Silver hawks was my favorite saturday morning cartoon.

An unwitting psy-op asset is the best kind of psy-op asset. What Putin famously called, useful idiots.

Ok, so biden can officially order the assassination of the right wing supreme court justices and Trump, then appoint replacement judges and lobby congress for a constitutional amendment permanently stripping presidents of their absolute immunity. Since his orders would have occurred while he had immunity, he’d be in the clear, he’d have illustrated the flaw in the ruling, removed a dangerous individual, and prevented future abuses. Win.

So… It’s a high horse then. How does one mount a horse that high? Like, a step ladder or something?

Looks good but it could use some genre settings. The straight section in particular is full of generic vanilla content and it’s all kinda samey.

That’s A real hoot coming from the woman who gave us president Donald Trump.

Ok, I had it create an Inkling custom race and then generate a third level rogue using that race and a custom weapon to represent it’s splattershot. I hope this is what you’re talking about. I’m an old. I’ve never heard of an Inkling so I just googled it and came up with this thing from Splatoon. I made it for 5th edition D&D:

The Inkling Race: Inkling Inklings are humanoid cephalopods that can transform into squids and swim through ink. They are colorful, expressive, and adventurous beings that love to compete in turf wars and other sports.

Ability Score Increase. Your Dexterity score increases by 2, and your Charisma score increases by 1.

Age. Inklings mature at the same rate as humans, but live slightly longer. They reach adulthood around 18 and can live up to 120 years.

Alignment. Inklings tend to be chaotic and good, valuing freedom, fun, and friendship. They are rarely evil, but some may be selfish or rebellious.

Size. Inklings are about the same size and build as humans. Your size is Medium.

Speed. Your base walking speed is 30 feet.

Darkvision. You have superior vision in dark and dim conditions. You can see in dim light within 60 feet of you as if it were bright light, and in darkness as if it were dim light. You can’t discern color in darkness, only shades of gray.

Inkling Weapon Training. You have proficiency with the hand crossbow, the net, and the whip. You can use these weapons to shoot or spray ink of your color.

Squid Form. As a bonus action, you can transform into a squid that has a swim speed of 25 feet. You can breathe underwater and move through ink of your color as if it were difficult terrain. You can’t use any weapons or equipment in this form, and you can’t speak or cast spells. You can revert to your humanoid form as a bonus action.

Ink Resistance. You have resistance to acid damage and immunity to poison damage and the poisoned condition. You also have advantage on saving throws against being blinded, deafened, or restrained by ink.

Ink Vulnerability. You are vulnerable to fire damage and have disadvantage on saving throws against fire effects. You also have disadvantage on saving throws against being blinded, deafened, or restrained by ink of a different color than yours.

Languages. You can speak, read, and write Common and Inkling. Inkling is a complex language that combines sounds, gestures, and ink patterns.

The Inkling Character (A third level rogue):

Name: Ink Race: Inkling Class: Rogue Level: 3 Background: Urchin Alignment: Chaotic Good Hit Points: 19 + your Constitution modifier Hit Dice: 3d8 Armor Class: 15 (leather armor + Dexterity modifier) Proficiency Bonus: +3 Speed: 30 ft. (walking), 25 ft. (swimming) Darkvision: 60 ft. Languages: Common, Inkling Saving Throws: Dexterity +6, Intelligence +3 Skills: Acrobatics +6, Insight +4, Stealth +9, Thieves’ Tools +6 Tools: Thieves’ tools, disguise kit Equipment: Splattershot (hand crossbow), 20 bolts, shortsword, leather armor, burglar’s pack, ink vial x10, set of dark common clothes, belt pouch with 10 gp Traits: Ink Resistance, Ink Vulnerability, Squid Form, Inkling Weapon Training Sneak Attack: 2d6 Cunning Action: You can take a bonus action on each of your turns in combat to Dash, Disengage, or Hide. Roguish Archetype: Thief Fast Hands: You can use your Cunning Action to make a Dexterity (Sleight of Hand) check, use your thieves’ tools to disarm a trap or open a lock, or take the Use an Object action. Second-Story Work: You gain the ability to climb faster than normal; climbing no longer costs you extra movement. In addition, when you make a running jump, the distance you cover increases by a number of feet equal to your Dexterity modifier.

Stats for his splattershot weapon:

Splattershot Simple Ranged Weapon Cost: 50 gp Damage: 1d6 piercing Weight: 3 lb. Properties: Ammunition (range 30/90), loading, special

Special: When you hit a creature with this weapon, you can choose to deal no damage and instead cover the target with ink of your color. The target is blinded until the end of its next turn, unless it uses an action to wipe off the ink. Alternatively, you can use an action to spray a 10-foot cone of ink from this weapon. Each creature in the cone must succeed on a Dexterity saving throw or be blinded as above. The ink also covers the ground in the cone, creating difficult terrain for creatures that are not Inklings. You can use your squid form to move through the ink as if it were normal terrain. You can carry up to 10 ink vials as ammunition for this weapon. Each ink vial costs 1 gp and weighs 1/2 lb. You can use a bonus action to reload the weapon with an ink vial. You can also use a bonus action to switch the color of the ink, choosing from the following options: black, blue, green, orange, pink, purple, red, or yellow.

Hmmm. This feels eerily similar to an episode of star trek deep space nine.

Source: human eyeballs.

they don’t care. they’re just trying to hide their faces from the photographer. people always take this photo as an indication of shock or remorse, but in reality, they don’t want their pictures taken. That’s it., i’m sure.

the idea was to sign up for the free trial, then cancel right away so that you don’t forget to cancel at the end of the trial. previously, in most cases, the trial would run it’s course and you could access it for the duration. Since companies rely on people forgetting to cancel (it’s the only reason anyone even has an apple TV subcription), they’re trying to make this simple life hack more difficult.

right, that’s only true in the actually literally completely true sense. I have a love hate relationship with AI, I use several of them. As far as I’m concerned AI stands for “assets and inspiration” because that’s the only use for it. It can generate royalty free assets to chop up and use in art, and it can help brainstorm ideas if you’re feeling uninspired, but it’s actually really terrible at creating anything new or interesting on it’s own. There’s a difference between art and content. And what AI generates is content. Stuff to fill space. It’s not going to replace novelists any time soon, but if you make your living writing meaningless ad copy that just fills space then your job is in serious trouble. It can’t create art because messaging is a fundamental part of art and AI has nothing to say. Artists and writers do a lot more than just regurgitate their influences and copy patterns. They also have a point to make. When you engage with a piece of art, the artists is trying to say something, make commentary on the world, or evoke a specific emotional response in the audience. There is intention in art, but “AI” in it’s current and likely in it’s future state is incapable of approaching any task with intention. It’s just a machine learning tool spitting out formulaic patterns. It’s great if you want to create 250 stylized variations of the letter “B”, so artists can use AI to speed up their brainstorming phase and thus it can be a useful tool for artists, but it will never create anything new or interesting without a heaping helping of human interference.

AI will be writing shitty superhero movies that fill up space for the next thousand years, because those kinds of movies are just content. Aesthetically pleasing content, but still just content. It’ll never write anything that you haven’t seen a hundred times before.

I think the rubric is basically whether or not the behavior is disruptive to your life. Many neurotypical people do those things from time to time, but if it becomes overwhelming and pervasive, and keeps you from functioning effectively, it’s time for an evaluation.

My girlfriend takes me out to dinner twice a week. Most of my calories come from those two weekly nights out. Add in my time blindness and I’ll think that I ate breakfast in the morning, but then realize that it was the previous morning and that I just never noticed the passage of time.

Yeah. I’m super skinny. I have trouble keeping weight on. I’m 6’1, male, and like 144 lbs. It’s not good for ya.

Dude. Three days isn’t even my record, and I don’t feel hungry during that time, like at all. Or if I do it’s this vaguely distant feeling that isn’t nearly as important as whatever I’m hyper focusing on at the moment.

Executive dysfunction is a symptom of lots of issues, you might well be neurodivergent to some degree. For me it’s Executive dysfunction. Time blindness. and a degree of face blindness. All of these things are super disruptive to my life.

ugh, I constantly forget to eat. People would ask “how the hell can you FORGET to eat, for two days” and I’d be like. “three days… I think”.

I was blown away when I first saw this meme. I had no idea habits were supposed to LITERALLY become automatic. When people would tell me “Do something every day until it becomes a habit” I thought they meant “Do something until you stop forgetting to do it” Not “do something until your body just takes over and autopilots through it and you never have to think about it again”. Now I really understand why productivity advice is so useless. They’re all designed to “hack a habit loop” and I have no habit loop.

It actually kinda pissed me off when I learned what it’s like for neurotypical people. I felt like I’ve been unfairly misled and then judged for being misled.