Alexander Hyperion Skies

took my adhd meds for the first time since leaving pennsic and patiently waiting for my brain to turn on

a snippet of a mini-comic, at top - straight line stretches from point A to B. Immediately below, same dot at A, then becomes a curving, meandering line that winds through the page and ends at a point with rays and a question mark emanating from it. Text reads: "Nothing can do this for you - that robs you of experience and conflates answers with learning. Rather, it's all the decisions you make along the way, the mistakes, struggles, and surprises! These pathways you create - this is learning.

my statement on Ai from the mini-comic I'm making as syllabus for a new class I'm teaching this fall. It's simple, but I pretty much said all I have to say on it - it robs you of decisions and struggle - and the joy of being surprised. It robs you of learning...

i wouldnt even mind if it wasnt literally the middle of the fucking night while im trying to sleep! come on dude

its so fascinating to return home from two weeks of living in a tent, finally get to lay down in my own bed at home, and go you know what i prefer the tent. my housemate has been loudly and vigorously fucking a girl he unexpectedly brought home since 2am. at least in camp people fucked quietly.

at pennsic & discussing the lowered attendance this year, someone expressed confusion about why the Canadian kingdom didn't come... until i said "they didn't want to cross the border" and got a big ooooooh riiiiight. (related: very few fabric merchants this year - they're having trouble getting it)

oh is tourism down across the board in the united states, that’s crazy

our new slogan “we will throw you in a fucking prison camp” doesn’t seem to be gaining traction with the tourism sector

me when im about to wipe the static

Text Reads: Hi Creators! Starting August 13, 2025 we'll begin rolling out and age estimation model to determine if a US-based user is under the age of 18. This will happen regardless of the birthdate of a user entered when creating their account. We'll then use that to extend age-appropriate product experiences and protections to more teens (like enabling digital wellbeing tools and only showing non-personalized ads). These protections for teens are not new - we now have enhanced technology to more accurately determine whether or not a user is under 18 and are now able to extend these protections to more teenagers. We've used this approach in other markets for some time, where it is working well and we are now gradually rolling it out to the US. The age estimation model uses a variety of signals such as YouTube activity and longevity of the account. If we determine a user is under 18, they'll be notified. As always they'll have the option to verify their age (through government ID, selfie, or a credit card) if they believe out age estimation model is incorrect. For creators, based on our age estimation model we'll apply some additional protections including: - Setting uploads as private by default for anyone - Restricting the ability to earn from gifts on vertical.

Hey, everyone who is calling Mastercard and Visa about the age verification BS. I think you should start aiming at YouTube as well.

The first 100% effective HIV prevention drug is approved and going global An epidemic that's been sustained for 44 years might finally be quelled, with the milestone approval of the first HIV drug that offers 100% protection with its twice-yearly injections. It's a landmark...

Well, I'll be damned.

It's royalty free and there's already six, generic manufacturers lined up.

newatlas.com/infectious-d...

I don’t want the NIH to be fucking profitable, I want it to cure cancer and Alzheimer’s

yeah i didnt enter anything just the # because i didnt want to associate it with my card (or find my wallet). and then i was annoyed i couldnt get back to other menu options & it didnt seem to respond to anything i said so i just. kept hitting # and it eventually said it was connecting me to someone

i did it like three or four times bc i was mad that i couldnt go back in the menu; definitely gotta do it a few times. unless they fixed it in like... the last two days i guess.

you may be able to do the same by just fucking up the robot options enough. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ didnt try it

if you use the US customer support number (doublecheck it, theres been mixups with the CA number) i was able to get through by selecting the options around being a mastercard customer & getting to a point where it asked for a card number followed by #. enter # a bunch and it kicks you to an agent

completed sewing projects: 3 tunics, 2 sets of brais, and a cloak. all items are red or black; the cloak has a hooking closure at the top with ornamental wolf heads

CHALLENGE COMPLETE im going to bed. (3 tunics, 2 sets of brais, and a cloak)

Dont stop contacting Visa/MC, but Itch needs Stripe specifically pressured right now.

A reminder to any who think they aren't affected by any of these "porn bans" need to read up on history. Purges of purity like this led to the Comics Code Authority, and the demonization of Horror as a genre across all mediums. "Smut" to the fascist is a pretty wide net for anything they dislike.

Call them anyway.
Ignore their directive.

Email them as well.

Flood them.
They wouldn't even be trying to redirect all of these complaints if the pressure wasn't making them uncomfortable.

There is a bill right now in the US trying to pass

It would make it illegal for any financial service provider to prohibit or inhibit any legal transaction

It's called the "Fair Access to Banking Act, H.R.987 in the House, S.410 in the Senate"

Call your representatives if you live in the US !!!!

ive never remembered to time a single part of any sewing project ive ever done, but i do know the bottom hem of this cloak took 4 hours and 25 minutes because that's how long it took to get a friend from the airport. (new york tried to keep her)

i survived!!! as did my perishables!

who would win: 20,000 cops or the sun

i should check in on the east cleveland mayor situation.

decided to go to costco on a sunday. pray for me

thinking on it. i wonder if the guy who recommended buckwheat makes buttermilk pancakes. i could see that making this not taste like cardboard

also struck out with making a compote for the first time. online recipe called for just orange juice and berries; threw blueberries in. super fuckin tart

man, ive been trying to make whole grain pancakes without using wheat flour and was recommended buckwheat flour. my pancakes are all coming out tasting like cardboard no matter what i do. im not even using all buckwheat, ive got 1/3rd oat flour in there

i'm more eager to get this framed than i was about my college diploma.

don't ask me where my diploma is.

a thin decorative gold wire circlet sized to fit on a head, open at one end with the ends connected by a red ribbon to allow size adjustment; below, a diploma-sized paper is inscribed with medieval-style calligraphy and bordered intricately in primarily red and gold

i recieved my first level award in the SCA - the award of arms, giving me the title of lord! i think someone told them i like red and gold...

Image of Jesus teaching. He says, "Love your neighbor as yourself." Someone in the crowd asks, "Who is my neighbor?" Jesus responds, "It's whoever you were hoping I wouldn't say."

Pretty accurate summation of that teaching, for sure.