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marginalianaWhen we watch old Taskmaster episodes on Channel 4 there are only two types of ads these days: the sponsor ads for Tesco Whoosh and then the endless, endless gambling ads.
I know from friends and relatives that online gambling is everywhere in the UK, that almost everyone does it at least somewhat. And I suppose I should be comforted by how often the ads mention the website's 'how to not get obsessed with gambling' features. But there's nothing else being sold anymore (there used to be ads for washing machines at least!), just the chance to throw your money away on online slots - and how sad is that, that I want to be sold something else if only to feel like capitalism can at minimum create objects that you can use?
And then today I did see an ad for something else!
It was Chat GPT.
I know from friends and relatives that online gambling is everywhere in the UK, that almost everyone does it at least somewhat. And I suppose I should be comforted by how often the ads mention the website's 'how to not get obsessed with gambling' features. But there's nothing else being sold anymore (there used to be ads for washing machines at least!), just the chance to throw your money away on online slots - and how sad is that, that I want to be sold something else if only to feel like capitalism can at minimum create objects that you can use?
And then today I did see an ad for something else!
It was Chat GPT.
tassosssI want to take a second and say goodbye to this break from the grind. I am very lucky to be able to say that given we have the savings to weather missing three paychecks. This is the longest break I've had from working being a student full time since I was 17. I think 3 weeks in 2012 was the last time. (I was a contractor in 2019 and so worked that shutdown).
I think what this has really hit home is how much I would love to have a sabbatical every few years from work. I'm not sad to be going back, but it's so frenetic, and everything is a crisis, and the day in and day out is so wearing. I know I'll get used to it again, but it would also be nice not to be looking down the road at 27 more years of this. This is where midlife crises come from. I mean, fantasizing about not working full time has been a full time hobby of mine for about 15 years, so my definition of midlife is generous, but the point stands.
So farewell time to work on author stuff and editing. Farewell long hikes in the middle of the day. Farewell not having to cram everything into the weekend and feeling like a bad friend when I have to say no. Farewell kitty playtime and reading a book while doing nothing else. It was nice while it lasted.
I think what this has really hit home is how much I would love to have a sabbatical every few years from work. I'm not sad to be going back, but it's so frenetic, and everything is a crisis, and the day in and day out is so wearing. I know I'll get used to it again, but it would also be nice not to be looking down the road at 27 more years of this. This is where midlife crises come from. I mean, fantasizing about not working full time has been a full time hobby of mine for about 15 years, so my definition of midlife is generous, but the point stands.
So farewell time to work on author stuff and editing. Farewell long hikes in the middle of the day. Farewell not having to cram everything into the weekend and feeling like a bad friend when I have to say no. Farewell kitty playtime and reading a book while doing nothing else. It was nice while it lasted.
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vriddyI recently watched this movie about the Wonder Woman creator and assumed most people except me had heard of it, since the Wonder Woman franchise is generally well known? So far 0% of the people I mentioned this to had heard of it though, so I thought it warranted a post since I quite enjoyed the movie!
Honestly the main reason I picked it up is because I was told this is inspired by the bdsm poly triad the creator, his wife, and their lover were involved in, and how much that inspired the character and adventures of Wonder Woman. It makes me happy to hear about IRL poly relationships, and to see them represented in mainstream media as well! I take all recs always.
Honestly the main reason I picked it up is because I was told this is inspired by the bdsm poly triad the creator, his wife, and their lover were involved in, and how much that inspired the character and adventures of Wonder Woman. It makes me happy to hear about IRL poly relationships, and to see them represented in mainstream media as well! I take all recs always.
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vriddyThe start of episode 20 in the last season looked SO MUCH like Nirei and Suou were taking Sakura out on a date, but hadn't told him. Versions of this vignette have been rattling in my head since then XD :D
Our Sakura | Wind Breaker | Sakura/Nirei/Suou | 1.5k words | rated T
Summary: Suou and Nirei take Sakura out on a date. Not that Sakura realises it.
Read it on Dreamwidth or on AO3.
Our Sakura | Wind Breaker | Sakura/Nirei/Suou | 1.5k words | rated T
Summary: Suou and Nirei take Sakura out on a date. Not that Sakura realises it.
Read it on Dreamwidth or on AO3.
julian1) My nephew (who is currently thinking thoughts about either being transgender or non-binary) is now 7. Time flies. We had a brief family party today before the incursion of 20 1st and 2nd graders, which I bailed from to go back to work.
My niece, who is 4 3/4, is reading to the extent that she has conversations with my brother about a pluralization on her cereal box without having talked to him/been read to from it before, so that's ... impressive.
2) We have a very nice washing machine (LG, but not "smart") which started throwing errors at us today, and which we then fixed. This involved a minor flood because I didn't put one of the three different filters back the right way, but we set up a fan and a bunch of towels and *that's* fine. So: hey, we fixed a thing! On our own!
3) Apparently people in Somerville are seeing the aurora without artificial enhancements; what we got up here was, basically, a faintly green sky, but it was measurably different and pretty cool.
This is currently erroring at me, but will presumably get better soon: NOAA Aurora predictor.
My niece, who is 4 3/4, is reading to the extent that she has conversations with my brother about a pluralization on her cereal box without having talked to him/been read to from it before, so that's ... impressive.
2) We have a very nice washing machine (LG, but not "smart") which started throwing errors at us today, and which we then fixed. This involved a minor flood because I didn't put one of the three different filters back the right way, but we set up a fan and a bunch of towels and *that's* fine. So: hey, we fixed a thing! On our own!
3) Apparently people in Somerville are seeing the aurora without artificial enhancements; what we got up here was, basically, a faintly green sky, but it was measurably different and pretty cool.
This is currently erroring at me, but will presumably get better soon: NOAA Aurora predictor.
yourlibrarian posting in tv_talk
Cancellations are usually a sad affair. Sometimes shows even get a renewal before they get cancelled again. Which show's cancellation hit has hit you the most?
renay posting in ladybusinessI'm pretty stoked that I finished a series I started the same year I started it. Don't look at the fact it's only two books. It still counts, okay!? ( Read more... )