “taking the edge off” so I can become functional again. If I’m stressed enough I can even have some lucid dreaming happen, or awareness of my surroundings even tho I’m asleep (like sleep paralysis) which is almost as fun. Under normal circumstances, yeah it’s hard to nap in under 20 minutes but I bet it’d become easier if I made it a habit.

You need someone to tell you when you’re wrong. If you don’t, you’re headed for a fall.

A denial.

A denial.

A denial.

A denial.

A denial.