TFW you have a family member (parent) who defends racists with white supremecist ties but is horrified at the idea of someone finding out they have a family member who was doxxed for overt white nationalism/Neo Naziism. :/ But they are totally totally totally not racist. Really. Not at all. Fake people are my faaaaave.

New coworkers are already comfortable enough joking around with me. For my terribly awkward ass, this is a good feeling. ....downside is that thanks to my being neuroatypical, I struggle sometimes to know if something is a joke or literal. (Such as: me asking if I can be included in a meeting and guy going 'No, no you can't be in that one' but while laughing? Like I'm assuming he was already planning to put me on the invite list and thought it silly I'd ask but! I just don't really know!) ETA: Also, I couldn't live without OneNote.

@Lisse24 - The books are equally good; there's only one left (the ninth book) and then the series is done, and I have very mixed feelings about that. It will be nice to see the last remaining plot threads pulled together, but it will also be sad to know there's no more Expanse books coming. The first book (and first season of the show) is based off of online RP.

I need to plan for next year but since I'll be in a new grade and classroom I'm not quite sure exactly what to do solid. I've a few things I can do, like buy some communal supplies at the sales. (I like them all having at least ONE notebook/folder the same color so I can say x-color and it is universally understood.) That said, I miss the days that Staples and OfficeDepot/Max ignored their limits on their sale items if you showed proof you were a teacher. Instead I spent today traveling to different stores so I could get a full class set plus extra for the kiddos I know I'll get mid-year so that they feel included from day one even if they don't have their supplies. There is a book I usually reread too, but my students last year were so responsible packing up the classroom stuff on the last day that they totally packed up both of my copies and I can't get into the building till the 28th. Even then, I have been told that the teacher before me left a bunch of stuff in the room, PLUS the custodians dumped all of the stuff from my old room to the new room even if it was marked to stay. So I know I have a tooonnnn of work to get my room into working order and get my replacement's stuff back to her. Basically, I want to go back to work. Summer is about 4 weeks too long for me.

@Duntada Be the change you want in the world.

@sockmonkey today was my friday!

I unabashedly love the new Spider-Man. I'm not sure I could even detail everything I loved. I need to see it a second time (she says while waiting for the after credits scene).

https://medium.com/google-design/will-ai-take-my-writing-job-bb4400fdfdd0 I had never before considered the use of machine learning / AI to supplement writing in this way. As I’m here trying to dive right in to write technical documentation in a wholly new industry (and a company who does things A Very Particular Way), the idea of a tool that could provide common tidbits for me (‘oh what was that business rule we defined.....’) with simple prompting is an excellent idea. I really hope to see ML get to this point. I imagine it’d be handy for developers as well (‘oh right, that’s the calculation I defined earlier!’). I guess it’s sort of ‘the Clippy we always wanted but never actually got.’

@Jeshin Hey. I don't know if this got lost in the shuffle (shuffle, noise, vitriol), but I never minded the idea of anyone saying, "Hey, this thing is awesome and we want to feature it." I think it's a great community-building idea, and I hope you keep doing it. Even if people disagree, they will know what you think is good. The big explosion over ideas was because of the prerequisites. That is all.

Fuck allergies.

The feeling of finally breaking through weeks of burnout and actually clearing out most of my backlog and getting things moving forward again, and the wonderful people who have been so patient with me as I work through things.

Full Throttle Remastered (GoG) Lego: The Hobbit (Humble Store) Both 48 hrs from time of posting

@Cupcake said in The 100: The Mush: @Booriley Was this meant for the Apology thread? The apology thread has a 50% chance of just turning into a shooting gallery for bitter cunts.

@Bobotron said in The State of the Chronicles of Darkness: @tragedyjones Right. I skimmed that and honestly didn't think of Hunter or Mummy. :/ Sorry for forgetting someone's favorite game lines. I only know because it was pointed out on the onyx path forum, honestly.

@Coin said: Maybe it was a good run, maybe it wasn't, but we tried. Good enough for me. Fair nuff.

In contrast, I care where what behavior goes. It's a utility thing.

Altered Carbon, as a major inspiration for Eclipse Phase, has re-ignited THE ITCH.

Since some people have expressed interest in checking the game out again, I thought I'd share this link here. It's where we try to keep an updated list of 'staff wanteds' because people often ask what the game needs or doesn't need. This is more general, if a player is interested in doing something really specific that we'd like to have for a plot or what-not, then we can talk about that! Just mail or page Asherat or Yeshua and we'll hash out details. https://www.kushielsdebut.org/index.php/CharGen/XP_Bonuses